The Mueller probe was originally created to investigate foreign influence in the 2016 US Presidential election. I think its worth giving Mueller credit for being so productive - even just in terms of assets forfeited it must have paid for itself and then some. Obviously, in terms of increasing American security, it has also done quite a bit.
Here is an updated total:
Convicts and Guilty Pleas - 10 people; 28 counts of federal felonies; $46MM assets forfeited
Here is an updated total:
Convicts and Guilty Pleas - 10 people; 28 counts of federal felonies; $46MM assets forfeited
- Michael Flynn - Trump National Security Advisor – guilty of 1 count of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with Russians - will be sentenced on Dec. 18th
- George Papadopoulos - Trump campaign foreign policy advisor - guilty of 1 count of lying to the FBI about contacts he had with Russians while working for the Trump campaign – sentenced to 14 days in prison - threw Trump under the bus
- Rick Gates - Trump Deputy Campaign Chairman and Manafort business partner - guilty of 1 count of lying to the FBI and 1 count of conspiracy against the United States
- Richard Pinedo - helped some of the 13 Russians get fake IDs – guilty of 1 count of identity fraud – sentenced to 6 months in prison and 6 months of house arrest
- Alex Van Der Zwaan - lawyer and son-in-law of a Russian oligarch - guilty of 1 count of lying to the FBI about communications he had with Rick Gates - sentenced to 30 days in prison and a $20k fine - deported
- Jeffrey Yohai - Paul Manafort's former son-in-law - guilty of 2 counts of bank fraud
- Evgeny A. Freidman - Michael Cohen's business partner (a Russian immigrant, of course) - guilty of 1 count of tax evasion - will serve as a witness
- Michael Cohen – Trump’s personal attorney – guilty of 8 counts of bank fraud, tax fraud, and campaign finance violations – implicates Trump
- Paul Manafort - Trump campaign chairman – charged with all kinds of financial crimes with Russians, bank fraud, lying to the FBI, and witness tampering - had his bail revoked due to witness tampering – found guilty of 8 counts of tax fraud, hiding foreign bank accounts, and bank fraud in his first trial – in advance of second trial, Manafort pleads guilty to 1 count of conspiracy against the US and 1 count of obstruction of justice - Manafort forfeits assets worth $46 million, and Manafort agrees to cooperate with the ongoing investigation.
- Sam Patten – Associate of Manafort – worked at Cambridge Analytica where, on behalf of Russian clients, he lobbied members of Congress and the state department and wrote op/eds – guilty of 1 count of failing to register as a foreign agent – will cooperate with prosecutors
- 13 Russians - they were screwing with our elections – charged with 39 counts of conspiracy and identity theft
- 3 Russian companies - they were screwing with our elections – charged with 10 counts of conspiracy and identity theft
- Konstantin Kilimnik - Russian-Ukrainian associate of Manafort charged with 1 count of conspiracy and 1 count of obstruction of justice
- 12 Russian intelligence officers - hacked the DNC servers – 112 counts of conspiracy and identity theft
- Maria Butina - Russian gun activist working in the US – charged with 1 count of acting as an unregistered agent of the Russian government and 1 count of conspiracy
- Elena Khusyaynova – Russian who oversaw the financing of the Russian entities who screwed with our election – charged with 1 count of conspiracy
- Don McGahn – White House Counsel – spent 30 hours talking to Mueller’s team – fired by Trump via Twitter
- Allen Weisselberg – CFO of The Trump Organization – testified before grand jury and was granted immunity by prosecutors
- Erik Prince - Trump adviser and supporter and Blackwater founder - provided Mueller with access to his phone and computer
- National Enquirer - subpoenaed by Mueller regarding a payoff to former Trump mistress Karen McDougal
- David Pecker - CEO of the National Enquirer’s publisher – granted immunity in exchange for his cooperation with the investigation into Trump’s involvement in campaign finance violations
- Dylan Howard – Chief Content Officer of the National Enquirer’s publisher cooperating with the investigation into Trump’s involvement in campaign finance violations
- George Nader - U.A.E. adviser - cooperating with Mueller regarding payments to the Trump campaign
- Andrew Miller - former aide of Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone - subpoenaed to testify before grand jury - fought the subpoena and lost – currently in contempt and awaiting an appeal
- Jason Sullivan - former social media consultant for Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone - subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury
- Randy Credico - associate of Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone - subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury
- Jerome Corsi – birther nutjob with connections to Trump and Roger Stone - subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury
- Rinat Akhmetshin - Russian lobbyist - subpoenaed to testify before grand jury - attended the June 2016 meeting with several senior Trump campaign leaders
