Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections

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This is a timeline of events related to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.

Contents

It includes events described in investigations into the myriad links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies until July 2016, with July 2016 through election day November 8, 2016, following. [1] Events and investigations also occurred during the presidential transition from November 9, 2016, to January 20, 2017, and continued through the first and second halves of 2017; the first and second halves of 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, largely as parts of the Crossfire Hurricane FBI investigation, the Special Counsel investigation, multiple ongoing criminal investigations by several State Attorneys General, and the investigation resulting in the Inspector General report on FBI and DOJ actions in the 2016 election.

Relevant individuals and organizations

This is a list of individuals and organizations that have been involved in the events related to either the election interference that Russia conducted against the 2016 U.S. elections and/or the resulting investigations into suspected inappropriate links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials. Seth Abramson estimated more than 400 people could be listed here. [2] :3

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F–M

N–R

S–Z

Before Donald Trump's 2016 candidacy

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1986

1987

1991

1996

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2001–2004

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2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

January–June 2015

Presidential campaign starts: June 2015

June–December 2015

January–March 2016

April 2016

May 2016

June 2016

July 2016 and after

Post-election transition

Investigations' continuing timelines

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