Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016–election day)

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

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It includes events described in investigations into suspected inappropriate links between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials following July 2016 through Election Day November 8, 2016. [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, and 2020; 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.

Related information is sorted by some topic threads in another timeline.

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

A–E

F–M

N–R

S–Z

Before July 2016

July 2016 – November 8, 2016

July 2016

August 2016

September 2016

October 2016

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Poster and text from Mueller Report about 2016 rallies organized by Russia's Internet Research Agency

November 2016

Post-election transition

Investigations' continuing timelines

See also

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