Mustafa Kamel Mustafa,also known as Abu Hamza al-Masri,or simply Abu Hamza,is an Egyptian cleric who was the imam of Finsbury Park Mosque in London,England,where he preached Islamic fundamentalist views.
Emmet Gael Sullivan is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Paul John Manafort Jr. is an American lobbyist,political consultant,and attorney. A long-time Republican Party campaign consultant,he chaired the Trump presidential campaign from June to August 2016. Manafort served as an adviser to the U.S. presidential campaigns of Republicans Gerald Ford,Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush,and Bob Dole. In 1980,he co-founded the Washington,D.C.–based lobbying firm Black,Manafort &Stone,along with principals Charles R. Black Jr. and Roger J. Stone,joined by Peter G. Kelly in 1984. Manafort often lobbied on behalf of foreign leaders such as former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych,former dictator of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos,former dictator of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko,and Angolan guerrilla leader Jonas Savimbi. Lobbying to serve the interests of foreign governments requires registration with the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA);on June 27,2017,he retroactively registered as a foreign agent.
Barack Obama,the 44th president of the United States,was involved in multiple security incidents,including several assassination threats and plots,starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. Secret Service protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007,while serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois and running for president. This marked the earliest time a candidate received such protection before being nominated. Security was increased early for Obama due to fears of possible assassination attempts by white supremacist or other racist groups or individuals against the first African American major party presidential nominee.
Ann Marie Donnelly is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Evgeny Evgenievich Buryakov is a convicted Russian spy. He was arrested on January 26,2015,charged with,and pleading guilty to,spying on the United States for the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR). Buryakov was a New York-based Deputy Representative of Vnesheconombank,Russia's state-owned national development bank. Buryakov operated with non-official cover,and was thus not entitled to diplomatic immunity. Buryakov conducted his espionage with the assistance of Igor Sporyshev,trade representative of the Russian Federation to New York,and Victor Podobnyy,an attachéto the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. In exchange for pleading guilty,Buryakov received a reduced sentence of 30 months in federal prison and fined $100,000. He was released early from prison on March 31,2017,and deported from the United States six days later.
On July 1,2015,32-year-old Kathryn "Kate" Steinle was shot and killed while walking with her father and a friend along Pier 14 in the Embarcadero district of San Francisco. She was hit in the back by a single bullet. The man who fired the gun,JoséInez García Zárate,said he had found it moments before,wrapped in cloth beneath a bench on which he was sitting,and that when he picked it up the weapon went off. The shot ricocheted off the concrete deck of the pier and struck the victim,who was about 90 feet (27m) away. Steinle died two hours later in a hospital as a result of her injuries.
Karen Elizabeth Todner is a British solicitor. Her clients include hacker Ryan Cleary linked with LulzSec,Gary McKinnon known as the "Pentagon Hacker",and Lauri Love.
At a June 18,2016,rally for presumptive-nominee Donald Trump's presidential campaign in Las Vegas,Nevada,Michael Steven Sandford attempted to grab the pistol of a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer providing security for the event. Upon arrest and after waiving his Miranda rights,Sandford claimed that he had wished to kill Trump to prevent him from becoming president. Sandford was charged with disorderly conduct and with being an "illegal alien in possession of a firearm" for having previously rented a pistol at a shooting range. On September 13,2016,he pleaded guilty to both charges. Sandford was sentenced to 12 months and one day's imprisonment,and was released and deported to the United Kingdom after 11 months in custody.
On February 22,2017,Adam Purinton shot two Indian men,Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani,whom he had allegedly mistaken for Iranians,at a restaurant in Olathe,Kansas,killing Kuchibhotla. He reportedly yelled "get out of my country" and "terrorist" before firing. A third man,Ian Grillot,was wounded after he came to the two men's aid. Several hours later,Purinton was arrested in Clinton,Missouri.
Richard William Gates III is an American former political consultant and lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. He is a longtime business associate of Paul Manafort and served as deputy to Manafort when the latter was campaign manager of the Donald Trump presidential campaign in 2016,and after under Kellyanne Conway.
The two criminal trials of Paul Manafort were the first cases brought to trial by the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort served as campaign chair for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign from June 20 to August 19,2016. In July 2017,the FBI conducted a raid of Manafort's home,authorized by search warrant under charges of interference in the 2016 election. Manafort and his business assistant Rick Gates were both indicted and arrested in October 2017 for charges of conspiracy against the United States,making false statements,money laundering,and failing to register as foreign agents for Ukraine. Gates entered a plea bargain in February 2018.
The Special Counsel investigation was a United States law enforcement and counterintelligence investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere in United States politics and any possible involvement by members of the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. It was primarily focused on the 2016 presidential election.
The 2019 Nevada killing spree was a series of murders in January 2019 in which an assailant broke into three homes in Douglas and Washoe Counties in northwestern Nevada,murdered the elderly inhabitants,and made off with valuables. Reports of the crimes terrified area residents for several days until a police manhunt identified and apprehended Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman. The sheriff's report states that Martinez-Guzman later confessed.
Christopher Paul Hasson is a former United States Coast Guard lieutenant and self-described white nationalist who pleaded guilty to federal gun and drug crimes in 2019,and the following year was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Although not charged with a terrorism offense,prosecutors called Hasson a "domestic terrorist" and accused him of plotting the targeted assassinations of high-profile American politicians,media figures,and others,as well as indiscriminate terror attacks against what Hasson called "leftists in general."
This is a timeline of events from 2020 to 2022 related to investigations into the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies relating to the Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. It follows the timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections,both before and after July 2016,until November 8,2016,election day,the transition,the first and second halves of 2017,the first and second halves of 2018,and the first and second halves of 2019.
Donald Trump,the 45th President of the United States,was involved in numerous security incidents,including assassination threats and attempts. The first known attempt occurred before Trump was the official Republican nominee,at a campaign rally during the 2016 presidential election.
