2016 Russian Interference Timeline

2013:

July:

Sometime around July:

IRA Registers as a corporate entity in Russia. (IRA Indictment, Page 5)

September:

Sometime around September:

Aleksandra Yuryevna Krylova joins the IRA. (IRA Indictment, Page 8)

October:

Sometime around October:

Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik joins the IRA. (IRA Indictment, Page 8)

November:

Sometime around November:

Maria Anatolyevna Bovda joins the IRA as the head of the Translator project. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)
Robert Sergeyevich Bovda joins the IRA as the deputy head of the Translator project. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)

2014:

Sometime around 2014:

IRA begins to track and study groups on U.S. social media sites dedicated to U.S. politics and social issues. (IRA Indictment, Page 12)
Sometime in mid 2014, Krylova, Bogacheva, R. Bovda, and an unnamed member, attempted to acquire visas to visit the US. Krylova and Bogacheva received visas. (IRA Indictment, Page 12)

February:

Sometime around February:

Mikhail Ivanovich Bystrov joins the IRA as the General Director, its highest position. (IRA Indictment, Page 8)

March:

Sometime Around March:

Burchik becomes Executive Director, IRA’s second highest position. (IRA Indictment, Page 8)

April:

Sometime around April:

IRA creates a department known as the "Translator Project". (IRA Indictment, Page 6)
Krylova is promoted to Director, the IRA’s third highest position.(IRA Indictment, Page 9)
Sergey Pavlovich Polozov joins the IRA. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)
Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva joins the IRA. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)

May:

IRA strategy now has the stated goal of "spread[ing] distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general." (IRA Indictment, Page 6)

June:

Sometime around June:

IRA begins operating through a number of shell corps, such as Internet Research LLC, MediaSintez LLC, GlavSet LLC, MixInfo LLC, Azimut LLC, and NovInfo LLC. (IRA Indictment, Page 5)
Also around this time, they occupy 55 Savushkina Street in St. Petersburg, Russia, as an operational headquarters. (IRA Indictment, Page 5)
Vadim Vladimirovich Podkopaev joins the IRA as an analyst on the Translator Project. (IRA Indictment, Page 10)
Reporting begins to identify IRA operations in the US. In response, the IRA deleted email accounts used to conduct their operations. (IRA Indictment, Page 24)

4th:

Krylova and Bogacheva travel to the US including stops in Nevada, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas, and New York. (IRA Indictment, Page 13)

26th:

Krylova and Bogacheva leave the US. (IRA Indictment, Page 13)

August:

Sometime around August:

Gleb Igorevich Vasilchenko joins the IRA as a Specialist. (IRA Indictment, Page 10)

September:

Sometime around September:

Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov joins the IRA as head of the Translator project. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)

October:

Sometime around October

Maria Bovda exits the IRA. (IRA Indictment, Page 9)
Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina joins the IRA as a Specialist. (IRA Indictment, Page 10)

November:

26th:

Unnamed IRA employee travels to the US. (IRA Indictment, Page 13)

2015:

Sometime around 2015:

IRA begins to buy advertisements on social media sites to promote IRA controlled social media groups and accounts, spending thousands a month. These expenditures were sent to Concord as part of the IRA budget. (IRA Indictment, Page 14)

March:

Sometime around March:

Vladimir Venkov joins IRA as a Specialist. (IRA Indictment, Page 10)

June:

16th:

Trump announces his candidacy for President.

August:

8th:

Roger Stone leaves the Trump Campaign. (Mueller Report Page 51)

October:

12th:

Felix Sater emails Cohen, saying “All we need is Putin on board and we’re golden”. (Mueller Report Page 72)

28th:

Candidate Trump signs a letter of intent for Trump Tower Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 63)

November:

Sometime around November

Assange tells Wikileaks staff, “We believe it would be much better for GOP to win. Dems + media + liberals would then form a block to reign in their worst qualities. With Hillary in charge, GOP will be pushing for her worst qualities, and Dems + media + neoliberals will be mute. She’s a bright, well-connected, sadistic sociopath.” (Mueller Report Page 44)

3rd:

Felix Sater emails Michael Cohen about Trump Tower Moscow, saying,

“Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putins team to buy in on this, I will manage this process. . . . Michael, Putin gets on stage with Donald for a ribbon cutting for Trump Moscow, and Donald owns the republican nomination. And possibly beats Hillary and our boy is in. . . . We will manage this process better than anyone. You and I will get Donald and Vladimir on a stage together very shortly. That the game changer. Donald doesn’t stare down, he negotiates and understands the economic issues and Putin only want to deal with a pragmatic leader, and a successful business man is a good candidate for someone who knows how to negotiate. “Business, politics, whatever it all is the same for someone who knows how to deal.

I think I can get Putin to say that at the Trump Moscow press conference. If he says it we own this election. Americas most difficult adversary agreeing that Donald is a good guy to negotiate. . . . We can own this election. Michael my next steps are very sensitive with Putins very very close people, we can pull this off. Michael lets go. 2 boys from Brooklyn getting a USA president elected. This is good really good.” (Mueller Report Page 71)

Between the 18th and 19th:

Michael Cohen talks with a top level Russian exec, Dmitry Klokov on at least one phone call and several emails. Klokov states he can provide “political synergy” and “synergy on a government level” for the campaign. He claims he can facilitate a meeting between Trump and Putin. (Mueller Report Page 73)

December:

3rd:

Long-Time Senate staffer Barbara Leeden emails investment advisor Peter Smith with interest on the Clinton emails. The email read:

“Here is the proposal I briefly mentioned to you. The person I described to you would be happy to talk with you either in person or over the phone. The person can get the emails which 1. Were classified and 2. Were purloined by our enemies. That would demonstrate what needs to be demonstrated.” (Mueller Report Page 62)

16th:

Peter Smith declines to join Barbara Leeden’s crusade to find the emails. (Mueller Report Page 62)

19th:

Felix Sater emails Michael Cohen about visiting Moscow, saying, “Please call me I have Evgeney [Dvoskin] on the other line. He needs a copy of your and Donald’s passports they need a scan of every page of the passports. Invitations & Visas will be issued this week by VTB Bank to discuss financing for Trump Tower Moscow. Politically neither Putins office nor Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot issue invite, so they are inviting commercially/ business. VTB is Russia’s 2 biggest bank and VTB Bank CEO Andrey Kostin, will be at all meetings with Putin so that it is a business meeting not political. We will be invited to Russian consulate this week to receive invite & have visa issued.” Cohen replied with an image of his passport. (Mueller Report Page 76)

2016:

Sometime in early 2016:

Author Jerome Corsi records conversations with Roger Stone, intending to use them for his website, WorldNetDaily. (Mueller Report Page 54)

January:

11th:

Michael Cohen emails Dmitry Peskov, Russian Press Secretary, indicating he wanted to get in contact with Putin’s chief of staff. The email did not go through, as Cohen misspelled Peskov’s email address.(Mueller Report Page 74)

14th:

Michael Cohen, as an executive vice president for the Trump Organization, emails Peskov's press office seeking assistance with the proposed Trump Tower Moscow.

Dear Mr. Peskov,

Over the past few months, I have been working with a company based in Russia regarding the development of a Trump Tower-Moscow project in Moscow City. Without getting into lengthy specifics, the communication between our two sides has stalled. As this project is too important, I am hereby requesting your assistance. I respectfully request someone, preferably you; contact me so that I might discuss the specifics as well as arranging meetings with the appropriate individuals. I thank you in advance for your assistance and look forward to hearing from you soon. (Mueller Report Page 74)

20th:

Michael Cohen receives an email from Peskov’s personal assistant, who had been trying to communicate with him, and asked him to call her personal number. They talked for 20 minutes, describing his position in the Campaign and about Trump Tower Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 75)

30th:

Carter Page emails senior Trump campaign members, saying “"spent the past week in Europe and had been in discussions with some individuals with close ties to the Kremlin" who recognized that Trump could have a "game-changing effect .. . in bringing the end of the new Cold War." (Mueller Report Page 98)

February:

10th:

IRA internally circulates an outline of themes for future content to be posted to IRA-controlled social media accounts. Specialists were instructed to post content that focused on “politics in the USA” and to “use any opportunity to criticize Hillary and the rest (except Sanders and Trump—we support them).” (IRA Indictment, Page 17)

March:

Sometime in early March:

Jerome Corsi becomes a self described “Operative” for Stone, seeking to assist the Trump Campaign in a personal capacity. (Mueller Report Page 54)

13th:

Papadopoulos meets Joseph Mifsud, a london based Professor. (Mueller Report Page 83)

14th:

CNI Board member Richard Pleper organizes a luncheon for CNI honorary chairman Henry Kissinger, which is attended by Jared Kushner (Mueller Report Page 104)

15th:

Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov runs a technical query for DNC's internet protocol configurations to identify connected devices. Then, he searched for open source information on Hillary Clinton, the DNC network, and the Democratic Party. (Mueller Indictment Page 8)

16th:

WikiLeaks released a searchable archive of approximately 30,000 Clinton emails that had been obtained through FOIA litigation. (Mueller Report Page 44)

19th:

Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev sends a spearfishing email to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. Using account @john356gh, he altered his email to appear as a security notification from Google to change passwords. Podesta was fooled. (Mueller Indictment Page 6)
On the same day, they also sent multiple spearphishing emails to other campaign staff. (Mueller Indictment Page 6)

21st:

Lukashev and the IRA steal 50 thousand emails from Podesta. (Mueller Indictment Page 6)
George Papadopoulos is named foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign. (Mueller Report Page 84)
Carter Page is named foreign policy advisor to the Trump campaign. (Mueller Report Page 98)

23rd:

Jeff Sessions attends CNI’s distinguished service award dinner, where he was seated next to Sergey Kislyak. (Mueller Report Page 107)

24th:

George Papadopoulos meets again with Joseph Mifsud, who this time brings a former student with alleged ties to Putin. (Mueller Report Page 85)
After this meeting, Papadopoulos sent an email to members of the Trump campaign foreign policy team, with the subject "Meeting with Russian leadership-- including Putin." (Mueller Report Page 85)

25th:

Lukashev sends out more spearphishing emails to Clinton campaign staff. (Mueller Indictment Page 7)

28th:

Lukashev and Yermakov successfully steals thousands more emails from Clinton Campaign staff. (Mueller Indictment Page 7)
Paul Manafort is named Convention Manager by the Trump Campaign (Mueller Report Page 134)

30th:

Paul Manafort instructs Rick Gates to pen separate memoranda to four pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs/ opposition bloc members, which describe his appointment to the campaign, and his willingness to consult on Ukrainian politics in the future. (Mueller Report Page 135)

April:

Somewhere around April

IRA begins to plan when to leak the material. (Mueller Indictment Page 8-9)
IRA installs multiple versions of their X-Agent malware on at least ten DCCC computers. X-Agent transmitted information from the victims' computers to a GRU-leased server located in Arizona. IRA referred to this server as their "AMS" panel. (Mueller Indictment Page 8-9)

6th:

Lukashev creates an email with a one letter difference from a known staffer of the campaign, and uses it to hack around 30 more staffers. (Mueller Indictment Page 7)

7th:

Yermakov runs a technical query for the DCCC's internet protocol configurations to identify connected devices. (Mueller Indictment Page 8)

Around the 12th:

After a few days of Yermakov's searches regarding the DCCC, the IRA hacked into the DCCC computer network. After gaining access, the group installed X-Agent and X-Tunnel to explore the network and steal data.(Mueller Indictment Page 8)

11th:

Paul Manafort emails Konstantin Kilimnik to see if the memoranda he penned for the four Ukrainian Oligarchs (“our friends”) had been sent. Kilimnik replied, “Absolutely. Every article.” (Mueller Report Page 135)

12th:

IRA uses the stolen credentials of a DCCC Employee to access the DCCC network..(Mueller Indictment Page 8)
George Papadopoulos and Joseph Mifsud meet again at the Andaz Hotel in London, presumably to discuss George’s wish to engage with the Russian Federation. (Mueller Report Page 88)

14th:

IRA activated X-Agent's keylog and screenshot functions to surveil the hacked DCCC Employee’s computer activity over the course of eight hours. During that time, the Conspirators captured the DCCC Employee's communications with co-workers and the passwords she entered while working on fundraising and voter outreach projects. (Mueller Indictment Page 9).
GRU officers download rar.exe onto the DCCC's document server. (Mueller Report Page 40)

15th:

IRA searches a hacked DCCC computer for keywords “Clinton”, “Cruz”, and “Trump”. They also copied folders labeled “Benghazi Investigations”. (Mueller Indictment Page 10)

18th:

IRA hacks DNC through the DCCC connection, using a DCCC employee’s account who had access to the DNC network. Around this time, they install X-Agent onto DNC computers. (Mueller Indictment Page 10)
Joseph Mifsud introduced George Papadopoulos to Ivan Timofeev, a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC). (Mueller Report Page 88)

19th:

Kozachek and Yershov configured an overseas computer to relay communications between X-Agent malware and the AMS panel and then tested X-Agent's ability to connect to this computer. The IRA referred to this computer as a "middle server." The middle server acted as a proxy to obscure the connection between malware at the DCCC and the AMS panel. (Mueller Indictment Page 9)
After attempting to register the domain electionleaks.com, the IRA register the domain dcleaks.com through a service that anonymizes the registrant. (Mueller Indictment Page 13) (Mueller Report Page 41)

20th:

IRA directs X-Agent on the DCCC computers to connect to this middle server and receive directions from them. (Mueller Indictment Page 10)
Felix Sater emails Cohen in regards to a potential trip to Russia, “[t]he People wanted to know when you are coming?” (Mueller Report Page 77)

22nd:

IRA activates X-Agent's keylog and screenshot functions to capture information about campaign finances, as well as the hacked employee's personal banking information. (Mueller Indictment Page 9)
IRA compress gigabytes of data, then uses X-Tunnel to funnel the stolen data to a GRU-leased computer in Illinois (Mueller Indictment Page 11) (Mueller Report Page 40)

25th:

George Papadopoulos emails Stephen Miller, saying, “[t]he Russian government has an open invitation by Putin for Mr. Trump to meet him when he is ready,” and that “[t]he advantage of being in London is that these governments tend to speak a bit more openly in ‘neutral’ cities.” (Mueller Report Page 89)

26th:

Joseph Mifsud meets with George Papadopoulos again in the Andaz hotel in London, where he says he has learned the Russian government has “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of emails. (Mueller Report Page 89)

27th:

George again emails Stephen Miller, saying, “Some interesting messages [were] coming in from Moscow about a trip when the time is right.” (Mueller Report Page 89)

28th:

IRA connected to and tested the same computer located in Illinois. Later that day, the IRA used X-Tunnel to connect to that computer to steal additional documents from the DCCC network. (Mueller Indictment Page 11)

May:

Sometime around May:

DNC and DCCC discover they’ve been hacked, and hire CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, to investigate. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)
Papadopoulos indicates to a representative of a foreign government that Russia told the Trump campaign it could help by anonymously releasing Clinton campaign files after his meeting with London Professor Joseph Mifsud. (Mueller Report Page 81)

4th:

Felix Sater emails Cohen about the Russia trip again. “I had a chat with Moscow. ASSUMING the trip does happen the question is before or after the convention. I said I believe, but don't know for sure, that’s it’s probably after the convention. Obviously the pre-meeting trip (you only) can happen anytime you want but the 2 big guys where [sic] the question. I said I would confirm and revert. . . . Let me know about If I was right by saying I believe after Cleveland and also when you want to speak to them and possibly fly over.” (Mueller Report Page 77)
Cohen responds, “My trip before Cleveland. Trump once he becomes the nominee after the convention.” (Mueller Report Page 77)
George Papadopoulos forwards an email from Ivan Timofeev, a member of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), raising the possibility of a meeting in Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 89)

5th:

Sater emails Cohen, inviting him. “Peskov would like to invite you as his guest to the St. Petersburg Forum which is Russia’s Davos it’s June 16-19. He wants to meet there with you and possibly introduce you to either Putin or Medvedev, as they are not sure if 1 or both will be there. This is perfect. The entire business class of Russia will be there as well. He said anything you want to discuss including dates and subjects are on the table to discuss. (Mueller Report Page 77)
George Papadopoulos forwards the same email from Timofeev to Sam Clovis. (Mueller Report Page 89)

6th:

Cohen replies to Sater, “works for me” (Mueller Report Page 77)
George Papadopoulos tells the-then Greek Foreign Minister that the Trump Campaign had received indications from the Russian government that it could assist the Campaign through the anonymous release of information that would be damaging to candidate Clinton.(Mueller Report Page 81) (Mueller Report Page 89)

7th:

Paul Manafort meets with Konstantin Klimnik in New York City (Mueller Report Page 138)

13th:

IRA clear event logs from DNC computer (Mueller Indictment Page 11)

16th:

Carter Page emails foreign policy team staff, asking for Trump to replace him as speaker at the New Economic School in Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 98)

19th:

Paul Manafort is promoted to Campaign Chairman of the Trump Campaign (Mueller Report Page 134)
Rick Gates is promoted to Deputy Chairman (Mueller Report Page 134)

21st:

George Papadopoulos sends the Timofeev email to Paul Manafort with the title, “Request from Russia to meet Mr. Trump”. “...Russia has been eager to meet Mr. Trump for quite sometime and have been reaching out to me to discuss” (Mueller Report Page 89-90)
Paul Manafort forwards the email to another campaign official, not including Papadopoulos, saying, “Let[’]s discuss. We need someone to communicate that [Trump] is not doing these trips. It should be someone low level in the Campaign so as not to send any signal.” (Mueller Report Page 90)

25th:

IRA hacks the DNC Microsoft Exchange Server and stole thousands of emails from the work accounts of DNC employees. (Mueller Indictment Page 11)
Yermakov researches PowerShell commands related to accessing and managing the Microsoft Exchange Server. (Mueller Indictment Page 11)

29th:

IRA arranges for a person to stand in front of the White House, with a sign reading "Happy Birthday Dear Boss" as an homage to Prigozhin. Prigozhin's 55th birthday was on June 1st, 2016. (Mueller Report Page 19)

30th:

Malyshev accesses the AMS panel in order to upgrade custom AMS software on the server. That day, the AMS panel receives updates from approximately thirteen different X-Agent implants on DCCC and DNC computers. (Mueller Indictment Page 11)

31st:

Yermakov searches for open-source information about CrowdStrike and its reporting on X-Agent and X-Tunnel. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)

June:

Sometime around June:

IRA contacts a person affiliated with Texas-based grassroots organization. The person advises them to direct focus on purple states, like Colorado, Virginia, and Florida. (IRA Indictment, Page 13)
IRA uses “United Muslims for America” page to promote a rally called “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims”, held on July 9th. (IRA Indictment, Page 21)
IRA purchases advertisements on Facebook to promote the “March for Trump” and “Down with Hillary” rallies. (IRA Indictment, Page 21)
CrowdStrike takes steps to kick out the IRA from DNC and DCCC computers. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)
Kovalev begins researching domains used by US state board of elections, secretaries of state, and other election-related website for vulnerabilities. They also search for state political party emails. (Mueller Indictment Page 25)

1st:

IRA creates and purchases Facebook advertisements for their “March for Trump” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 25)
IRA attempts to delete traces of their presence on the DCCC network using the computer program CCleaner. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)

3rd:

Robert Goldstone emails Trump Jr, saying -

"Good morning, Emin just called and asked me to contact you with something very interesting. The crown prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morning and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father. This is obviously a very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr Trump - helped along by Aras and Emin.

What do you think is the best way to handle this information and would you be able to speak to Emin about it directly?

I can also send this info to your father via Rhona, but it is ultra sensitive so wanted to send to you first.

Best, Rob Goldstone." (Mueller Report Page 113)

Jr responds, saying

“Thanks Rob I appreciate that.I am on the road at the moment but perhaps I just speak to Emin first. Seems we have some time and if it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer. Could we do a call first thing next week when I am back?” (Mueller Report Page 113)

4th:

IRA use allforusa@yahoo.com, the email address of a false U.S. persona, to send out press releases for the “March for Trump” rally to New York media outlets. (IRA Indictment, Page 25)

5th:

IRA.posing as a U.S. grassroots activist, uses the account @March_for_Trump to contact a volunteer for the Trump Campaign in New York. The volunteer agrees to provide signs for the “March for Trump” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 21)

6th:

Emin Agalarov messages Robert Goldstone, asking for an update on the meeting with DJT Jr. Goldstone tells him that Jr is still traveling for the last stretch of the primaries, and Trump would be made the official nominee soon. Goldstone then emails Trump Jr and asks when he would be free to talk with Emin about the Hillary info. Jr responds that they could “speak now”. Goldstone arranges the call, and on the 6th and 7th, Jr and Emin talk multiple times. (Mueller Report Page 113)

7th:

Goldstone emails Trump Jr, asking “Emin asked that I schedule a meeting with you and [t]he Russian government attorney who is flying over from Moscow.” when Jr replied that the “boss of the campaign” Paul Manafort would be attending, as well as Kushner, Goldstone was surprised. (Mueller Report Page 114)

8th:

IRA launches the public website dcleaks.com, which they used to release stolen emails. They falsely claimed on the site that DCLeaks was started by a group of "American hacktivists". (Mueller Indictment Page 13)
IRA create a DCLeaks Facebook page using a preexisting social media account under the fictitious name "Alice Donovan." In addition to the DCLeaks Facebook page, the IRA used other social media accounts in the names of fictitious U.S. persons such as "Jason Scott" and "Richard Gingrey" to promote the DCLeaks website. (Mueller Indictment Page 14)
IRA creates twitter account @dcleaks_ . (Mueller Indictment Page 14)

9th:

Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya meets with Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, and DJT Jr in Trump Tower. (Mueller Report Page 110)
Felix Sater messages Michael Cohen a notice that the badges for the St Petersburg conference are being finalized, and adds that Putin will be there, with a very strong chance of the two meeting. (Mueller Report Page 78)

12th:

Assange claims to have emails related to Hillary Clinton, pending publication, in a tv interview. (Source) (Mueller Report page 52)

13th:

Felix Sater forwards the invitation to the Forum, as well as a Russian visa application, to Cohen. Cohen decides not to go, claiming that he believed Russian officials weren’t actually involved. (Mueller Report Page 78)

14th:

DNC publicly announces (through CrowdStrike) its been hacked by the Russian Government. (Mueller Indictment Page 14)
IRA creates Guccifer2.0 in response to the announcement, claiming to be a sole Romanian hacker. (Mueller Indictment Page 14)
IRA registers the domain actblues.com, which mimicked the domain of a real political fundraising platform that included a DCCC donations page. After, they use the stolen DCCC credentials to modify the DCCC website and redirect visitors to the fake actblues.com domain. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)
GRU officers, operating under the DCLeaks persona, sent a link and password for a non-public DCLeaks webpage to a U.S. reporter via Facebook. (Mueller Report Page 42)
Michael Cohen meets with Felix Sater in person in Trump Tower, informing him he wouldn’t go to Russia. (Mueller Report Page 78)

15th:

IRA logs into a Moscow-based server used and managed by Unit 74455 and, between 4:19 PM and 4:56 PM Moscow Standard Time, searches for certain words and phrases, including: "some hundred sheets" , "some hundreds of sheets" , “dcleaks” , illuminati , широко известный перевод [Translation: “widely known”], "worldwide known" , "think twice about" , and "company's competence". (Mueller Indictment Page 15)

Later that day, at 7:02 PM Moscow Standard Time, the online persona Guccifer 2.0 published its first post on a blog site created through WordPress. Titled "DNC's servers hacked by a lone hacker," the post used the same words the IRA had searched for earlier that day (bolded):

“Worldwide known cyber security company CrowdStrike announced that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers had been hacked by "sophisticated" hacker groups. I'm very pleased the company appreciated my skills so highly))) [. . .] Here are just a few docs from many thousands I extracted when hacking into DNC's network. [. . .] Some hundred sheets! This's a serious case, isn't it? [...] I guess CrowdStrike’s customers should think twice about company's competence. F[***] the Illuminati and their conspiracies!!!!!!!!! F[***] CrowdStrike!!!!!!!!!” (Mueller Indictment Page 15)

16th:

IRA creates a bank account using the stolen identity“T.B.” (IRA Indictment, Page 32)

19th:

After several more Skype exchanges with Ivan Timofeev, Papadopoulos emailed Corey Lewandowski on his last day as campaign manager saying the Russian ministry of foreign affairs had contacted him and asked whether, if Mr. Trump could not travel to Russia, a campaign representative such as Papadopoulos could attend meetings. Papadopoulos told Lewandowski that he was “willing to make the trip off the record if it’s in the interest of Mr. Trump and the campaign to meet specific people.” (Mueller Report Page 90)

20th:

IRA deletes logs from the AMS panel’s history, including login history. (Mueller Indictment Page 11)
After CrowdStrike had disabled X-Agent on the DCCC network, the IRA spent over seven hours unsuccessfully trying to connect to X-Agent. They also tried to access the DCCC network using previously stolen credentials. (Mueller Indictment Page 12)

22nd:

Wikileaks sends a private message to Guccifer 2.0 to "[s]end any new material [stolen from the DNC] here for us to review and it will have a much higher impact than what you are doing." (Mueller Indictment Page 17-18)

23rd:

IRA uses a Facebook account persona registered under “Matt Skiber” to contact a real U.S. person to serve as a recruiter for the “March for Trump” rally, offering to “give you money to print posters and get a megaphone.” (IRA Indictment, Page 25)

24th:

IRA purchases advertisements on Facebook to promote the “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 25)

27th:

The IRA, posing as Guccifer 2.0, contacted a U.S. reporter with an offer to provide stolen emails from "Hillary Clinton's staff." The IRA then sent the reporter the password to access a nonpublic, password-protected portion of dcleaks.com containing emails stolen from the DCCC by Lukashev and Yermakov in March. (Mueller Indictment Page 17)

July:

Sometime around July:

IRA uses the Facebook group “Being Patriotic,” the Twitter account @March_for_Trump, and other false U.S. personas to organize a series of coordinated rallies in Florida. The rallies were collectively referred to as “Florida Goes Trump” and held on August 20, 2016.
Kovalev hacks a state board of electors website, stealing information from 500 thousand voters. This includes names, addresses, partial socials, dates of birth, and license numbers. (Mueller Indictment Page 26)

5th:

IRA orders posters for the “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims” rally, including the poster with the quote attributed to Clinton that read “I think Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom.” (IRA Indictment, Page 25)
Denis Klimentov emails Maria Zakharova, the Director of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Information and Press Department, saying that he wanted to draw the Russian government’s attention to Page’s visit in Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 99)

6th:

Wikileaks messages the Guccifer2.0 account again, saying "if you have anything hillary related we want it in the next tweo [sic] days prefable [sic] because the DNC [Democratic National Convention] is approaching and she will solidify bernie supporters behind her after." The IRA replied, "ok... i see." Wikileaks explained, "we think trump has only a 25% chance of winning against hillary... so conflict between bernie and hillary is interesting." (Mueller Indictment Page 18)

7th:

Carter Page delivers the first of two speeches at the NES in Moscow. He criticized the U.S. government's foreign policy toward Russia, stating that "Washington an d other Western capitals have impeded potential progress through their often hypocritical focus on ideas such as democratization, inequality, corruption, and regime change." (Mueller Report Page 99)

8th:

IRA communicates with a real U.S. person about the posters they had ordered for the “Support Hillary. Save American Muslims” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 25)
Carter Page delivers his second speech at the NES. After his speech, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and NES board member Arkady Dvorkovich spoke, railing the sanctions placed on Russia. (Mueller Report Page 100)
While in Moscow, Page emails several campaign officials, promising “a readout soon regarding some incredible insights and outreach I've received from a few Russian legislators and senior members of the Presidential Administration here." (Mueller Report Page 100)

9th:

IRA recruits a real U.S. person to hold a sign at their Save American Muslims rally depicting Clinton and a quote attributed to her stating “I think Sharia Law will be a powerful new direction of freedom.” (IRA Indictment, Page 21)
Page emails Sam Clovis, saying “Russian Deputy Prime minister and NES board member Arkady Dvorkovich also spoke before the event. In a private conversation, Dvorkovich expressed strong support for Mr. Trump and a desire to work together toward devising better solutions in response to the vast range of current international problems. Based on feedback from a diverse array of their sources close to the Presidential Administration, it was readily apparent that this sentiment is widely held at all levels of government. (Mueller Report Page 101)

12th:

IRA creates and purchases Facebook advertisements for the “Down With Hillary” rally in New York. (IRA Indictment, Page 26)

14th:

After failed attempts to transfer the stolen documents the IRA, posing as Guccifer 2.0, sent Wikileaks an email with an attachment titled "wk dnc link1.txt.gpg.'. They explained to Wikileaks that the encrypted file contained instructions on how to access an online archive of stolen DNC documents. (Mueller Indictment Page 18)

18th:

Wikileaks confirmed it had "the 1Gb or so archive" of stolen documents from the IRA and would make a release of the stolen documents "this week." (Mueller Indictment Page 18)

21st:

IRA creates bank account using the stolen identity “A.R.” (IRA Indictment, Page 32)

22nd:

Wikileaks releases over 20,000 emails and other documents stolen from the DNC network by the IRA This release occurred approximately three days before the start of the Democratic National Convention. Wikileaks did not disclose Guccifer 2.0's role in providing them. (Mueller Indictment Page 18)

23rd:

IRA uses the email address of a false U.S. persona, joshmilton024@gmail.com, to send out press releases to over thirty media outlets promoting the “Down With Hillary” rally at Trump Tower in New York City. (IRA Indictment, Page 26)

25th:

Trump tells Paul Manafort to stay in touch with Roger Stone after he successfully predicted the DNC email releases by Wikileaks. Manafort relays this message to Stone. Separately, he tells Rick Gates to also stay in contact with Stone in regards to future leaks. (Mueller Report, Pages 53-54)
Jerome Corsi, on behalf of Roger Stone, asks an associate, Theodore Malloch, to put him in touch with Julian Assange, potentially through people in Nigel Farage’s “orbit”. (Mueller Report Page 55)

26th:

Trump tweets out that he has zero Russian investments, and “In order to try and deflect the horror and stupidity of the Wikileaks disaster, the Dems said maybe it is Russia dealing with Trump. Crazy!” (Mueller Report V2 P 18)

27th:

IRA creates bank account using the stolen identity “T.C.” (IRA Indictment, Page 32)
IRA attempts attempted after hours to spearphish, for the first time, email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by Clinton's personal office. At or around the same time, they also targeted seventy-six email addresses at the domain for the Clinton Campaign. (Mueller Indictment Page 7-8)
Trump publicly asks Russia to hack Hillary’s emails.
Roger Stone sends an email to Jerome Corsi, directing him to ““[g]et to Assange [a]t Ecuadorian Embassy in London and get the pending [WikiLeaks] emails . . . they deal with Foundation, allegedly.” (Mueller Report Page 54)

28th:

IRA posts a series of tweets through the false U.S. persona account @March_for_Trump stating that “[w]e’re currently planning a series of rallies across the state of Florida” and seeking volunteers to assist. (IRA Indictment, Page 26)
Konstantin Kilimnik flies from Kiev to Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 138)

29th:

Konstantin emails Paul Manafort using coded language about a conversation he had the previous day. With the subject “Black Caviar”, Konstantin wrote:

I met today with the guy who gave you your biggest black caviar jar several years ago. We spent about 5 hours talking about his story, and I have several important messages from him to you. He asked me to go and brief you on our conversation. I said I have to run it by you first, but in principle I am prepared to do it. . . . It has to do about the future of his country, and is quite interesting. (Mueller Report Page 138)

31st:

FBI opens investigation into whether individuals associated with the Trump Campaign were coordinating with the Russian government in its interference activities. (Mueller Report Page 1)
Konstantin Kilimnik flies back to Kiev from Moscow, emailing Manafort that he needs 2 hours for their meeting, since it is “a long caviar story to tell”. (Mueller Report Page 138)

August:

Sometime around August:

IRA uses their personas to contact Trump campaign staff involved in community outreach about the “Florida goes Trump” rallies. They also purchase advertisements on social media. They also contact grassroots groups supporting Trump, getting them to agree to attend. (IRA Indictment, Page 22)
IRA also asks individuals to perform tasks, such as wearing a costume of Clinton in a prison uniform, and another to build a cage on a flatbed truck, paying them for their services. (IRA Indictment, Page 22)
Kovalev hacks into the computers of a U.S. vendor that supplied software used to verify voter registration information for the 2016 U.S. elections. Kovalev used some of the same infrastructure to hack into the vendor that they had used to hack into the State board of Electors the previous month. (Mueller Indictment Page 26)
The FBI issues an alert about the hacking of the State Board of Electors and identified some of the infrastructure that was used to conduct the hacking. In response, Kovalev deletes his search history. Kovalev deletes records from accounts used in their operations targeting state boards of elections and similar election-related entities. (Mueller Indictment Page 26)
Theodore Malloch and Jerome Corsi have multiple Facetime video calls about Wikileaks and Roger Stone. Corsi tells Malloch that Stone has made contact with Julian Assange, and that Podesta’s emails would be released before the election. Corsi tells Malloch that when the emails are released, they would be “in the driver's seat”. (Mueller Report Page 56)

2nd:

IRA uses the “Matt Skiber” Facebook account to send a private message to a real Facebook account, “Florida for Trump,” set up to assist then-candidate Trump in the state of Florida. In the first message, the IRA wrote:

“Hi there! I’m a member of Being Patriotic online community. Listen, we’ve got an idea. Florida is still a purple state and we need to paint it red. If we lose Florida, we lose America. We can’t let it happen, right? What about organizing a YUGE pro-Trump flash mob in every Florida town? We are currently reaching out to local activists and we’ve got the folks who are okay to be in charge of organizing their events almost everywhere in FL. However, we still need your support. What do you think about that? Are you in? (IRA Indictment, Page 26)

The IRA uses a stolen identity of a real U.S. person, T.W., sent emails to certain grassroots groups located in Florida that stated in part:

My name is [T.W.] and I represent a conservative patriot community named as “Being Patriotic.” . . . So we’re gonna organize a flash mob across Florida to support Mr. Trump. We clearly understand that the elections winner will be predestined by purple states. And we must win Florida. . . . We got a lot of volunteers in ~25 locations and it’s just the beginning. We’re currently choosing venues for each location and recruiting more activists. This is why we ask you to spread this info and participate in the flash mob. (IRA Indictment, Page 26-27)

The IRA creates a bank account using the stolen identity “T.W.” (IRA Indictment, Page 32)

Paul Manafort meets Konstantin Kilimnik in New York City. Kilimnik requested the meeting to deliver in person a peace plan for Ukraine that involved an autonomous Donbas region, with former Ukrainian president Yanukovych as its leader. (Mueller Report, Pages 6-7) (Mueller Report Page 139)
Jerome Corsi messages Roger Stone, saying that Assange has plans for two more drops. (Mueller Report Page 55)

4th:

IRA begins purchasing advertisements that promoted a post on the IRA-controlled Facebook account “Stop A.I.” The post alleged that “Hillary Clinton has already committed voter fraud during the Democrat Iowa Caucus.” (IRA Indictment, Page 18)
IRA creates and purchases Facebook advertisements for the “Florida Goes Trump” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 27)

5th:

IRA uses the false U.S. persona @March_for_Trump Twitter account to recruit and later pay a real U.S. person to wear a costume portraying Clinton in a prison uniform at a rally in West Palm Beach. (IRA Indictment, Page 27)

8th:

Roger Stone speaks at an event for the Southwest Broward Republican Organization, saying “I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation, but there’s no telling what the October surprise may be.” (Mueller Report Page 55)

11th:

IRA posts that allegations of voter fraud were being investigated in North Carolina on the IRA-controlled Twitter account @TEN_GOP. (IRA Indictment, Page 19)

15th:

IRA receives an email at one of their false U.S. persona accounts from a real U.S. person, a Florida-based political activist identified as the “Chair for the Trump Campaign” in a particular Florida county. This person was Susie Wiles. The activist identified two additional sites in Florida for possible rallies. The IRA subsequently used their false U.S. persona accounts to communicate with the activist about logistics and an additional rally in Florida. (IRA Indictment, Page 27)
IRA receives a request for stolen documents from H Russel Taub. They respond using the Guccifer 2.0 persona and send him stolen documents related to his opponent. (Mueller Indictment Page 16)
IRA writes to Roger Stone "thank u for writing back... do u find anyt[h]ing interesting in the docs i posted?" (Mueller Indictment Page 16)

16th:

IRA uses a false U.S. persona Instagram account connected to the IRA-created group “Tea Party News” to purchase advertisements for the “Florida Goes Trump” rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 27)
During an interview with the Blaze, Roger Stone says in regards to his relationship with Assange; “I had communicated with Mr. Assange,” then adding, “I never said I met with him or that I spoke with him,” but said “we have a mutual acquaintance who is a fine gentleman.” (Interview) (Mueller Report Page 55)

17th:

IRA, using Guccifer2.0, text to Roger Stone, “please tell me if i can help u anyhow...it would be a great pleasure to me.” (Mueller Report Page 44)
Jared Kushner has another meeting with Dmitiri Simes, where Simes gives Kushner Clinton-related information on ties to Russians, which Simes claims were obtained by an American source. The information given was censored, but was apparently of no use to Kushner, as it was “old news”. (Mueller Report Page 109)

18th:

The real “Florida for Trump” Facebook account responded to the false U.S. persona “Matt Skiber” account with instructions to contact a member of the Trump Campaign involved in the campaign’s Florida operations and provided the campaign official’s email address at the campaign domain donaldtrump.com. The same day, the IRA used the email address of a false U.S. persona, joshmilton024@gmail.com, to send an email to the campaign official at that donaldtrump.com email account, which read in part:

“Hello [Campaign Official], [w]e are organizing a state-wide event in Florida on August, 20 to support Mr. Trump. Let us introduce ourselves first. “Being Patriotic” is a grassroots conservative online movement trying to unite people offline. . . . [W]e gained a huge lot of followers and decided to somehow help Mr. Trump get elected. You know, simple yelling on the Internet is not enough. There should be real action. We organized rallies in New York before. Now we’re focusing on purple states such as Florida.”

The email also identified thirteen “confirmed locations” in Florida for the rallies and requested the campaign provide “assistance in each location.” (IRA Indictment, Page 27-28)

IRA sends money via interstate wire to another real U.S. person recruited by the IRA, using one of their false U.S. personas, to build a cage large enough to hold an actress depicting Clinton in a prison uniform. (IRA Indictment, Page 28)

19th:

A supporter of the Trump Campaign sent a message to the IRA-controlled “March for Trump” Twitter account about a member of the Trump Campaign who was involved in the campaign’s Florida operations and provided Campaign Official’s email address at the domain donaldtrump.com. On the same day, the IRA used the false U.S. persona joshmilton024@gmail.com account to send an email to the campaign official at that donaldtrump.com email account. (IRA Indictment, Page 28)
The real “Florida for Trump” Facebook account sent another message to the false U.S. persona “Matt Skiber” account to contact a 3rd member of the Trump Campaign involved in the campaign’s Florida operations. (IRA Indictment, Page 28)
IRA uses “Matt Skiber” account to write to the real U.S. person affiliated with a Texas-based grassroots organization who previously had advised the false persona to focus on “purple states like Colorado, Virginia & Florida.” Defendants and their co-conspirators told that U.S. person, “We were thinking about your recommendation to focus on purple states and this is what we’re organizing in FL.” The IRA then sent a link to the Facebook event page for the Florida rallies and asked that person to send the information to Tea Party members in Florida. The real U.S. person stated that he/she would share among his/her own social media contacts, who would pass on the information. (IRA Indictment, Page 29)

20th:

IRA uses “Matt Skiber” account to message the 3rd campaign official. (IRA Indictment, Page 29)

22nd:

The IRA, posing as Guccifer 2.0, transfers approximately 2.5 gigabytes of data stolen from the DCCC to Aaron Nevins, a registered state lobbyist and online source of political news. The stolen data included donor records and personal identifying information for more than 2,000 Democratic donors. (Mueller Indictment Page 16)
They also send a reporter, Lee Stranahan, stolen documents pertaining to the Black Lives Matter movement. Lee responds by discussing when to release the documents and offering to write an article about their release. (Mueller Indictment Page 16)

24th:

IRA updates an internal list of over 100 real U.S. persons contacted through IRA-controlled false U.S. persona accounts and tracked to monitor recruitment efforts and requests.The list included contact information for the U.S. persons, a summary of their political views, and activities they had been asked to perform by Defendants and their co-conspirators. (IRA Indictment, Page 29)

25th:

Randy Credico, a New York radio show host, interviews Julian Assange. (Mueller Report Page 56)

26th:

Credico messages Roger Stone, saying, “Julian Assange talked about you last night”. Stone asked what Assange said, to which Credico responded, “He didn’t say anything bad we were talking about how the Press is trying to make it look like you and he are in cahoots.” (Mueller Report Page 56)

27th:

Credico messages Stone, saying, “Assange has kryptonite on Hillary”. (Mueller Report Page 56)

28th:

Peter Smith sends an encrypted email titled “Sec. Clinton’s unsecured private email server” to an unknown list of recipients. (Mueller Report Page 63)

31st:

IRA, using a U.S. persona,spoke by telephone with a real U.S. person affiliated with a grassroots group in Florida. That individual requested assistance in organizing a rally in Miami, Florida. (IRA Indictment, Page 29)
IRA creates and purchases Facebook advertisements for a rally they organized and scheduled in New York for September 11, 2016. (IRA Indictment, Page 30)

September:

Sometime in September:

IRA submits budget to Concord, exceeding 73 million Russian Roubles, or 1.25 Million US dollars. (IRA Indictment, Page 7)
IRA also successfully gains access to DNC computers hosted on a third-party cloud-computing service. These computers contain test applications related to the DNC's analytics. After conducting reconnaissance, the IRA gathered data by creating backups, or "snapshots," of the DNC's cloud-based systems using the cloud provider's own technology. The IRA then moved the snapshots to cloud-based accounts they had registered with the same service, thereby stealing the data from the DNC. (Mueller Indictment Page 13)
Peter Smith, as part of his recruitment and fundraising effort, circulated a document stating that his initiative was “in coordination” with the Trump Campaign, “to the extent permitted as an independent expenditure organization.” (Mueller Report Page 63)

2nd:

Peter Smith founds KLS Research LLC, with the goal of using it to manage the funds he obtained to find the Clinton emails. (Mueller Report Page 63)

9th:

IRA sends the Florida-based grassroots group an interstate wire to pay for materials needed for the Florida rally. (IRA Indictment, Page 29)
Through a false U.S. persona, the IRA contacted the real U.S. person who had impersonated Clinton at the West Palm Beach rally. Defendants and their co-conspirators sent that U.S. person money via interstate wire as an inducement to travel from Florida to New York and to dress in costume at another rally they organized. (IRA Indictment, Page 30)
The IRA messages Roger Stone, and refers to a stolen DCCC document posted online, asking "what do u think of the info on the turnout model for the democrats entire presidential campaign." Stone responded, "[p]retty standard." (Mueller Indictment Page 16)

14th:

In an internal review of an IRA-created and controlled Facebook group called “Secured Borders,” the account specialist was criticized for having a “low number of posts dedicated to criticizing Hillary Clinton” and was told “it is imperative to intensify criticizing HillaryClinton” in future posts. (IRA Indictment, Page 17)

20th:

Jason Fishbein messages Donald Trump Jr on behalf of wikileaks, sending him the password for putintrump.org. Later that day, Wikileaks sends Jr a DM directly, saying “A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch. The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?” (Mueller Report Page 60)
In response to the DM, Jr messages a variety of senior campaign staff, asking “Guys I got a weird Twitter DM from wikileaks. See below. I tried the password and it works and the about section they reference contains the next pic in terms of who is behind it. Not sure if this is anything but it seems like it’s really wikileaks asking me as I follow them and it is a DM. Do you know the people mentioned and what the conspiracy they are looking for could be? These are just screen shots but it’s a fully built out page claiming to be a PAC let me know your thoughts and if we want to look into it. (Mueller Report Page 60)

21st:

Jr responds to Wikileaks, saying, “Off the record, I don’t know who that is but I’ll ask around. Thanks.” (Mueller Report Page 60)

22nd:

IRA creates and purchases Facebook advertisements for a series of rallies they organized in Pennsylvania called “Miners for Trump” and scheduled for October 2, 2016. (IRA Indictment, Page 30)

23rd:

Yahoo news reports Carter Page, foreign policy advisor to the Trump Campaign, has U.S. intelligence officials investigating alleged contacts between Page and Russian officials subject to U.S. sanctions, including Igor Sechin, the president of state-run Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft. Page promptly leaves the campaign.

October:

1st:

Randy Credico messages Roger Stone, saying, “big news Wednesday . . . now pretend u don’t know me . . . Hillary’s campaign will die this week.” (Mueller Report Page 57)

2nd:

After a delayed press conference, Stone messages Credico about the delay. (Mueller Report Page 57)

3rd:

Stone texts Credico, asking “Did Assange back off?”. Credico responds, saying that he can’t talk about it, but later adding that it’s on for tomorrow. Then saying, “Off the Record Hillary and her people are doing a full-court press they keep Assange from making the next dump . . .that’s all I can tell you on this line . . . Please leave my name out of it.” (Mueller Report Page 57)
Stone receives an email from a reporter, who asks, “Assange, what’s he got? Hope its good”. Stone responds, “It is, I’d tell Bannon but he doesn’t call me back.” (Mueller Report Page 57)
Stone emails Erik Prince, saying, “Spoke to my friend in London last night. The payload is still coming.”(Mueller Report Page 57)
Wikileaks DMs DJT Jr, asking, “you guys” to help disseminate a link alleging candidate Clinton had advocated using a drone to target Julian Assange. Trump Jr. responded that he already “had done so,” and asked, “what’s behind this Wednesday leak I keep reading about?” WikiLeaks did not respond. (Mueller Report Page 60)

4th:

Prince responds to Stone, asking if he’s heard anything from London. Stone replies, “Yes – want to talk on a secure line – got Whatsapp.” (Mueller Report Page 57)
Bannon emails Stone after Assange hosts a press conference with no leaks. and asked if Assange had “cut a deal w/ Clintons.” Stone emailed Bannon back telling him Assange was afraid, but that there would be a dump coming once a week.(Mueller Report Page 57)

7th:

Access Hollywood tape comes out, showing Trump saying he could grab women by the pussy. In response, Wikileaks releases the first set of emails from Podesta that had been stolen by Lukashev. (Mueller Indictment Page 18) (Mueller Report Page 7)
DHS releases statement “that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions,including from US political organizations. Those “thefts” and the “disclosures” of the hacked materials through online platforms such as WikiLeaks,” the statement continued, “are intended to interfere with the US election process.”” (Mueller Report Page 7)

12th:

Wikileaks DMs DJT Jr, saying, “great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. Strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentions us wlsearch.tk.” They said the link would help “digging through” leaked emails and stated, “we just released Podesta emails Part 4.” (Mueller Report Page 60)

14th:

DJT Jr tweets out the wlsearch.tk link. (Mueller Report Page 60)

16th:

IRA used the IRA-controlled Instagram account “Woke Blacks” to post the following message: “[A] particular hype and hatred for Trump is misleading the people and forcing Blacks to vote Killary. We cannot resort to the lesser of two devils. Then we’d surely be better off without voting AT ALL.” (IRA Indictment, Page 18)

28th:

Kovalev visits the websites of certain counties in Georgia, Iowa, and Florida to identify vulnerabilities. (Mueller Indictment Page 26)
Peter Smith writes in an email “tug-of-war going on within WikiLeaks over its planned releases in the next few days,” and that WikiLeaks “has maintained that it will save its best revelations for last, under the theory this allows little time for response prior to the U.S. election November 8.” (Mueller Report Page 64)

November:

Sometime in November:

Kovalev uses an email account designed to look like the US election software vendor’s email address to send over 100 spearphishing emails to organizations and personnel involved in administering elections in numerous Florida counties. The spearphishing emails contained malware that the Conspirators embedded into Word documents bearing the Vendor's logo. (Mueller Indictment Page 26)
Kirill Dmitriev meets Rick Gerson (Mueller Report Page 157)

2nd:

IRA use @TEN_GOP account to post “#VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida.” (IRA Indictment, Page 19)

3rd:

IRA purchases an advertisement to promote a post on the IRA-controlled Instagram account “Blacktivist” that read in part: “Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein. Trust me, it’s not a wasted vote.” (IRA Indictment, Page 18)

7th:

Wikileaks releases thirty-three tranches of documents stolen from Podesta. (Mueller Indictment Page 18)

8th:

At 3 am, Trump Campaign Press secretary Hope Hicks received a telephone call on her personal cell phone from a person who sounded foreign but was calling from a number with a DC area code. Although Hicks had a hard time understanding the person, she could make out the words “Putin call.” She asked the caller to send an email. (Mueller Report Page 145)

9th:

Hope Hicks receives an email titled “Message from Putin”. “look[ed] forward to working with [Trump] on leading Russian-American relations out of crisis.” (Mueller Report Page 145)
After verifying the authenticity of the email through Kushner, Hicks would forward the email to Transition Team officials. (Mueller Report Page 145)

10th:

Hicks publicly denies campaign representatives had connections or communications with foreign entities before Trump’s election win. (Mueller Report, V2 Page 21)

12th:

IRA creates rally designed to “show your support for President-Elect Donald Trump” in New York. (IRA Indictment, Page 23)
Avi Berkowitz, Jared Kushner’s assistant, meets with Sergey Kislyak at Trump Tower, where Kislyak expresses his wish for Kushner to meet Russian Oligarch Sergey Gorkov. (Mueller Report Page 161)

13th:

Jared Kushner meets with Sergey Gorkov. (Mueller Report Page 161)

14th:

Trump and Putin call in the presence of Transition Team officials. (Mueller Report Page 145)

December:

8th:

Konstantin Kilimnik emails Paul Manafort, “Carter Page is in Moscow today, sending messages he is authorized to talk to Russia on behalf of DT on a range of issues of mutual interest, including Ukraine." (Mueller Report Page 166)

18th:

Podesta tells the press the election was distorted by the Russian intervention” and questioned whether Trump Campaign officials had been “in touch with the Russians.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 22)
Chief of staff Renice Prebius goes on Fox News, and When asked about any contact or coordination between the Campaign and Russia, said, “Even this question is insane. Of course we didn’t interface with the Russians.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 22)

22nd:

Richard Burt emails Petr Aven about his meeting with Dmitri Simes, saying

“Through a trusted third party, I have reached out to the very influential person I mentioned in Luxembourg concerning Project A. There is an interest and an understanding for the need to establish such a channel. But the individual emphasized that at this moment, with so much intense interest in the Congress and the media over the question of cyber-hacking (and who ordered what), Project A was too explosive to discuss. The individual agreed to discuss it again after the New Year. I trust the individual’s instincts on this. If this is unclear or you would like to discuss, don’t hesitate to call.”

Flynn calls Kislyak to ask him to oppose Egypt’s UN resolution in regards to Israeli settlements. (Mueller Report Page 195)

23rd:

Kislyak tells Flynn Russia will not oppose the motion if it comes to a vote. (Mueller Report Page 195)

28th:

US President Obama imposes sanctions on Russia for their election interference.

29th:

Michael Flynn briefs Trump, Bannon, Reince Priebus, Sean Spicer, and others on the call occurring later that day. (Mueller Report Page 171)
Michael Flynn calls Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and asked Russia not to escalate the situation in response to the sanctions. (Mueller Report Page 7) (Mueller Report Page 172)
Putin announced that Russia would not take retaliatory measures in response to the sanctions at that time. Hours later, President-Elect Trump tweeted, “Great move on delay (by V. Putin).” (Mueller Report Page 7) (Mueller Report Page 172)
The US expels 35 Russian government officials and closed two Russian government-owned compounds in the United States. (Mueller Report Page 168)
When asked about the sanctions, Trump said “I think we ought to get on with our lives” (Mueller Report V2 Page 22)

30th:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov remarked that Russia would respond in kind to the sanctions.(Mueller Report Page 172)
Lavrov’s comment is superseded two hours later by Putin, who says they will take no retaliatory measures. (Mueller Report Page 172)

31st:

Kislyak calls Flynn and tells him the request had been received at the highest levels and Russia had chosen not to retaliate as a result of Flynn’s request. (Mueller Report Page 7) (Mueller Report Page 172)

2017:

January:

3rd:

George Nader and Eric Prince meet in person in New York, where they discuss Kirill Dmitriev. (Mueller Report Page 151)
Flynn briefs Trump and “thinks” that they discussed the russian sanctions and subsequent response, but doesn’t remember exactly what was said. (Mueller Report V2 Page 26)

6th:

Intelligence officials briefed President-Elect Trump and the incoming Administration on the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election. (Mueller Report V2 Page 26)
Comey privately talks with Trump about the Steele Dossier. He assures Trump that Trump is not under personal investigation by the FBI. (Mueller Report V2 Page 26)

7th:

Eric Prince books his flight to the Seychelles. (Mueller Report Page 151)

8th:

George Nader emails Kirill Dimitriev that he has a “pleasant surprise” for him, in the form of a “special guest from the new team”, and if Dmitiriev could meet the guest in the Seychelles on the 12th. Dmitriev agrees. (Mueller Report Page 151)

9th:

Kirill Dmitriev has doubts over the value of the meeting with Prince, to which Nader convinces him of its worth. (Mueller Report Page 153)
Dmitriev also sends his biography to Rick Gerson, and asks if he can send it to “Jared or someone else very senior on the team so that they know that we are focused from our side on improving the relationship and my boss asked me to play a key role in that” (Mueller Report Page 157)

10th:

Buzzfeed publishes unverified allegation reports from Christopher Steele, which purport Trump’s ties to Russia (Mueller Report V2 Page 22)

11th:

Kirill Dmitriev and Erik Prince meet in the Seychelles, meeting in the villa of George Nader, with Nader present. (Mueller Report Page 153)
After the meeting, Erik Prince returns to his room, where he learns of a Russian aircraft carrier deploying to Libya. He messages Nader asking for another meeting, saying Libya is off the table. (Mueller Report Page 154)
The three hold an impromptu second meeting, where Prince expresses that the US will not allow Russian involvement in Libya (Mueller Report Page 154)
Trump calls the Steele Dossier a “disgrace” and says “I have no dealings with Russia. I have no deals that could happen in Russia, because we’ve stayed away. . . . So I have no deals, I have no loans and I have no dealings. We could make deals in Russia very easily if we wanted to, I just don’t want to because I think that would be a conflict.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 22)

12th:

IRA posts to the Guccifer 2.0 WordPress blog, falsely claiming that the intrusions and release of stolen documents had "totally no relation to the Russian government." (Mueller Indictment Page 17)
A Washington Post columnist reported that Flynn and Kislyak communicated on the day the Obama Administration announced the Russia sanctions. (Mueller Report V2 Page 29)

13th:

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) announced that it would conduct a bipartisan inquiry into Russian interference in the election, including any “links between Russia and individuals associated with political campaigns.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 28)

16th:

Kirill Dmitirev consolidates the points made alongside Rick Gerson into a a US-Russia reconciliation plan. (Mueller Report Page 157)
Rick Gerson gives a copy of the plan to Jared Kushner. (Mueller Report Page 157)

17th:

Papadopoulos agrees to be interviewed by FBI agents. (Mueller Report Page 192)

23rd:

Sean Spicer delivers his first press briefing as White House Press Secretary, and says Flynn had talked with Kislyak, but never about the sanctions. (Mueller Report V2 Page 30)

24th:

Michael Flynn agrees to be interviewed by the FBI. (Mueller Report Page 194)

25th:

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) announced that it had been conducting an investigation into Russian election interference and possible coordination with the political campaigns.(Mueller Report Page 118)

26th:

Kirill Dmitriev messages Rick Gerson, saying that his “boss” (referring to Putin) was asking if there was any feedback on the proposal.“we do not want to rush things and move at a comfortable speed. At the same time, my boss asked me to try to have the key US meetings in the next two weeks if possible.” (Mueller Report Page 158)
Dmitriev also messages George Nader, saying that he had spoken with his boss again and that his boss emphasized “that this is a great priority for us and that we need to build this communication channel to avoid bureaucracy.” (Mueller Report Page 158)
Trump is told that Flynn lied about his connections to Kislyak to VP Mike Pence, and to the FBI. (Mueller Report V2 Page 3)
Acting Attorney General Sally Yates contacted White House Counsel Donald McGahn and informed him that she needed to discuss a sensitive matter with him in person, the potential compromise of Flynn. (Mueller Report V2 Page 30)
McGahn informs Trump that Yates had discussed Flynn with him. (Mueller Report V2 Page 30)
Trump has dinner with several senior advisors and asked the group what they thought about FBI Director Comey. (Mueller Report V2 Page 30)

27th:

Trump invites FBI Director James Comey to dinner, and tells him “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.”(Mueller Report V2 Page 3), (Mueller Report V2 Page 34)
Donald McGahn meets with Richard W. Eisenberg, a senior attorney in the White House Counsel’s Office, to discuss Eisenberg’s legal research into Flynn’s conduct. Eisenberg tells McGahn that Flynn likely violated the Logan act. (Mueller Report V2 Page 32)

28th:

Dmitriev messages Nader that he wanted “to see if I can confirm to my boss that your friends may use some of the ideas from the 2 pager I sent you in the telephone call that will happen at 12 EST,”. Nader replied, “"Definitely paper was so submitted to Team by Rick and me. They took it seriously!” (Mueller Report Page 159)
Putin and Trump have an official phone call. (Mueller Report Page 159)
After the call, Dmitriev told Nader that “the call went very well. My boss wants me to continue making some public statements that us [sic] Russia cooperation is good and important.” (Mueller Report Page 159)
Dmitriev also messaged Rick Gerson, saying their proposal played an important role in the call. (Mueller Report Page 159)
McGahn meets with Yates again, and asks about the evidence the DOJ has into Flynn’s logan act violation, expressly stating the white house does not want to interfere with the investigation. (Mueller Report V2 Page 33)

February:

Sometime around February:

Attorney General Jeff Sessions begins to assess whether he had to recuse himself from campaign- related investigations because of his role in the Trump Campaign. (Mueller Report V2 Page 3)
The week of Feburary 6th, Flynn met with Trump to discuss his contacts with Kislyak. Trump was angry about the contacts, and Flynn informed him they may have spoke about the sanctions.(Mueller Report V2 Page 36)

2nd:

The Senate Judiciary Committee announced that it too would investigate Russian efforts to intervene in the election. (Mueller Report V2 Page 28)

9th:

The Washington Post reported that Flynn discussed sanctions with Kislyak the month before the President took office.(Mueller Report V2 Page 36)

10th:

Joseph Mifsud is interviewed in the lobby of a Washington DC hotel. (Mueller Report Page 201)
Mike Pence and other officials reviewed the underlying information about Flynn’s calls to Kislyak, and come to the conclusion that Flynn was lying about his dealings with Kislyak.(Mueller Report V2 Page 46)

13th:

Trump asks Michael Flynn to resign in light of his communications with the Russians involving sanctions. (Mueller Report V2 Page 24)

14th:

Trump asks Comey to “let this go” in relation to the Flynn investigation.(Mueller Report V2 Page 24), (Mueller Report V2 Page 39-40)

15th:

The President told reporters, “General Flynn is a wonderful man. I think he’s been treated very, very unfairly by the media.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 41)

16th:

Trump holds a press conference and said that he removed Flynn because Flynn “didn’t tell the Vice President of the United States the facts, and then he didn’t remember. And that just wasn’t acceptable to me.” He also claims he didn’t direct Flynn to speak to Kislyak, “it certainly would have been okay with me if he did. I would have directed him to do it if I thought he wasn’t doing it. I didn’t direct him, but I would have directed him because that’s his job.”(Mueller Report V2 Page 41)

March:

2nd:

Jeff sessions recuses himself from the investigation into Russian collusion. Trump would ask him to ‘unrecuse’ himself “later that weekend”. (Mueller Report V2 Page 3)

3rd:

Trump calls McGahn, Priebus, and Bannon to the oval office, complaining that he didn’t have a lawyer who could protect him, and wishes Roy Cohn was his lawyer. (Mueller Report V2 Page 50)

5th:

The White House Counsel’s Office was informed that the FBI was asking for transition-period records relating to Flynn—indicating that the FBI was still actively investigating him. (Mueller Report V2 Page 51)

6th:

Trump tells advisors he plans to call the Acting AG to find out whether he was being investigated as well. (Mueller Report V2 Page 51)

9th:

1Comey briefed the “Gang of Eight” congressional leaders about the FBI’s investigation of Russian interference (Mueller Report V2 Page 52)

12th:

Annie Donaldson says in her notes: “POTUS in panic/chaos . . . Need binders to put in front of POTUS. (1) All things related to Russia.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 53)

21st:

McGahn contacts Acting AG Boente on orders from Trump, to seek Boente’s assistance in having Comey or the Department of Justice correct the misperception that the President was under investigation. (Mueller Report V2 Page 53)

22nd:

Trump asked Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and CIA Director Michael Pompeo to stay behind in the Oval Office after a Presidential Daily Briefing. According to Coats, the President asked them whether they could say publicly that no link existed between him and Russia.(Mueller Report V2 Page 55)

25th:

The President called Coats and again complained about the Russia investigations, saying words to the effect of, “I can’t do anything with Russia, there’s things I’d like to do with Russia, with trade, with ISIS, they’re all over me with this.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 56)

26th:

The President called NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers, expressed frustration with the Russia investigation, saying that it made relations with the Russians difficult. (Mueller Report V2 Page 56)

30th:

Trump personally calls Comey, asking him to “lift the cloud” of the Russia investigation, and to “get the fact out” that Trump wasn’t being personally investigated. (Mueller Report V2 Page 58)

April:

11th:

Trump calls Comey again, following up on whether or not Comey would publicly state Trump wasn’t being investigated. (Mueller Report V2 Page 58)
Trump is asked if it is too late to fire Comey in an interview, which he responds, “No, it’s not too late, but you know, I have confidence in him. We’ll see what happens. You know, it’s going to be interesting”. (Mueller Report V2 Page 59)
Later that day, the President told senior advisors, including McGahn and Priebus, that he had reached out to Comey twice in recent weeks. (Mueller Report V2 Page 59)

May:

3rd:

Comey refuses to answer questions on whether or not Trump is being personally investigated. (Mueller Report V2 Page 4)
That afternoon, Trump meets with McGahn, Sessions, and Sessions’s Chief of Staff Jody Hunt. When told that Comey had no publicly said Trump wasn’t under investigation, Trump exploded in anger at Sessions. (Mueller Report V2 Page 63)

5th:

At a dinner at Trump’s resort in Bedminster, Trump tells advisors attending that he planned to fire Comey, and had ideas for a letter that would be used to make the announcement. (Mueller Report V2 Page 64)

8th:

Trump informs his advisors of his decision that he had made the decision to fire Comey. (Mueller Report V2 Page 65)

9th:

Comey is fired. (Mueller Report V2 Page 69)
In an unplanned press conference, Sean Spicer tells reporters, “It was all Rosenstein. No one from the White House. It was a DOJ decision.” in regards to Comey’s firing. (Mueller Report V2 Page 70)

10th:

President Trump met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office. (Mueller Report V2 Page 71)
Jeff Session and Rosenstein speak with McGahn, concerned that the White House was creating a narrative that Rosenstein had initiated the decision to fire Comey. (Mueller Report V2 Page 73)

11th:

Trump is interviewed by Lester Holt, and says he was going to fire Comey regardless of any DOJ recommendation. (Mueller Report V2 Page 73)
Trump tweets out, “Russia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart over a Democrat EXCUSE for losing the election.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 73)

17th:

Acting Attorney General for the Russia investigation appoints a Special Counsel to conduct the investigation and related matters. (Mueller Report V2 Page 4)
Trump demands Sessions resign as AG for failing to protect him. (Mueller Report V2 Page 79)

18th:

FBI agents deliver to McGahn a preservation notice that discussed an investigation related to Comey’s termination and directed the White House to preserve all relevant documents. (Mueller Report V2 Page 79)
Sessions submits his resignation letter, which Trump does not accept. (Mueller Report V2 Page 79)

19th:

On a trip from Saudi Arabia to Tel Aviv, Trump shows the resignation letter to a group of advisors, asking what to do with it. (Mueller Report V2 Page 80)

23rd:

The Department of Justice announced that ethics officials had determined that the Special Counsel’s prior law firm position did not bar his service, generating media reports that Mueller had been cleared to serve. (Mueller Report V2 Page 81)

30th:

Trump returns the letter to the Sessions, saying it wasn’t accepted. (Mueller Report V2 Page 80)

June:

2nd:

Robert Goldstone speaks with Alan Garten, general counsel of the Trump Organization, about the June 9th meeting. (Mueller Report Page 121)

8th:

Comey testified before Congress about his interactions with the President before his termination, including the request for loyalty, the request that Comey “let[] Flynn go,” and the request that Comey “lift the cloud” over the presidency caused by the ongoing investigation. (Mueller Report V2 Page 82)

9th:

The Special Counsel’s Office informed the White House Counsel’s Office that investigators intended to interview intelligence community officials who had allegedly been asked by the President to push back against the Russia investigation. (Mueller Report V2 Page 82)

12th:

Christopher Ruddy, the chief executive of Newsmax Media and a longtime friend of the President’s, met at the White House with Priebus and Bannon. (Mueller Report V2 Page 82)
Ruddy later told a news outlet that “Trump is definitely considering” terminating the Special Counsel and “it’s not something that’s being dismissed.” (Mueller Report V2 Page 83)

13th:

Sanders tells the press that “[w]hile the president has every right to” fire the Special Counsel, “he has no intention to do so. (Mueller Report V2 Page 83)
the President’s personal counsel contacted the Special Counsel’s Office and raised concerns about possible conflicts. (Mueller Report V2 Page 83)
Rosenstein had testified publicly before Congress and said he saw no evidence of good cause to terminate the Special Counsel, including for conflicts of interest. (Mueller Report V2 Page 83)

14th:

Washington Post reports that the Special Counsel’s Office was investigating whether the President had obstructed justice. (Mueller Report V2 Page 4)

15th:

Trump issues a series of tweets acknowledging the existence of the obstruction investigation and criticizing it (Mueller Report V2 Page 84)

17th:

Trump calls Donald McGahn twice and demands that Mueller be removed due to conflicts of interest.(Mueller Report V2 Page 4)

19th:

Trump ordered Lewandowski to tell Jeff Sessions to publicly announce the investigation into Trump was “very unfair”, and that he had done no wrongdoing. (Mueller Report V2 Page 4)
Lewandowski asks Rick Dearborn to deliver the message in his stead, after failing to deliver it in person to Sessions. (Mueller Report V2 Page 92)
Trump gives an interview to the New York Times where he publicly disparages Sessions for recusing himself. (Mueller Report V2 Page 93)

21st:

Washington Post reported that U.S. intelligence intercepts showed that Sessions had discussed campaign-related matters with the Russian ambassador, contrary to what Sessions had said publicly. (Mueller Report V2 Page 94)

22nd:

While onboard Marine One on his way to Norfolk, Trump tells Priebus that he had to get Sessions to resign immediately. (Mueller Report V2 Page 96)

27th:

Robert Goldstone emails Emin Agalarov, telling him that he is being interviewed by attorneys about the June 9th meeting, since it links Don Jr to Russian officials, something he previously denied. Goldstone stressed that he "did say at the time this was an awful idea and a terrible meeting." (Mueller Report Page 121)

July:

Sometime in July:

The June 9th 2016 meeting is revealed to the public. (Mueller Report Page 121)

9th:

Robert Goldstone emails Emin Agalarov, “I made sure I kept you and your father out of it … If contacted, I can do a dance and keep you out of it.” and “FBI now investigating… I hope this favor was worth it for your dad-it could blow up.” (Mueller Report Page 121)

10th:

Alan Futerfas, a defense attorney for the Trump’s (and previously for the Gambino, Colombo, and Genovese crime families), emails Goldstone with a proposed statement to issue:

“As the person who arranged the meeting, I can definitively state that the statements I have read by Donald Trump Jr. are 100% accurate. The meeting was a complete waste of time and Don was never told Ms.Veselnitskaya's name prior to the meeting. Ms.Veselnitskaya mostly talked about the Magnitsky Act and Russian adoption laws and the meeting lasted 20 to 30 minutes at most. There was never any follow up and nothing ever came of the meeting.” (Mueller Report Page 122)

12th:

Emin complains that his father “never listens” in an email to Ivan Kaveladze and that his relationship with Mr T has been thrown down the drain."(Mueller Report Page 121)

19th:

Trump asks for a status update on his message to Sessions. Lewandowski told the President that the message would be delivered soon.(Mueller Report V2 Page 5)
Trump publicly criticized Sessions in aninterview with the New York Times, and then issued a series of tweets making it clear that Sessions’s job was in jeopardy.(Mueller Report V2 Page 5)

September:

6th:

Facebook initially discloses the purchases made by the Russians, including a statement that Facebook had “shared [its] findings with US authorities investigating these issues.” (IRA Indictment, Page 24)

13th:

Kaverzina emails a family member, saying: “We had a slight crisis here at work: the FBI busted our activity (not a joke). So, I got preoccupied with covering tracks together with the colleagues […] I created all these pictures and posts, and the Americans believed that it was written by their people.” (IRA Indictment, Page 24)

October:

7th:

Papadopoulos pleads guilty to making false statements to the FBI. (Mueller Report Page 194)

August:

Sometime around August:

In advance of his testimony, Michael Cohen caused a two-page statement to be sent to SSCI and HPSCI addressing Trump Tower Moscow. (Mueller Report Page 195)

December:

Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI. (Mueller Report Page 195)

2018:

February:

12th:

Richard Pineo pleads guilty to selling the bank information and accounts to the IRA. Investigation couldn’t find evidence he knew the identities of the IRA members purchasing them. (Mueller Report Page 175)

16th:

A federal grand jury indicts 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities with violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes. (IRA Indictment)

July:

13th:

A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging Russian military intelligence officers from the GRU with conspiring to hack into various U.S. computers used by the Clinton Campaign, DNC, DCCC, and other U.S. persons. (Netyksho Indictment)

September:

Papadopoulos is sentenced to 14 days of imprisonment, a $9,500 fine, and 200 hours of community service.(Mueller Report Page 194)

October:

10th:

Richard Pineo is sentenced to 6 months in jail, 6 months in house arrest, and 100 hours of community service. (Mueller Report Page 175)

November:

29th:

Cohen pleads guilty to making false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch. (Mueller Report Page 196)

December:

12th:

Cohen is sentenced to two months of imprisonment on the false-statements count. (Mueller Report Page 196)

2019:

January:

24th:

Roger Stone is indicted on one count of obstructing and endeavoring to obstruct a congressional proceeding, five counts of making false statements to Congress, and one count of witness tampering. (Stone Indictment)