Contacts during Paul Manafort’s Time with the Trump Campaign .............. 134 i.
Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign ......... .......... . ............................ 134 ii.
Paul Manafort’s Campaign—Period Contacts ........ . ............... ..... . ....... 135 iii.
Paul Manafort’s Two Campaign-Period Meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik in the United States ..........
-Russia Relations, CNI (Apr. 18, 2015)). 60° Simes 3/8/18 302, at 5; Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 29-30;
Zakheim 1/25/18 302, at 3. 6‘” Simes 3/8/18 302, at 6; C00006784 (3/11/16 Email, Gilbride to Saunders
the Campaign bullet points with ideas for the speech that he had drafted with CNI Executive Director Paul
Saunders and board member Richard Burt.614 Simes received subsequent draft outlines from Miller, and
he and Saunders spoke to Miller by phone about substantive changes to the speech.“ It is not clear,
“4 Burt 2/9/18 302, at 7; Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 78. 6‘5 Simes 3/8/18 302, at 13; Saunders 2/15/18
302, at 7s “6 Simes 3/8/18 302, at 13; Saunders 2/ 15/ 18 302, at 7-8. 6” Saunders 2/15/18 302, at
On April 25, 2016, Saunders booked event rooms at the Mayflower to host both the speech and a VIP reception
that was to be held beforehand.619 Saunders understood that the reception-— at which invitees would
have the chance to meet candidate Trump—would be a small event/520 Saunders decided who would attend
“9 Saunders 2/ 15/ 1 8 302, at 11-12; C00006651~57 (Mayflower Group Sales Agreement). 62° Saunders
2/15/ 18 302, at 12-13. 62‘ Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 12. 622 (300002575 (Attendee List); C00008536
stated that Sessions may have spoken to the press after the event but then departed for Capitol Hill.633 Saunders
2/15/18 302, at 15. 6” Sessions 1/17/18 302, at 22; Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 17
“36 Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 17, C00004779-80 (5/23/16 Email, Cantelmo to Saunders & Hagberg (9:30:
am). 533 Sessions 11/17/18 302, at 2,2. 639 Boyd 1/24/18 302, at 4. 64° Simes 3/8/18 302, at 23; Saunders
2/15/18 302, at 18; Heilbrunn 2/1/18 302, at 7. 6‘” Simes 3/8/18 302, at 31; Saunders 2/15/18 302,
recalled discussing “nation—building” and violent extremism with Sessions.646 In addition, Sessions asked Saunders
302, at 5-6. 64“ Simes 3/8/18 302, at 31; Burt 2/9/18 302, at 9-10; Khalilzad 1/9/18 302, at S. “5 Saunders
2/15/18 302, at 20. 6‘6 Khalilzad 1/9/18 302, at 6. 6‘” Saunders 2/15/18 302, at 19-20
63 Minutes later, the President tweeted, “Paul Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other
who was treated worse, Alfonse Capone, legendary mob boss, killer and ‘Public Enemy Number One,’ or Paul
He thinks Paul Manafort’s been treated unfairly.”867 On August 16, 2018, the Manafort case was submitted
Manafort trial, CNN (July 31, 2018); Frank Bruni, Paul Manafort’s Trial Is Donald Trump ’s, Too, New
York Times Opinion (July 31, 2018); Rachel Weiner eta1., Paul Manafort trial Day 2: Witnesses describe
And I think it’s _ very sad what they’ve done to Paul Manafort.”B72 The President did not take further
federal office.”875 The President reacted to Manafort’s convictions that day by telling reporters, “Paul
a witch hunt that ends in disgrace.”877 The next day, the President tweeted, “I feel very badly for Paul
And one of the reasons I respect Paul Manafort so much is he went through that trial—you know they make
appreciate Trump ’s support, CNN (Aug. 17, 20 l 8) (https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/20 l 8/ 08/ 1 7/ paul-manafort-attorney-trump-j
Giorgi Ruddy, Christopher Rybieki, James Samochornov, Anatoli Sanders, Sarah Huckabee Sater, Felix Saunders
, Paul J.
Were you aware that Paul Manafort offered briefings on the progress of your campaign to Oleg Deripaska
Were you aware of whether Paul Manafort or anyone also associated with your campaign sent or directed
Did Paul Manafort communicate to you, directly or indirectly, any positions Ukraine or Russia would want
We have run image and text processing on the all 448 pages of the original Mueller Report PDF Image to make it searchable. Text translations are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. Original Images and PDF's are included on every page for reference.
The Mueller Report is one of the most important documents in American History. We've made attempts to make the document more accessible, interesting and available for the average reader.