{"id":103,"date":"2018-02-23T11:58:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T16:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2018-03-01T11:51:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T16:51:23","slug":"over-100-charges-19-people-and-3-companies-the-mueller-inquiry-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 Charges, 19 People and 3 Companies: The Mueller Inquiry, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"styles-headerBasic--3czk2\">\n<h4 class=\"Heading1-heading1--20o8k styles-heading1--2Ap5d styles-toneFeature--jyaQG elementStyles-heading1--UcIYs elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi Heading1-toneFeature--imewp\">By\u00a0<span class=\"Byline-bylineAuthor--d8i20 elementStyles-authors--voZdU\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Emily Cochrane<\/span><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"Byline-bylineAuthor--d8i20 elementStyles-authors--voZdU\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/alicia-parlapiano\">Alicia Parlapiano<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"styles-bylineTimestamp--2J2fe styles-bylineTimestampAlignCenter--3JVRt styles-toneFeature--jyaQG\"><time class=\"Timestamp-timestamp--3FJff elementStyles-timestamp--26VGL elementStyles-left--1xjFi styles-timestamp--KJFCK\" datetime=\"2018-02-23\">Feb. 23, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">In the nine months since Robert S. Mueller III was\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/05\/17\/us\/politics\/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointed to oversee<\/a>\u00a0the investigation into possible links between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, he has issued more than 100<strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">\u00a0<\/strong>criminal counts against 19 people and three companies. Of the 19 people, five \u2014 including three Trump associates \u2014 have pleaded guilty. Thirteen are Russians accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Here is an assessment of the charges and the people facing them in the special counsel investigation.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedIframe-embedded--dbTIM elementStyles-embeddedInteractive--3xIZx elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-sizeMediumInteractive--3Did2\" data-id=\"100000005762075\" data-slug=\"mueller-charges\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"Iframe-iframe--2FL4W\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/admin\/100000005762075.embedded.html?\" width=\"100%\" height=\"638\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"Heading2-heading2--2UY6W elementStyles-heading2--slXZ7 elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\">Pleaded Guilty and Known to Be Cooperating<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">George Papadopoulos<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Papadopoulos, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign,\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/30\/us\/politics\/george-papadopoulos-russia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0on Oct. 5 to lying to the F.B.I. about a conversation with a professor during which he was told that Moscow had \u201cdirt\u201d on Hillary Clinton and \u201cthousands of emails,\u201d according to court records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Papadopoulos initially told investigators that he met with the professor, who has known ties to the Kremlin, before he joined the Trump campaign. In fact, the meeting happened days after he became a campaign adviser, and he repeatedly tried to arrange meetings between Russian government officials and the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-1-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">He has been cooperating with the Mueller investigation since his arrest last July at Dulles Airport outside Washington. Mr. Papadopoulos was the first person to plead guilty in the inquiry.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Michael T. Flynn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Flynn, President Trump\u2019s first national security adviser,\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/01\/us\/politics\/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0in early December to lying to the F.B.I. about conversations he had in 2016 with the Russian ambassador to the United States at the time, Sergey I. Kislyak. Prosecutors said that in separate conversations, Mr. Flynn discussed an upcoming United Nations Security Council vote over whether Israel should be condemned for building settlements and over sanctions that President Barack Obama had issued against Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Although his sentencing is delayed, court documents indicate Mr. Flynn will face zero to six months of prison time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">The first senior White House official to agree to a deal with prosecutors, Mr. Flynn has been cooperating with Mr. Mueller\u2019s investigation. He said in a statement that the decision to cooperate and the guilty plea \u201creflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Richard Pinedo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Richard Pinedo, a Southern California computer science major,\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/16\/us\/politics\/richard-pinedo-russia-bank-accounts-guilty-plea-mueller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty in February<\/a>\u00a0to identity fraud after he created and sold fake bank accounts from 2014 through the end of 2017. While his indictment supported the charges Mr. Mueller brought against 13 Russian nationals for election meddling, a spokesman for the special counsel said prosecutors had \u201cno evidence and there is no allegation he was a witting participant in the Russian efforts to interfere in U.S. elections and political processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Pinedo has been cooperating with the Mueller investigation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Alex van der Zwaan<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">The son-in-law of a Russian billionaire and a lawyer who worked with the former Trump campaign aides Rick Gates and Paul Manafort, Mr. van der Zwaan\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/20\/us\/politics\/alex-van-der-zwaan-gates-russia-mueller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday to lying to prosecutors about a conversation he had with Mr. Gates in September 2016. Mr. van der Zwaan, a 33-year-old Dutch citizen and former lawyer in London for a powerful New York-based law firm \u2014 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom \u2014 faces up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">It is unclear to what extent Mr. van der Zwaan is cooperating, but his plea agreement does not compel him to do so.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Rick Gates<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Rick Gates, the former deputy chairman for Mr. Trump\u2019s presidential campaign,\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/23\/us\/politics\/rick-gates-guilty-plea-mueller-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0on Friday to a pair of charges, conspiracy against the United States and lying to investigators. The plea deal came as Mr. Mueller was levying dozens of new charges of bank fraud and money laundering against Mr. Gates and Mr. Manafort, the campaign\u2019s former chairman and a longtime associate of Mr. Gates.<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-ad-2-wrapper\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-storyBodyAd--35v2w\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-2-slug\" class=\"ResponsiveAd-adSlug--3H3QM\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad story-ad-2-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"story-ad-2\" data-google-query-id=\"CPS5uq7EwdkCFWm1swodXbAGvg\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">The men were first indicted in October, and both pleaded not guilty. For nearly four months, Mr. Gates stood by that decision but said on Friday that \u201cthe reality of how long this legal process will likely take, the cost, and the circuslike atmosphere of an anticipated trial\u201d had prompted a change of heart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Gates also said he would cooperate with the special counsel\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Heading2-heading2--2UY6W elementStyles-heading2--slXZ7 elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\">Pleaded Not Guilty<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"Heading3-heading3--20aUg elementStyles-heading3--2nLGt elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Paul Manafort<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Mr. Manafort\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/22\/us\/politics\/paul-manafort-new-charges-mueller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faces<\/a>\u00a0dozens of counts of money laundering and bank fraud charges related to his work as a lobbyist and political consultant for Viktor F. Yanukovych, the Russia-aligned former president of Ukraine who was ousted in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Since first being charged in October, Mr. Manafort has maintained his innocence and has\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/03\/us\/politics\/manafort-lawsuit-mueller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued the Justice Department<\/a>, claiming that Mr. Mueller has overstepped his authority as special counsel by bringing charges unrelated to Russian meddling in the 2016 election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">\u201cNotwithstanding that Rick Gates pleaded today, I continue to maintain my innocence,\u201d Mr. Manafort said in a statement on Friday. \u201cI had hoped and expected my business colleague would have had the strength to continue the battle to prove our innocence. For reasons yet to surface he chose to do otherwise. This does not alter my commitment to defend myself against the untrue piled up charges contained in the indictments against me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"Heading2-heading2--2UY6W elementStyles-heading2--slXZ7 elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z elementStyles-left--1xjFi\">Others Charged<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Thirteen Russians:\u00a0<\/strong>Yevgeny Prigozhin, Mikhail Bystrov, Mikhail Burchik, Aleksandra Krylova, Anna Bogacheva, Sergey Polozov, Maria Bovda, Robert Bovda, Dzheykhun Ogly, Vadim Podkopaev, Gleb Vasilchenko, Irina Kaverzina and Vladimir Venkov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\"><strong class=\"styles-bold--rNKfn\">Three companies:\u00a0<\/strong>Internet Research Agency, Concord Management, Concord Catering<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">In a sprawling 37-page indictment, Mr. Mueller\u00a0<a class=\"styles-link--1Tap3\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/16\/us\/politics\/russians-indicted-mueller-election-interference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">charged<\/a>\u00a0the 13 Russians with conspiracy to defraud the United States, and connected them with a four-year effort to undermine and influence the 2016 presidential election. The Russians \u2014 and the three companies that facilitated and funded their work \u2014 are accused of using social media, the identities of American citizens and politically charged topics to manipulate an already divisive campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">Three of the Russians were also indicted with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and five were also charged with aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">None of the defendants were arrested, as Russia rarely extradites its citizens to the United States to face legal proceedings. But the indictments are designed to openly name and shame the Russians in order to make it difficult for them to continue to work or travel abroad. They also risk capture and extradition if they travel outside Russia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-of-article\">\n<div class=\"elementStyles-addendums--1S4tV elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">\n<div class=\"elementStyles-item--3LqVB\">\n<p><strong class=\"elementStyles-type--1unKw\">Correction:<\/strong>\u00a0<time class=\"elementStyles-publishedAt--1dMR3\" datetime=\"2018-02-24T05:00:00.000Z\">February 24, 2018<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"elementStyles-body--3GmpB\">An earlier version of this article misstated the number of people who have pleaded guilty in the Mueller investigation. It is five, not four.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementStyles-bios--3rrhp elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">\n<div>\n<p>Alicia Parlapiano is a graphics editor and reporter covering politics and policy from Washington. She joined the Times in 2011 and previously worked at The Washington Post and the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"elementStyles-biolink--aF6NI\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliciaparlap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@aliciaparlap<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementStyles-printInformation--2VtfI elementStyles-toneFeature--9px5Z\">A version of this article appears in print on\u00a0<time class=\"elementStyles-publishedAt--1dMR3\" datetime=\"2018-02-24T05:00:00.000Z\">February 24, 2018<\/time>, on Page\u00a0A16\u00a0of the New York edition\u00a0with the headline:\u00a0Adding Up The Charges From Mueller.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Emily Cochrane\u00a0and\u00a0Alicia Parlapiano Feb. 23, 2018 In the nine months since Robert S. 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