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Reporting and official inquiries establish that Russia mounted a broad, state-directed influence campaign in 2016 that sought to help Donald Trump win, and investigators documented numerous contacts a...
The answer depends on definitions: criminal "collusion" or "conspiracy" was not proven by the special counsel, but multiple official investigations concluded Russia interfered to help Trump and docume...
Public reporting and mainstream fact‑checking show a flurry of online conspiracy theories that is or was a n asset, but the major investigations into Russian interference and Trump‑Russia ties that ar...
Available reporting does not produce verified evidence that Melania Trump’s modeling or business career involved formal Russian intelligence handlers, business partners, or a Russian state role; major...
Donald Trump’s most controversial pardons clustered around three themes: clemency for January 6 defendants and allies who sought to overturn the 2020 election; pardons for political allies, donors, an...
Yes — multiple U.S. government investigations and independent reporting conclude that the Russian government mounted a broad, coordinated operation aimed at aiding Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential bid...
Donald Trump has faced multiple criminal convictions and indictments, and many people in his orbit — some of whom have been nominated to Cabinet or senior roles — have been charged, convicted, or pard...
Paul Manafort’s years-long consulting for pro‑Russian Ukrainian political interests shaped both the vulnerabilities he brought to the 2016 Trump campaign and the legal and intelligence scrutiny that f...
Several former Trump administration officials and associates have faced criminal charges in years around and after the first Trump presidency — notable examples from the prior administration include M...
On the public record, Donald Trump maintained extensive and sometimes controversial contacts, business pursuits, and campaign staff ties that intersected with Russian individuals and interests for dec...
A dozen-plus figures who orbited Donald Trump have been criminally convicted or pleaded guilty in cases tied to campaigns, the Trump Organization and the January 6 aftermath; their penalties ranged fr...
Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin is a tangle of public flattery, repeated contacts and long-running official and congressional probes into contacts between Trump associates and Russian ...
Available public reporting shows long-running U.S. probes (Crossfire Hurricane and the Mueller special counsel) documented extensive contacts between Trump associates and Russian actors and found that...
Multiple investigations — most prominently the FBI probe, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry, and a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee review — examined alleged links between Donald Trump,...
Federal and independent reporting shows multiple lines of inquiry and reporting that have looked at whether Donald Trump — his businesses, associates, or affiliated entities like Trump Media — receive...
concluded that mounted an “unprecedented” and aggressive campaign in 2016 that probed and targeted across the country, including scanning activity affecting all 50 states, but found no evidence that v...
Yes: multiple and associates had direct meetings, calls, emails, or other contacts with nationals and Russian government-linked figures during the 2016 campaign, including a documented June 9, 2016, m...
The Mueller report documented extensive contacts — dozens of meetings, communications and attempted outreach — between people tied to the Trump campaign and Russian-linked individuals, but it conclude...
U.S. rules require influencers to disclose “material connections” — payments, gifts, sponsorships — to brands and disclose when posts target U.S. consumers, but compliance is often incomplete and enfo...
The Mueller special counsel investigation produced indictments against roughly 34–37 individuals and three companies, yielded about seven to eight guilty pleas, and resulted in one trial conviction fr...