Information on each case and legal filing links below.
Note: Data updated as of March 25, 2019
Chart above includes cases from Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office or related cases of high profile figures in the Trump-Russia investigation. It does not include other cases that may turn out to be related, such as U.S. cases against Russian hackers, or U.S. or international money laundering cases (e.g. Khrapunovs, 1MDB), etc. Below is summary information and links to filing docs for cases included in the chart.
Trump-Russia related cases
U.S. v. Mariia Butina aka Maria Butina
(Case 1:18-cr-00218-TSC, District of Columbia)
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
On July 16, 2018, Russian national Mariia/Maria Butina was charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General. The investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Washington Field Office. The case is being prosecuted by the National Security Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
- Justice Department Announcement
- Criminal Complaint
- Affidavit in Support of Criminal Complaint
- Government Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention (7/18/18)
- Government Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Bond Review (9/7/18)
U.S. v. Michael Cohen
(Case 1:18-cr-00602-WHP, Southern District of New York)
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY)
Michael Cohen pleaded guilty on August 21, 2018 to evasion of personal income tax, making false statements to financial institutions, willfully causing an unlawful corporate contribution, making an excessive campaign contribution. This case is being handled by the Office’s Public Corruption Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrea M. Griswold, Rachel Maimin, Thomas McKay, and Nicolas Roos are in charge of the prosecution.
U.S. v. W. Samuel Patten
(Case 1:18-cr-00260-ABJ, District of Columbia)
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
On August 31, 2018 Samuel Patten pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act and acting as an agent of a foreign principal for the Opposition Bloc (a Ukrainian political party).
U.S. v. Natalya Vladimirovna Veselnitskaya
(Case: 1:18-cr-904, Southern District of New York)
U.S. v. Paul Erickson
(Case: 4:19-cr-40015-LLP, District of South Dakota Southern Division)
U.S. v. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova
(Case: 1 :18-MJ-464, Eastern District of Virginia)
U.S. v. Bijan Rafiekian and Kamil Ekim Alptekin
(Case: 1:18-cr-00457-AJT, Eastern District of Virginia)
Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office Cases
All of the information in the SCO Mueller section below is directly from the Special Counsel’s Office website.
U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr.
(1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on Sept. 14, 2018 to a superseding criminal information filed today in the District of Columbia, which includes conspiracy against the United States (conspiracy to commit money laundering, tax fraud, failing to file Foreign Bank Account Reports and Violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and lying and misrepresenting to the Department of Justice) and conspiracy to obstruct justice (witness tampering). A status report with regard to sentencing was scheduled for Nov. 16, 2018.
U.S. v. Konstantin Kilimnik
(1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a third superseding indictment on June 8, 2018, against Konstantin Kilimnik, of Moscow, Russia. Kilimnik is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.
U.S. v. Richard W. Gates III
(1:17-cr-201, District of Columbia)
Richard W. Gates III of Richmond, Va., pleaded guilty on Feb. 23, 2018, to a superseding criminal information that includes: count one of the indictment, which charges conspiracy against the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 (which includes conspiracy to violate 26 U.S.C. 7206(1), 31 U.S.C. 5312 and 5322(b), and 22 U.S.C. 612, 618(a)(1), and 618(a)(2)), and a charge of making false statements to the Special Counsel’s Office and FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
U.S. v. Paul J. Manafort, Jr., and Richard W. Gates III
(1:18-cr-83, Eastern District of Virginia)
Paul J. Manafort, Jr., of Alexandria, Va., and Richard W. Gates III, of Richmond, Va., were indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 22, 2018, in the Eastern District of Virginia. The indictment contains 32 counts: 16 counts related to false individual income tax returns, seven counts of failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy, and four counts of bank fraud. On March 1, 2018, the court granted a motion to dismiss without prejudice the charges against Gates, following his guilty plea in a related case in the District of Columbia (1:17-cr-201). On Aug. 21, 2018, a federal jury found Manafort guilty on eight counts: counts 1–5, subscribing to a false individual income tax return for tax years 2010–2014; count 12, failure to file reports of foreign bank and financial accounts for year 2012; count 25, bank fraud; and count 27, bank fraud. The court declared a mistrial on 10 counts (counts 11, 13–14, 24, 26, 28–32). As part of his plea agreement on Sept. 14, 2018, Manafort admitted his guilt of the remaining counts against him in this case.
U.S. v. Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, et al
(Case 1:18-cr-215, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment on July 13, 2018, against 12 Russian nationals for their alleged roles in computer hacking conspiracies aimed at interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections. The indictment charges 11 of the defendants with conspiracy to commit computer crimes, eight counts of aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to launder money. Two defendants are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes.
U.S. v. Alex van der Zwaan
(Case 1:18-cr-31, District of Columbia)
Alex van der Zwaan, of London, pleaded guilty on Feb. 20, 2018, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. Van der Zwaan was sentenced on April 3, 2018, to serve 30 days in prison and pay a $20,000 fine.
U.S. v. Internet Research Agency, et al
(Case 1:18-cr-32, District of Columbia)
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment on Feb. 16, 2018, against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of violating U.S. criminal laws in order to interfere with U.S. elections and political processes. The indictment charges all of the defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States, three defendants with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and five defendants with aggravated identity theft.
U.S. v. Richard Pinedo, et al
(Case 1:18-cr-24, District of Columbia)
Richard Pinedo, of Santa Paula, Calif., pleaded guilty on Feb. 12, 2018, to identity fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028.
U.S. v. Michael T. Flynn
(Case 1:17-cr-232, District of Columbia)
Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.), of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001.
U.S. v. George Papadopoulos
(Case 1:17-cr-182, District of Columbia)
George Papadopoulos, of Chicago, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Oct. 5, 2017, to making false statements to FBI agents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. The case was unsealed on Oct. 30, 2017.
U.S. v. Roger Jason Stone, Jr.
(1:19-cr-18, District of Columbia)
Roger Jason Stone, Jr., 66, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested in Fort Lauderdale on Jan. 25, 2019, following an indictment by a federal grand jury on Jan. 24, 2019, in the District of Columbia. The indictment, which was unsealed upon arrest, contains seven counts: one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering.
U.S. v. Michael Cohen
(1:18-cr-850, Southern District of New York)
Michael Cohen of New York, New York, pleaded guilty on Nov. 29, 2018, to making false statements to the U.S. Congress in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001 (a)(2). Cohen was sentenced on December 12, 2018, to serve two months in prison and pay a $50,000 fine.
Related Open Investigations
Trump Organization
New York State Department of Financial Services issued subpoena to the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker Aon. Source:Trump Organization’s Insurance Policies Under Scrutiny in New York
Trump Inaugural Committee
Subpoena’s issued by Southern District of New York, New Jersey Attorney General, and D.C. Attorney General. Source: Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.
Donald J. Trump Foundation
Eric Trump Foundation
Source: Eric Trump’s charity remains under investigation
Gregory Craig, Vin Weber, Tony Podesta
Source: Mueller Passes 3 Cases Focused on Illicit Foreign Lobbying to Prosecutors in New York
Jerome Corsi
Data updated March 11, 2019 with additional information from Laura Rozen and Foreign Policy.