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The Mueller Report

Release year 2019

Tracklist

1
Opening Credits
2
Introduction to Volume I
3
Executive Summary to Volume I
4
I. The Special Counsel's Investigation
5
II. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign
6
A. Structure of the Internet Research Agency
7
B. Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin
8
C. The IRA Targets U.S. Elections
9
1. The IRA Ramps Up U.S. Operations as Early as 2014
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2. U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts
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3. U.S. Operations Through Facebook
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4. U.S. Operations Through Twitter
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4.a. Individualized Accounts
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4.b. IRA Botnet Activities
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5. U.S. Operations Involving Political Rallies
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6. Targeting and Recruitment of U.S. Persons
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7. Interactions and Contacts with the Trump Campaign
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7.a. Trump Campaign Promotion of IRA Political Materials
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7.b. Contact with Trump Campaign Officials in Connection to Rallies
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III. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations
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A. GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign
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1. GRU Units Target the Clinton Campaign
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2. Intrusions into the DCCC and DNC Networks
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2.a. Initial Access
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2.b. Implantation of Malware on DCCC and DNC Networks
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2.c. Theft of Documents from DNC and DCCC Networks
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B. Dissemination of the Hacked Materials
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1. DCLeaks
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2. Guccifer 2.0
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--3. Use of WikiLeaks
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3.a. WikiLeaks's Expressed Opposition Toward the Clinton Campaign
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3.b. WikiLeaks's First Contact with Guccifer 2.0 and DCLeaks
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---3.c. The GRU's Transfer of Stolen Materials to WikiLeaks
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3.d. WikiLeaks Statements Dissembling About the Source of Stolen Materials
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C. Additional GRU Cyber Operations
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1. Summer and Fall 2016 Operations Targeting Democrat-Linked Victims
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2. Intrusions Targeting the Administration of U.S. Elections
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D. Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of Hacked Materials
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1. [REDACTED]
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1.a. Background
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1.b. Contacts with the Campaign About WikiLeaks
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1.c. [REDACTED]
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1.d. WikiLeaks's October 7, 2016 Release of Stolen Podesta Emails
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1.e. Donald Trump Jr. Interaction with WikiLeaks
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2. Other Potential Campaign Interest in Russian Hacked Materials
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2.a. Henry Oknyansky (a/k/a Henry Greenberg)
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2.b. Campaign Efforts to Obtain Deleted Clinton Emails
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IV. Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign
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A. Campaign Period (September 2015 - November 8, 2016)
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1. Trump Tower Moscow Project
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1.a. Trump Tower Moscow Venture with the Crocus Group (2013-2014)
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1.b. Communications with LC. Expert Investment Company and Giorgi Rtskhiladze (Summer and Fall 2015)
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1.c. Letter of Intent and Contacts to Russian Government (October 2015-January 2016)
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1.c.i. Trump Signs the Letter of Intent on Behalf of the Trump Organization
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1.c.ii. Post-LOI Contacts with Individuals in Russia
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1.d. Discussions About Russia Travel by Michael Cohen or Candidate Trump (December 2015-June 2016)
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1.d.i. Sater's Overtures to Cohen to Travel to Russia
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1.d.ii. Candidate Trump's Opportunities to Travel to Russia
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2. George Papadopoulos
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2.a. Origins of Campaign Work
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2.b. Initial Russia-Related Contacts
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2.c. March 31 Foreign Policy Team Meeting
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2.d. George Papadopoulos Learns That Russia Has "Dirt" in the Form of Clinton Emails
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2.e. Russia-Related Communications with the Campaign
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---2.f. Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt"
66
---2.g. Additional George Papadopoulos Contact
67
--3. Carter Page
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3.a. Background
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3.b. Origins of and Early Campaign Work
70
3.c. Carter Page's July 2016 Trip to Moscow
71
3.d. Later Campaign Work and Removal from the Campaign
72
4. Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest
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4.a. CNI and Dimitri Simes Connect with the Trump Campaign
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4.b. National Interest Hosts a Foreign Policy Speech at the Mayflower Hotel
75
4.c. Jeff Sessions's Post-Speech Interactions with CNI
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4.d. Jared Kushner' s Continuing Contacts with Simes
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5. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower
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5.a. Setting Up the June 9 Meeting
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5.a.i. Outreach to Donald Trump Jr.
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5.a.ii. Awareness of the Meeting Within the Campaign
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5.b. The Events of June 9, 2016
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5.b.i. Arrangements for the Meeting
83
5.b.ii. Conduct of the Meeting
84
5.c. Post-June 9 Events
85
6. Events at the Republican National Convention
86
6.a. Ambassador Kislyak's Encounters with Senator Sessions and J.D. Gordon the Week of the RNC
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6.b. Change to Republican Party Platform
88
7. Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak
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7.a. Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence
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7.b. Senator Sessions's September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak
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8. Paul Manafort
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8.a. Paul Manafort's Ties to Russia and Ukraine
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8.a.i. Oleg Deripaska Consulting Work
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8.a.ii. Political Consulting Work
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8.a.iii. Konstantin Kilimnik
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8.b. Contacts During Paul Manafort's Time with the Trump Campaign
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8.b.i. Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign
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8.b.ii. Paul Manafort's Campaign-Period Contacts
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8.b.iii. Paul Manafort's Two Campaign-Period Meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik in the United States
100
8.c. Post-Resignation Activities
101
B. Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts
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1. Immediate Post-Election Activity
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1.a. Outreach from the Russian Government
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1.b. High-Level Encouragement of Contacts Through Alternative Channels
105
2. Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration
106
2.a. Background
107
2.b. Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contacts with the Incoming Administration
108
2.c. Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles
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2.c.i. George Nader and Erik Prince Arrange Seychelles Meeting with Dmitriev
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2.c.ii. The Seychelles Meetings
111
----2.c.iii. Erik Prince's Meeting with Steve Bannon After the Seychelles Trip
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---2.d. Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding U.S.-Russia Relations
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3. Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn in Trump Tower Following the Election
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4. Jared Kushner' s Meeting with Sergey Gorkov
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5. Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team
116
6. Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich
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7. Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn
118
7.a. United Nations Vote on Israeli Settlements
119
7.b. U.S. Sanctions Against Russia
120
V. Prosecution and Declination Decisions
121
A. Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign
122
B. Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations
123
1. Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy
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1.a. Background
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1.b. Charging Decision as to [REDACTED]
126
2. Potential Section 1030 Violation By [REDACTED]
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C. Russian Government Outreach and Contacts
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1. Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion
129
2. Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951)
130
2.a. Governing Law
131
2.b. Application
132
3. Campaign Finance
133
3.a. Overview of Governing Law
134
3.b. Application to June 9 Trump Tower Meeting
135
3.b.i. Thing-of-Value Element
136
3.b.ii. Willfulness
137
3.b.iii. Difficulties in Valuing Promised Information
138
3.c. Application to WikiLeaks [REDACTED]
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----3.c.i. Questions Over [REDACTED]
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----3.c.ii. Willfulness
141
----3.c.iii. Constitutional Considerations
142
----3.c.iv. Analysis [REDACTED]
143
4. False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation
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---4.a. Overview of Governing Law
145
4.b. Application to Certain Individuals
146
4.b.i. George Papadopoulos
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4.b.ii. [REDACTED]
148
4.b.iii. Michael Flynn
149
4.b.iv. Michael Cohen
150
4.b.v. [REDACTED]
151
4.b.vi. Jeff Sessions
152
4.b.vii. Others Interviewed During the Investigation
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Introduction to Volume II
154
Executive Summary to Volume II
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I. Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles
156
-A. Legal Framework of Obstruction of Justice
157
-B. Investigative and Evidentiary Considerations
158
II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation
159
-A. The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump
160
--1. Press Reports Allege Links Between the Trump Campaign and Russia
161
--2. The Trump Campaign Reacts to WikiLeaks's Release of Hacked Emails
162
--3. The Trump Campaign Reacts to Allegations That Russia Was Seeking to Aid Candidate Trump
163
--4. After the Election, Trump Continues to Deny Any Contacts or Connections with Russia or That Russia Aided His Election
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-B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn
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--1. Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
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--2. President-Elect Trump Is Briefed on the Intelligence Community's Assessment of Russian Interference in the Election and Congress Opens Election-Interference Investigations
167
--3. Flynn Makes False Statements About His Communications with Kislyak to Incoming Administration Officials, the Media, and the FBI
168
--4. DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn
169
--5. McGahn Has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump Has Dinner with FBI Director Comey
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--6. Flynn's Resignation
171
--7. The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey
172
--8. The Media Raises Questions About the President's Delay in Terminating Flynn
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--9. The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement Denying That He Directed Flynn's Discussions with Kislyak
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-C. The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBl's Russia Investigation
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--1. Attorney General Sessions Recuses from the Russia Investigation
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--2. FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms the Existence of the Russia Investigation in Testimony Before HPSCI
177
--3. The President Asks Intelligence Community Leaders to Make Public Statements That he had No Connection to Russia
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--4. The President Asks Comey to "Lift the Cloud" Created by the Russia Investigation
179
-D. Events Leading Up to and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey
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--1. Comey Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Declines to Answer Questions About Whether the President Is Under Investigation
181
--2. The President Makes the Decision to Terminate Comey
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-E. The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel
183
--1. The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President's Reaction
184
--2. The President Asserts That the Special Counsel Has Conflicts of Interest
185
--3. The Press Reports That the President Is Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice and the President Directs the White House Counsel to Have the Special Counsel Removed
186
-F. The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation
187
--1. The President Asks Corey Lewandowski to Deliver a Message to Sessions to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation
188
--2. The President Follows Up with Lewandowski
189
--3. The President Publicly Criticizes Sessions in a New York Times Interview
190
--4. The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions's Resignation
191
-G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials
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--1. The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting
193
--2. The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting
194
--3. The President Directs Trump Jr.'s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting
195
--4. The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting
196
-H. The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation
197
--1. The President Again Seeks to Have Sessions Reverse His Recusal
198
--2. Additional Efforts to Have Sessions Unrecuse or Direct Investigations Covered by His Recusal
199
-I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel
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--1. The Press Reports That the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel
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--2. The President Seeks to Have McGahn Dispute the Press Reports
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-J. The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, [REDACTED]
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--1. Conduct Directed at Michael Flynn
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--2. Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort
205
--3. [REDACTED]
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-K. The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen
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--1. Candidate Trump's Awareness of and Involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow Project
208
--2. Cohen Determines to Adhere to a "Party Line" Distancing Candidate Trump from Russia
209
--3. Cohen Submits False Statements to Congress Minimizing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in Accordance with the Party Line
210
--4. The President Sends Messages of Support to Cohen
211
--5. The President's Conduct After Cohen Began Cooperating with the Government
212
-L. Overarching Factual Issues
213
III. Legal Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President
214
-A. Statutory Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Provisions to the Conduct Under Investigation
215
--1. The Text of Section 1512(c)(2) Prohibits a Broad Range of Obstructive Acts
216
--2. Judicial Decisions Support a Broad Reading of Section 1512(c)(2)
217
--3. The Legislative History of Section 1512(c)(2) Does Not Justify Narrowing Its Text
218
--4. General Principles of Statutory Construction Do Not Suggest That Section 1512(c)(2) Is Inapplicable to the Conduct in This Investigation
219
--5. Other Obstruction Statutes Might Apply to the Conduct in This Investigation
220
-B. Constitutional Defenses to Applying Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to Presidential Conduct
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-1. The Requirement of a Clear Statement to Apply Statutes to Presidential Conduct Does Not Limit the Obstruction Statutes
222
-2. Separation-of-Powers Principles Support the Conclusion That Congress May Validly Prohibit Corrupt Obstructive Acts Carried Out Through the President's Official Powers
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--2.a. The Supreme Court's Separation-of-Powers Balancing Test Applies in This Context
224
--2.b. The Effect of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes on the President's Capacity to Perform His Article II Responsibilities Is Limited
225
--2.c. Congress Has Power to Protect Congressional, Grand Jury, and Judicial Proceedings Against Corrupt Acts from Any Source
226
-3. Ascertaining Whether the President Violated the Obstruction Statutes Would Not Chill His Performance of His Article II Duties
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IV. Conclusion
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
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-Appendix B: Glossary
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-Referenced Persons
232
-Entities and Organizations
233
-Index of Acronyms
234
Appendix C
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-Appendix C: Introductory Note
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-Written Questions and Responses Answered Under Oath by President Donald J. Trump
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--I. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower
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---Responses of President Donald J. Trump
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--II. Russian Hacking/Russian Efforts Using Social Media/WikiLeaks
240
---Responses of President Donald J. Trump
241
--III. The Trump Organization Moscow Project
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---Responses of President Donald J. Trump
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--IV. Contacts with Russia and Russia-Related Issues During the Campaign
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---Responses of President Donald J. Trump
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--V. Contacts with Russia and Russia-Related Issues During the Transition
246
---Responses of President Donald J. Trump
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-Appendix D
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--Special Counsel's Office Transferred, Referred, and Completed Cases
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---A. Transfers
250
---B. Referrals
251
---C. Completed Prosecutions
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End Credits