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13. Hutchins, “Christie.”
14. Matthew Nussbaum, “Pence Pleads Ignorance as Russia Probe Deepens,” Politico, December 4, 2017, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/04/pence-russia-probe-flynn-mueller-278785.
15. Ibid.
16. Ned Parker and Jonathan Landay, “Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy—sources,” Reuters, May 26, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-kushner-exclusive/exclusive-trump-son-in-law-had-undisclosed-contacts-with-russian-envoy-sources-idUSKBN18N018; “Read: Jared Kushner’s statement on Russia to congressional committees,” CNN, July 24, 2017, https://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/24/politics/jared-kushner-statement-russia-2016-election/index.html.
17. Michael S. Schmidt et al., “Kushner and Flynn Met with Russian Envoy in December, White House Says,” New York Times, March 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/kushner-flynn-sessions-russia.html.
18. Carrie Cordero, “How to Understand Kushner’s ‘Back-Channel,’ ” Politico, June 6, 2017, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/06/how-to-understand-kushners-back-channel-215232.
19. Ibid.
20. Noah Feldman, “Trump’s Wiretap Tweets Raise Risk of Impeachment,” Bloomberg, March 6, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-06/trump-s-wiretap-tweets-raise-risk-of-impeachment.
21. Hutchins, “Christie”; “Read: Jared Kushner’s statement.”
22. Hemel and Posner, “Why the Trump Team.”
23. Tom Kertscher, “Did Russian officials go in back door of Trump Tower to meet Donald Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner,” PolitiFact, March 8, 2017, https://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2017/mar/08/mark-pocan/russian-officials-went-back-door-trump-tower-meet-/.
24. Adam Entous, “The agonizingly slow downfall of K. T. McFarland,” New Yorker, January 29, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-agonizingly-slow-downfall-of-k-t-mcfarland.
25. Siddhartha Mahanta, “K. T. McFarland: A Reagan Veteran in Trumpworld,” Atlantic, December 12, 2016, https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/12/mcfarland-trump-reagan-weinberger-flynn-washington-fox/510323/.
26. Rosalind S. Helderman et al., “ ‘She was like a novelty’: How alleged Russian agent Maria Butina gained access to elite conservative circles,” Washington Post, July 17, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/she-was-like-a-novelty-how-alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-gained-access-to-elite-conservative-circles/2018/07/17/1bb62bbc-89d2-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?utm_term=.62ebd9a29437; Kristen Welker and Adam Howard, “Trump Taps K. T. McFarland for National Security Post, Donald McGahn for White House Counsel,” NBC News, November 2016, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-taps-k-t-mcfarland-national-security-post-donald-mcgahn-n688341.
27. Michael S. Schmidt and Sharon LaFraniere, “McFarland’s Testimony About Russian Contacts Is Questioned,” New York Times, December 4, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/kt-mcfarland-flynn-russia-emails-congressional-testimony.html.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Natasha Bertrand, “Top Trump transition official in private email: Russia ‘has just thrown’ the election to Trump,” Business Insider, December 2, 2017, https://www.businessinsider.com/emails-kt-mcfarland-russia-thrown-election-to-trump-flynn-2017-12.
33. Tara Palmeri, “Need to reach Trump? Call Rhona,” Politico (Europe), March 26, 2017, https://www.politico.eu/article/need-to-reach-donald-trump-call-rhona-graff-assistant/.
34. Jeremy Herb, “Russians followed up on Trump Tower meeting after election, Democrats say,” CNN, April 27, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/27/politics/russians-trump-team-magnitsky-act/index.html; Tucker Higgins, “Emails show follow-up to June 2016 Trump Tower meeting: Reports,” CNBC, December 7, 2017, https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/07/cnn-emails-show-follow-up-to-june-2016-trump-tower-meeting.html.
35. Amanda Holpuch, “Timeline: Trump and associates denied Russian involvement at least 20 times,” Guardian, July 11, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/11/donald-trump-russia-timeline-campaign-denials; Marshall Cohen, “Trump lawyers say he ‘dictated’ statement on Trump Tower meeting, contradicting past denials,” CNN, June 2, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/02/politics/trump-lawyers-statement-trump-tower-russians/index.html.
36. Cohen, “Trump lawyers say he ‘dictated.’ ”
37. Alex Horton, “The Magnitsky Act, Explained,” Washington Post, July 14, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/07/14/the-magnitsky-act-explained/?utm_term=.a0e1e2ef287d.
38. David Kocieniewski, “Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Saw a Clinton Scandal in Tax Inquiry,” Bloomberg, July 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-12/russian-at-trump-tower-is-said-to-have-gathered-details-on-ziffs.
39. Emily Stewart, “Read: Donald Trump Jr.’s congressional testimony about the Trump Tower meeting,” Vox, May 16, 2018 (Trump Jr. transcript, p. 53), https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/16/17360484/donald-trump-jr-transcript-senate-judiciary-committee.
40. Ibid.
41. Ibid.
42. Amie Ferris-Rotman, “Why Did Russia Send Sergei Gorkov to Meet with Jared Kushner?” Foreign Policy, July 25, 2017, https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/25/why-did-russia-send-sergei-gorkov-to-meet-with-jared-kushner/.
43. Ibid.
44. David Filipov, “Explanations for Kushner’s meeting with the head of the Kremlin-linked bank don’t match up,” Washington Post, June 1, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/explanations-for-kushners-meeting-with-head-of-kremlin-linked-bank-dont-match-up/2017/06/01/dd1bdbb0-460a-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html?utm_term=.39779e3f480e.
45. Ibid.
46. Ibid.
47. Filipov, “Explanations”; Chad Day, “Fynn timeline: It all began with a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements,” Times of Israel, December 2017, https://www.timesofisrael.com/flynn-timeline-it-all-began-with-a-un-resolution-condemning-israeli-settlements/.
48. Greg Miller et al., “National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say,” Washington Post, February 9, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-adviser-flynn-discussed-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador-despite-denials-officials-say/2017/02/09/f85b29d6-ee11-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.164bf18fd274.
49. “Former Trump adviser Page speaking about fake news, security threats & economy in Moscow,” RT, YouTube (RT official account, 28:30 mark), December 12, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4gkf-7rGn8.
50. Ibid.
51. Ken Bensinger, “These Reports Allege Trump Has Deep Ties to Russia,” BuzzFeed News, January 10, 2017, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia; The Steele Dossier (pp. 9 and 30–31), June 20, 2016, https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259984-Trump-Intelligence-Allegations.html.
52. “Former Trump adviser Page speaking about fake news,” (30:30 mark).
53. Ibid. (22:15 mark).
54. Ibid.
55. Bensinger, “These Reports Allege”; Steele Dossier, pp. 9 and 30–31.
56. Ibid.
57. Ibid.
58. Ibid.
59. Katya Golubkova et al., “How Russia sold its oil jewel: Without saying who bought it,” Reuters, January 24, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisation-insight/how-russia-sold-its-oil-jewel-without-saying-who-bought-it-idUSKBN1582OH.
60. Isaac Arnsdorf, “White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology with Saudi Arabia,” ProPublica, November 29, 2017, https://www.propublica.org/article/white-house-may-share-nuclear-power-technology-with-saudi-arabia.
61. Reuters, “Saudi Arabia Says It Has Options if U.S. Walks Away from Nuclear Power Deal,” Haaretz, March 25, 2018, https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/saudi-arabia-says-it-has-options-if-u-s-walks
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62. Arnsdorf, “White House May Share.”
63. Chas Danner, “Beyond Russia: Understanding the New Trump Campaign Collusion Story,” New York, May 20, 2018, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/understanding-the-new-trump-campaign-collusion-story.html.
64. Ibid.
65. Ibid.
66. Ibid.
67. James Gordon Meek, “Special Counsel Obtains Trump Ally Erik Prince’s Phones, Computer,” ABC News, June 25, 2018, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/special-counsel-obtains-trump-ally-erik-princes-phones/story?id=56143477.
68. Jesse Drunker et al., “Kushner’s Family Business Received Loans after White House Meeting,” New York Times, February 28, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/business/jared-kushner-apollo-citigroup-loans.html; Portia Crowe, “The US just sanction a fund that was connected to some of the biggest names in finance,” Business Insider, July 30, 2015, https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-investment-fund-connected-to-us-investors-sanctioned-2015-7.
69. Meek, “Special Counsel Obtains.”
70. Ibid.
71. Ibid.
72. Ibid.
73. Arnsdorf, “White House May Share.”
74. Ibid.
75. Sharon LaFraniere et al., “How the Russia Inquiry Began: A Campaign Aide, Drinks and Talk of Political Dirt,” New York Times, December 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/how-fbi-russia-investigation-began-george-papadopoulos.html; Maegan Vazquez, “Ex-Trump campaign adviser Papadopoulos was just a coffee boy,” CNN, October 31, 2017, https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/politics/caputo-papadopoulos-coffee-boy-cnntv/index.html.
76. Brian Whitaker, “What George Papadopoulos did before joining the Trump campaign: A chronology,” Medium, August 24, 2018, https://medium.com/@Brian_Whit/what-george-papadopoulos-did-before-joining-the-trump-campaign-a-chronology-eaf0e4a59b5d.
77. Arnsdorf, “White House May Share.”
78. Rosie Perper, “Saudi Arabia’s crown prince reportedly bragged about having Jared Kushner ‘in his pocket’ after being told classified information meant for Trump,” Business Insider, March 2018, https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-crown-prince-jared-kushner-relationship-2018-3; Alex Emmons, “Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was ‘In His Pocket,’ ” Intercept, March 21, 2018, https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/.
79. Jessica Kwong, “Lawsuit Claims Saudis Bought Out Jared Kushner, White House Is Compromised,” Newsweek, April 4, 2018, https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-sued-after-saudi-prince-bragged-jared-kushner-was-his-872401.
80. Emmons, “Saudi Crown Prince Boasted.”
81. Ibid.
82. Carol E. Lee et al., “Mueller team asking if Kushner foreign business ties influenced Trump policy,” NBC News, March 2, 2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/mueller-team-asking-if-kushner-foreign-business-ties-influenced-trump-n852681.
83. Drucker, “Kushner’s Family Business Received”; “White House investigating loans to Kushner’s business: Official,” Reuters, March 26, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-kushner/white-house-investigating-loans-to-kushners-business-official-idUSKBN1H301A.
84. Drucker, “Kushner’s Family Business Received.”
85. Clayton Swisher and Ryan Grim, “Jared Kushner’s Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly from Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade,” Intercept, March 2, 2018, https://theintercept.com/2018/03/02/jared-kushner-real-estate-qatar-blockade/; Felix Salmon, “The Most Important Questions to Ask About the Kushner 666 Fifth Ave. Deal,” Slate, May 17, 2018, https://slate.com/business/2018/05/kushner-666-fifth-ave-deal-brookfield-and-qatar-what-questions-need-answering.html; Bess Levin, “Did Jared Kushner Punish Qatar Because It Wouldn’t Lend His Family Money?” Vanity Fair, March 2, 2018, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/03/did-jared-kushner-punish-qatar-because-it-wouldnt-lend-his-family-money#~o.
86. Ibid.
87. Scott Deveau, “Kushners Unload 666 Fifth Ave. to Brookfield in 99-Year Lease,” Bloomberg, August 3, 2018, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-03/brookfield-acquires-99-year-lease-on-nyc-tower-from-kushner-cos.
88. Jed Handelsman Shugerman, “L’Affaire Kushner,” Slate, March 2, 2018, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/a-series-of-revelations-about-jared-kushner-have-added-further-credence-to-a-key-claim-of-the-steele-dossier.html.
89. Hassan Hassan, “Qatar Won the Saudi Blockade,” Foreign Policy, June 4, 2018, https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/04/qatar-won-the-saudi-blockade/.
90. Irana Slav, “Will Rosneft Move Forward in the Arctic Without Exxon,” OilPrice, March 11, 2018, https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Will-Rosneft-Move-Forward-In-The-Arctic-Without-Exxon.html.
91. Ibid.; Google search, “How much is a ton of oil worth,” (current cost of a ton of oil as of August 2018), https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+is+a+ton+of+oil+worth&oq=how+much+is+a+ton+of+oil+worth&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.3806j1j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8.
92. “Donald Trump Names Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State,” Morning Joe/MSNBC YouTube channel, December 13, 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCK8ck-Y8es.
93. Zeeshan Aleem, “Saudi Arabia’s Controversial Quest for Nuclear Power, Explained,” Vox, March 26, 2018, https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/26/17144446/saud-arabia-nuclear-weapons-trump-iran-deal.
94. Chuck Freilich, “Opinion: Trump’s Mayhem Allows Putin’s Russia to Take Over the Middle East, One Country at a Time,” Haaretz, July 19, 2018, https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-how-putin-s-russia-is-taking-over-the-middle-east-one-country-at-a-time-1.6290146.
95. Ibid.
96. Mark N. Katz, “Balancing Act: Russia between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” London School of Economics and Political Science, Middle East Centre Blog, May 7, 2018, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2018/06/26/balancing-act-russia-between-iran-and-saudi-arabia/.
97. Mark Mazzetti et al., “Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met with Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election,” New York Times, May 19, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html.
98. Adam Entous, “Israeli, Saudi, and Emirati Officials Privately Pushed for Trump to Strike a ‘Grand Bargain’ with Putin,” New Yorker, July 9, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/israeli-saudi-and-emirati-officials-privately-pushed-for-trump-to-strike-a-grand-bargain-with-putin.
99. Ibid.; Clifford Krauss, “United States, Saudi Arabia and Russia Find Agreement on Oil Policy,” New York Times, June 13, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/business/energy-environment/russia-saudi-arabia-oil-prices.html.
100. Steve Mufson, “Pompeo: Saudis must not enrich uranium if it seeks civilian nuclear cooperation,” Washington Post, May 24, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/pompeo-saudis-must-not-enrich-uranium-if-it-seeks-civilian-nuclear-cooperation/2018/05/24/714c5e30-5f92-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html?utm_term=.13d5782b6cf8.
101. Andrew Prokop, “The secret Seychelles meeting Robert Mueller is zeroing in on, explained,” Vox, April 10, 2018, https://www.vox.com/2018/3/7/17088908/erik-prince-trump-russia-seychelles-mueller; Erin Banco, “Trump Envoy Erik Prince Met with CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund in Seychelles,” Intercept, November 28, 2017, https://theintercept.com/2017/11/28/blackwaters-erik-prince-met-with-ceo-of-russian-direct-investment-fund/.
102. Banco, “Trump Envoy Erik Prince.”
103. Ibid.
104. Ibid.
105. “Erik Prince testimony transcript,” US House of Representatives, November 30, 2017, https://docs.house.gov/meetings/IG/IG00/20171130/106661/HHRG-115-IG00-Transcript-20171130.pdf.
106. Ibid
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107. Lisette Partelow and Meg Benner, “(Betsy DeVos) Unqualified and Dangerous,” U.S. News and World Report, February 7, 2017, https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/articles/2017-02-07/5-reasons-to-reject-donald-trumps-education-pick-betsy-devos; Helaine Olen, “Betsy Devos’s disastrous interview shows the limitations of being rich,” Washington Post, March 12, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/03/12/betsy-devos-disastrous-interview-shows-the-limitations-of-being-rich/?utm_term=.12686600e7a6; Joy Resmovits, “Betsy DeVos ‘is unprepared and unqualified’ to be Education secretary, charter school booster Eli Broad says,” Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-eli-broad-opposes-devos-20170201-story.html.
108. BBC, “Why is Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for education secretary, so unpopular?” February 7, 2017, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38875924.
109. Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman, “Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State,” New York Times, December 12, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-trump.html.
110. Mike Murphy, “Trump lobbied for Sessions to protect him from investigation, report says,” MarketWatch, January 4, 2018, https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-lobbied-for-sessions-to-protect-him-from-investigation-report-says-2018-01-04.
111. Adam Entous et al., “Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose,” Washington Post, March 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.e3c9ad3327be.