House Oversight and Gov't Reform Committee
Topic: Probing Trump's security protocols for discussing classified info at Mar-a-Lago. 6
Topic:
Unclear now that Chair has changed 1
Maybe looking at Flynn's payments from Russia to Turkey. 3
Leadership:
Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is stepping into retiring Chaffetz' seat as leader 1
Gerald Connolly (D-Va.) second-ranked Democrat 1
Elijah Cummings, D Maryland. Drives Flynn payments issue, releases evidence. 3
ACTIONS:
Under Chaffetz: 1
Requested Comey meetings with Trump memorandums 1
Requested documents related to Trumps downtown Washington Hotel 1
After Comey fired:
Requested copies of Comey's memos detailing private interactions with Trump
(requested this w S. Jud. Comm (w oversight of the FBI) and S Intl Comm,) 3
Staff:
House Judiciary
House Financial Services Committee
Topic:
Whether Trump has been given any loans backed by Russian interests 3
Lead:
Democratic members only, so far 3
ACTIONS
Requested docs from Deutsche Back 3
House Intelligence Committee
Topic: Likely on HOLD ("suspended animation" 3) Investigating alleged Russian election interference and possible Trump links. 1
Its FOUR QUESTIONS: 3
1. What did Russia do to influence the 2016 election?
2. Were there any links b\w Russian operatives " and individuals associated with political campaigns"?
3. How did the federal government respond to these efforts?
4. How and why was classified information leaked during this process? 3
But R's on the Committee use their questioning time to focus their attention on leaks and whether Obama administration "unmasked" intelligence about Trump associates for political purposes. 3
Result Format: Report--maybe bi-partisan reports. Can not suggest criminal charges. 3
Lead:
Devin Nunes, R-CA... But stepped down temporarily as head of Russia Investigation due Ethics Committee inquiry into whether he improperly disclosed classified information over the course of the investigation 3 (He created appearance of bias in commenting on document leaked to him by Trump WH, which was trying to "prove" to Nunes that Obama admin had improperly unmasked Trump associates surveilled during routine foreign intelligence operations. 3)
Michael Conaway (R-Tex) 1
Adam Schiff, D-CA it is possible that all of these events are not an "entirely unhappy coincidence", but that they are not coincidental, not disconnected, and not unrelated, and that the Russians used the same techniques to corrupt U.S. persons that they have employed in Europe and elsewhere...and we owe it to the country to find out." 3
Staff:
ACTIONS:
3 20 2017 Comey testifies in Open Hearing and in Closed Session. Admits FBI investigating Moscow's role in the election and possible collusion with Trump campaign. 2
Senate
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Topic: Broad inquiry into what, exactly, Russia did to influence the 2016 elections and how that fits into broader "cyber activity and active measures" Russia has used to target the U.S. 3
Result Form: Report with suggestions. No criminal charge(s) recommendations. 3
Leaders:
Richard Burr, R-N.C. Chair [Burr advised the Trump campaign in 2016.] 3
Mark Warner, D-Va, Vice Chair 3
Members:
Kamala Harris, CA 3
Marco Rubio, FL 3
Tom Cotton, AR 3
ACTIONS:
5 10 2017: Issues first subpoena, demanding documents from Flynn after he declined to voluntarily comply with earlier request 2
6 8 2017 Comey (former FBI director) testified: WH lied; I was fired b/c of his handling of the FBI's ongoing investigation into possible Trump campaign coordination with Russian efforts to disrupt 2016 election. 3
Senate Armed Services Committee
Topic: improving cybersecurity and protect against future hacking by foreign actors 3
Lead: John McCain, R-Ariz. 3
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
Lead: Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
Actions:
former acting AG Sally yates testified she had warned Trump WH that Flynn was compromised. 3
Senate Judiciary Committee
Topic
Obstruction of Justice questions raised by Trump's decision to fire Comey. 3
Whether or not former A.G. Loretta Lynch improperly interfered with the FBI investigation into HC's private email server. 3
Justice Dept.
FBI
Topic 1: Moscow's role in U.S. election
Topic 2: Collusion b/w Russia and Trump campaign.
Special Counsel/Investigator: Russia Probe
Topic 1: Any links and/or coordination b/w the Russian gov't and individuals associated with the Campaign of President Donald Trump; and
Topic 2: any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.
Lead:
Robert Meuller: from 5 17 2017 to 1
Results form: Can recommend criminal charge(s). Report (on anything it finds 3).
Topic 1: Russia ties 1
Subject 1: Michael Flynn If military was pushing him out, he saw private sector as consultant as lucrative 1
(5/6) points of legal jeopardy: 1
failed to register as lobbyist for Turkey 1
failed to get defense dept. permission for trip to Russia for tv appearance 1
omitted monies from foreign entities on his sec clearance form 1
Flynn didn't think trump was going to win, even took money from turkey on election day. 1
Subject 2: Roger Stone (Trump confidante who intimated he had inside info about when the hacked emails would be released) 5
Subject 3: Kushner
Subject's Legal Team: Jaime Guerelic (helped the couple with background forms, friends w/ Meuller) 1
Subject 3: Donald Trump Jr., added 7 10 2017, after he admitted via tweet that he met in June with Russia lawyer with ties to Putin with Kushner and Manafort to obtain info on HC. It is a criminal violation of federal election law to accept anything of value from a foreign entity in support of a campaign. 4
Legal Team:
Alan Futerfas, NY sole practitioner, criminal defense 4
Topic 2: Whether Donald Trump or other WH officials improperly acted to impede the FBI investigation and likely includes the circumstances of the dismissals of both former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Comey. 3 (committed Obstruction of Justice) 1
Subject 1:Donald Trump
Subject's Legal Team: jay Sekulow, Kazowez 1
Subject 3:
Subject's Legal Team:
Pot. Subject: Pence
Pot. Subject's Legal Team-
ACTIONS:
5 9 2017 Federal prosecutors issue grand jury subpoenas seeking business records from people who worked with Flynn when he was a private citizen. 2.
Staff
Aaron Zebley, former FBU Chief of Staff 3
James Quarles, onetime Watergate prosecutor 3
Andrew Weissmann, led DoJ's fraud division and helped investigate Enron 3
Jeannie Rhee, worked at Justice Dept and at Mueller's alw firm WilmerHale 3
CITATIONS
1. WP, Mike DeBonis, June 18, 2017, "Trey Gowdy now has the House Oversight gavel. But will he investigate Trump?"
2. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/russia-election-hacking-us-investigations-everything-we-know-interference-donald-trump-hillary-a7742426.html
3. http://www.npr.org/2017/06/08/531940912/there-are-many-russia-investigations-what-are-they-all-doing
4. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/10/donald-trump-jr-hires-lawyer-for-russia-probes.html
5. 7 11 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/41593/hiding-plain-sight-federal-campaign-finance-law-trump-campaign-collusion-russia-trump/
6. "Chaos Theory" by Philip Elliott, Time, feb 27 - march 6, 2017, p34
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