U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C. 20535 August 3, 2020 MR. JASON LEOPOLD BUZZFEED NEWS 7TH FLOOR 1630 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW WASHINGTON, DC 20009 FOIPA Request No.: 1432673-000 Civil Action No.: 19-cv-01278 Subject: All 302’s of individuals who were questioned/interviewed by FBI Agents working for the Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller Dear Mr. Leopold: The enclosed documents were reviewed under the Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA), Title 5, United States Code, Section 552/552a. Below you will find checked boxes under applicable statutes for the exemptions asserted to protect information exempt from disclosure. The appropriate exemptions are noted on the processed pages next to redacted information. In addition, a deleted page information sheet was inserted to indicate where pages were withheld entirely pursuant to applicable exemptions. An Explanation of Exemptions is enclosed to further explain justification for withheld information. Section 552 Section 552a (d)(5) (b)(1) (b)(7)(A) (b)(2) (b)(7)(B) (j)(2) (b)(3) (b)(7)(C) (k)(1) Federal Rules of (b)(7)(D) (k)(2) Criminal Procedure 6(e) (b)(7)(E) (k)(3) 50 U.S.C § 3024(i)(1) (b)(7)(F) (k)(4) (b)(4) (b)(8) (k)(5) (b)(5) (b)(9) (k)(6) (b)(6) (k)(7) 800 pages were reviewed and 398 pages are being released. Deletions were made by the Department of Justice/Office of Information Policy. Please see the paragraphs below for relevant information specific to your request and the enclosed FBI FOIPA Addendum for standard responses applicable to all requests. Document(s) were located which originated with, or contained information concerning, other Government Agency (ies) [OGA]. This information has been referred to the OGA(s) for review and direct response to you. We are consulting with another agency. The FBI will correspond with you regarding this information when the consultation is completed. Please refer to the enclosed FBI FOIPA Addendum for additional standard responses applicable to your request. “Part 1” of the Addendum includes standard responses that apply to all requests. “Part 2” includes additional standard responses that apply to all requests for records on individuals. “Part 3” includes general information about FBI records that you may find useful. Also enclosed is our Explanation of Exemptions. Although your request is in litigation, we are required by law to provide you the following information: If you are not satisfied with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s determination in response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Policy (OIP), United States Department of Justice, 441 G Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20530, or you may submit an appeal through OIP's FOIA STAR portal by creating an account following the instructions on OIP’s website: https://www.justice.gov/oip/submit-and-track-request-or-appeal. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted within ninety (90) days of the date of my response to your request. If you submit your appeal by mail, both the letter and the envelope should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Act Appeal." Please cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so it may be easily identified. You may seek dispute resolution services by contacting the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS). The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. Alternatively, you may contact the FBI’s FOIA Public Liaison by emailing foipaquestions@fbi.gov. If you submit your dispute resolution correspondence by email, the subject heading should clearly state “Dispute Resolution Services.” Please also cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so it may be easily identified. Please direct any further inquiries about this case to the Attorney representing the Government in this matter. Please use the FOIPA Request Number and/or Civil Action Number in all correspondence or inquiries concerning your request. See additional information which follows. Sincerely, Michael G. Seidel Section Chief Record/Information Dissemination Section Information Management Division Enclosures Additional Information: In response to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request, enclosed is a processed copy of Bates Stamped documents, FBI (19-cv-1278)-3764 through FBI (19-cv-1278)-4563. The enclosed documents represent the ninth interim release of information responsive to your request. Additionally, included in this release are 2 pages of previously processed material. This material is being provided to you per a court order. This material consists of Baker 302’s Bates 19-cv-177-1 through 2 Revisions were made to withholdings in documents previously released to you. Enclosed is an updated copy of Bates Stamped document FBI (19-cv-1278)-3456-3471. FBI FOIPA Addendum As referenced in our letter responding to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request, the FBI FOIPA Addendum includes information applicable to your request. Part 1 of the Addendum includes standard responses that apply to all requests. Part 2 includes additional standard responses that apply to all requests for records on individuals. Part 3 includes general information about FBI records. For questions regarding Parts 1, 2, or 3, visit the www.fbi.gov/foia website under “Contact Us.” Previously mentioned appeal and dispute resolution services are also available at the web address. Part 1: The standard responses below apply to all requests: (i) 5 U.S.C. § 552(c). Congress excluded three categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA [5 U.S.C. § 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010)]. FBI responses are limited to those records subject to the requirements of the FOIA. Additional information about the FBI and the FOIPA can be found on the www.fbi.gov/foia website. (ii) National Security/Intelligence Records. The FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of national security and foreign intelligence records pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(1), (b)(3), and PA exemption (j)(2) as applicable to requests for records about individuals [5 U.S.C. §§ 552/552a (b)(1), (b)(3), and (j)(2); 50 U.S.C § 3024(i)(1)]. The mere acknowledgment of the existence or nonexistence of such records is itself a classified fact protected by FOIA exemption (b)(1) and/or would reveal intelligence sources, methods, or activities protected by exemption (b)(3) [50 USC § 3024(i)(1)]. This is a standard response and should not be read to indicate that national security or foreign intelligence records do or do not exist. Part 2: The standard responses below apply to all requests for records on individuals: (i) Requests for Records about any Individual—Watch Lists. The FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of any individual’s name on a watch list pursuant to FOIA exemption (b)(7)(E) and PA exemption (j)(2) [5 U.S.C. §§ 552/552a (b)(7)(E), (j)(2)]. This is a standard response and should not be read to indicate that watch list records do or do not exist. (ii) Requests for Records for Incarcerated Individuals. The FBI can neither confirm nor deny the existence of records which could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any incarcerated individual pursuant to FOIA exemptions (b)(7)(E), (b)(7)(F), and PA exemption (j)(2) [5 U.S.C. §§ 552/552a (b)(7)(E), (b)(7)(F), and (j)(2)]. This is a standard response and should not be read to indicate that such records do or do not exist. Part 3: General Information: (i) Record Searches. The Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS) searches for reasonably described records by searching those systems or locations where responsive records would reasonably be found. A reasonable search normally consists of a search for main files in the Central Records System (CRS), an extensive system of records consisting of applicant, investigative, intelligence, personnel, administrative, and general files compiled and maintained by the FBI in the course of fulfilling law enforcement, intelligence, and administrative functions. The CRS spans the entire FBI organization and encompasses the records of FBI Headquarters (FBIHQ), FBI Field Offices, and FBI Legal Attaché Offices (Legats) worldwide and includes Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR) records. For additional information about our record searches visit www.fbi.gov/services/information-management/foipa/requesting-fbi-records. (ii) FBI Records. Founded in 1908, the FBI carries out a dual law enforcement and national security mission. As part of this dual mission, the FBI creates and maintains records on various subjects; however, the FBI does not maintain records on every person, subject, or entity. (iii) Requests for Criminal History Records or Rap Sheets. The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division provides Identity History Summary Checks – often referred to as a criminal history record or rap sheets. These criminal history records are not the same as material in an investigative “FBI file.” An Identity History Summary Check is a listing of information taken from fingerprint cards and documents submitted to the FBI in connection with arrests, federal employment, naturalization, or military service. For a fee, individuals can request a copy of their Identity History Summary Check. Forms and directions can be accessed at www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/identity-history-summary-checks. Additionally, requests can be submitted electronically at www.edo.cjis.gov. For additional information, please contact CJIS directly at (304) 625-5590. (iv) The National Name Check Program (NNCP). The mission of NNCP is to analyze and report information in response to name check requests received from federal agencies, for the purpose of protecting the United States from foreign and domestic threats to national security. Please be advised that this is a service provided to other federal agencies. Private citizens cannot request a name check. EXPLANATION OF EXEMPTIONS SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552 (b)(1) (A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified to such Executive order; (b)(2) related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency; (b)(3) specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than section 552b of this title), provided that such statute (A) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on issue, or (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding or refers to particular types of matters to be withheld; (b)(4) trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential; (b)(5) inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency; (b)(6) personnel and medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (b)(7) records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information ( A ) could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings, ( B ) would deprive a person of a right to a fair trial or an impartial adjudication, ( C ) could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, ( D ) could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of confidential source, including a State, local, or foreign agency or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of record or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement authority in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by a confidential source, ( E ) would disclose techniques and procedures for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions, or would disclose guidelines for law enforcement investigations or prosecutions if such disclosure could reasonably be expected to risk circumvention of the law, or ( F ) could reasonably be expected to endanger the life or physical safety of any individual; (b)(8) contained in or related to examination, operating, or condition reports prepared by, on behalf of, or for the use of an agency responsible for the regulation or supervision of financial institutions; or (b)(9) geological and geophysical information and data, including maps, concerning wells. SUBSECTIONS OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 552a (d)(5) information compiled in reasonable anticipation of a civil action proceeding; (j)(2) material reporting investigative efforts pertaining to the enforcement of criminal law including efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or apprehend criminals; (k)(1) information which is currently and properly classified pursuant to an Executive order in the interest of the national defense or foreign policy, for example, information involving intelligence sources or methods; (k)(2) investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes, other than criminal, which did not result in loss of a right, benefit or privilege under Federal programs, or which would identify a source who furnished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in confidence; (k)(3) material maintained in connection with providing protective services to the President of the United States or any other individual pursuant to the authority of Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056; (k)(4) required by statute to be maintained and used solely as statistical records; (k)(5) investigatory material compiled solely for the purpose of determining suitability, eligibility, or qualifications for Federal civilian employment or for access to classified information, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished information pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in confidence; (k)(6) testing or examination material used to determine individual qualifications for appointment or promotion in Federal Government service the release of which would compromise the testing or examination process; (k)(7) material used to determine potential for promotion in the armed services, the disclosure of which would reveal the identity of the person who furnished the material pursuant to a promise that his/her identity would be held in confidence. 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Present for the interview was FBI Supervisory Special Agent Omer J. Meisel Special Counsel Attorneys Andrew Weissmann and Brian Richardson. Also present were attorneys Lawrence S. Spiegel and Julie A. Turner. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview, CRAIG provided the following information: Special Counsel Attorney Andrew Weissmann advised CRAIG that his participation in the interview was voluntary. CRAIG was also advised that he needed to be truthful in his answers and lying to a Federal agent could constitute a Federal crime. CRAIG acknowledged that he understood. CRAIG received an email from Doug Schoen, who he previously knew from his work at the White House, inquiring whether CRAIG would be interested in taking on a project related to Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine. Subsequently, CRAIG and Schoen spoke via telephone while CRAIG was on the Acela train to New York and Schoen described the proposed project. The Ukrainian government was looking for a major U.S. law firm to conduct an investigation of Tymoshenko?s trial and provide an opinion as to the fairness of the trial as well as determine whether there were any human rights violations. The Ukrainian government wanted the U.S. law firm to conduct a review utilizing western standards of due process. Western standards did not necessarily mean applying U.S. standards; rather, the review should utilize general western standards. Specifically, they wanted experience as a U.S. lawyer applying western standards. To clarify the difference to Special Counsel, CRAIG provided an example stating that not all western countries have jury trials. However, CRAIG conceded that he did not research any other western country legal standards when conducting his review and he relied on his knowledge of U.S. legal standards. CRAIG stated the people in Ukraine wanted to have a document which would articulate what facts and procedures were used during the Tymoshenko trial, they wanted the report to be unbiased and they wanted the report to provide a credible assessment of the fairness of Tymoshenko?s trial. The initial conversation with Schoen on the Acela was the most substantive Investirrationon 10/19/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b7E File# Date drafted 10/20/2017 by Omer Meisel This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278ji?3455 b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Greg Craig 3011 10/19/2017 ,Page 2 of 16 conversation he had about the scope of the project during the entire engagement. main concern regarding whether to accept the project was that he wanted assurances that he would have complete independence in conducting his investigation and writing his report. CRAIG does not recall having any conversation about how the Ukrainian government would view the report or that they wanted the report to conclude specific things. During the initial meeting, CRAIG stated that he thought the client was the government of Ukraine but he was not sure who or what agency within the government was the client. Subsequently, CRAIG concluded that the client was the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Paul Manafort?s name may have come up during this initial conversation with Schoen but CRAIG is not sure. CRAIG was aware of who Manafort was and that he used to be at the firm of Back, Manafort, and Stone. CRAIG was aware that Manafort represented U.S. Republican candidates. CRAIG had heard that Manafort was an advisor to the president of Ukraine since approximately 2010 and that he was still the president?s advisor. However, CRAIG had never previously met Manafort. CRAIG stated that his friend Bruce Jackson initially recommended CRAIG to Manafort. Schoen told CRAIG that Victor Pinchuk was going to pay Skadden for his work. Pinchuk was a Ukrainian oligarch who was close to the Clintons. Schoen told CRAIG to estimate how much he wanted to charge for the engagement and Pinchuk would pay the price, but CRAIG would not be able to go back and ask for more money if the project went over this agreed upon price. Schoen told CRAIG that if he thought the project would cost three million dollars then he should ask for four million dollars. CRAIG followed Schoen?s recommendation and charged four million dollars for the project. Schoen stated that Manafort worked with the Ukrainian government and that Manafort would call CRAIG to finalize the project. CRAIG stated the Ukrainian government was supportive of the project but he does not know why Pinchuk was willing to pay for the project. CRAIG surmised that the Ukrainian president had something to do with it and that Pinchuk was paying on his behalf, but CRAIG did not know what if anything Pinchuk would receive as a benefit for paying for the project. CRAIG told Schoen that he required complete control and independence over the project and that he needed complete access to prosecutors, witnesses, and judges. Access was critical and the Ukrainian government needed to be committed to help to the extent possible. Moreover, CRAIG stated that he would not do anything that would affect U.S. policy or trigger any FARA requirements. CRAIG could not immediately commit to accept the proposed project because he needed to run a conflicts check within Skadden. CRAIG needed to obtain FBK i?gm'12'7832?3457 b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Greg Craig 3011 10/19/2017 ,Page 3 of 16 Skadden?s concurrence because Skadden had an office in Russia and also had Russian clients. After the initial telephone call with Schoen, CRAIG met Manafort in Washington, D.C. to discuss the potential project. Manafort and CRAIG discussed whether this was something that could actually be accomplished based on complete independence requirement. CRAIG understood that Manafort?s role was the U.S. advisor to the Ukrainian president. CRAIG based this understanding on previous information he had that Manafort was responsible for suggested to the Ukrainian president to hire Skadden to work on a different project in 2011. Skadden was never retained to work on this other project. CRAIG told Manafort that he would not engage in any political activities as defined in the FARA statute. CRAIG did not want to have to register under FARA because he did not want to be considered a foreign agent because it could prevent him from working for the U.S. government. CRAIG stated this was the rule when he was in the Clinton administration. CRAIG also did not think Skadden would want him to engage in work that would require him to register under FARA. CRAIG speculated that he probably provided Manafort with a list of things we would not do such as lobbying U. S. government officials about the report since this would trigger a FARA registration. understanding of FARA was anytime you represent foreign individuals, foreign governments, foreign parties or foreign corporations you need to be careful not to trigger the FARA requirements under the statute. Accordingly, CRAIG told Manafort he was only going to engage in legal work as it related to this project. CRAIG stated that it was clear that Manafort was fully aware of the FARA requirements during this conversation. Schoen wanted CRAIG to meet with his principal, Pinchuk, and CRAIG wanted Manafort to set up meetings with representatives from the Ukrainian government so CRAIG would be satisfied that they understood and meet his requirements. However, CRAIG /Skadden needed to be paid before he would expend any resources on the project. Moreover, this would also demonstrate whether or not the Ukrainian government/Pinchuk were serious about the project. Initially, a date was set for CRAIG to travel to Ukraine to meet with the government and Pinchuk but it was subsequently postponed because he had not received any payment. Eventually, Skadden was paid $150,000 via third party payment, and CRAIG traveled to Ukraine. CRAIG stated that in the U.S. it was probably not allowed for a private third party to pay for a government contract. Initially, CRAIG provided Schoen with wire transfer instructions for payment. However, the third party payment was not made via wire transfer FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 4 of 16 but a check from Schoen LLC. CRAIG did not think that Schoen was using his own money to pay for the project. Rather, Pinchuk provided Schoen the money and then Schoen wrote a check. CRAIG did not know why Pinchuk did not pay directly but he assumed that Schoen ended up writing the check because Pinchuk was not being responsive to requests for payment. CRAIG met with Pinchuk twice during his first trip to Ukraine. CRAIG and Pinchuk discussed how payments would be made for the engagement and Pinchuk agreed to initially pay $1.5 million USD. CRAIG was angry because his understanding was that he would receive two different payments of $2 million USD for a total of $4 million USD. CRAIG did not voice his objections to Pinchuk but did to Schoen. CRAIG believed that Pinchuk?s involvement on the project, i.e. paying for the project, was on behalf of the Ukrainian president. Therefore, whenever payments for work was late, he would contact Manafort because Manafort was the conduit to the Ukrainian president. After the first payment was made via check, subsequent payments were via wire transfers from offshore accounts. The first wire transfer was for $2 million USD which came from a Cypriot account not in Pinchuk?s name. CRAIG called Schoen who stated that Pinchuk advised that the money was coming from a Pinchuk entity called Black Seaview Limited. Manafort also told CRAIG the same thing. CRAIG was not surprised that the money came from Cyprus because he knew a lot of oligarchs used Cyprus banks but he did not know why they used Cyprus banks. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000001?02 dated 05/02/2012 which was an invoice for professional services rendered to the Ukrainian MOJ c/o Schoen for $13,760. CRAIG stated these payments were related to work CRAIG and his staff did in preparing for the initial trip to Ukraine. CRAIG was asked why if Pinchuk was paying for the Tymoshenko project did CRAIG/Skadden provide an invoice the MOJ. CRAIG stated that the MOJ was the client and Pinchuk was paying their bill. Skadden received additional money from the Ukrainian government in 2013 after the project was completed. CRAIG stated that by the time the Ukrainian government approved the money for the project it was 2013 and CRAIG wanted to make sure the Ukrainian government understood that the payment was for work in 2012, and not work performed in 2013. CRAIG also wanted to make sure there was not a double billing issue, i.e. that there was a third party payer (Pinchuk) who paid Skadden?s fees on behalf of the MOJ and then the MOJ also independently paid the same fee. b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 5 of 16 CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000004 which was an invoice for professional services rendered and expenses through April 30, 2012 in the amount of $738,071.30. CRAIG stated that Schoen was the third party payer representing Pinchuk on behalf of the MOJ. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 007795, an email dated 03/25 /2013 from CRAIG to Manafort. This email is a reference to the amount of money Pinchuk already paid and CRAIG suggested to Manafort to go back to Pinchuk to see if he wanted to make a claim for reimbursement for money received by Skadden that they did not utilize for the project. CRAIG spoke to Schoen who stated that Pinchuk did not want the money back. Accordingly, Skadden had an excess of $500,000 in their escrow account. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000399?401, an email dated 04/12 /2012 from Manafort to CRAIG. CRAIG stated he met with Pinchuk who stated that he was told by the Ukrainian president?s chief of staff to transfer $1.5 million USD. CRAIG was upset because the agreement was for two transfers of four million USD. Accordingly, CRAIG sent the email expressing his displeasure to Manafort because he was the conduit to the Ukraine president and his chief of staff. CRAIG explained that if he had issues he needed to resolve with Pinchuk, his conduit was Schoen. Conversely, if he had issues he needed to resolve with the Ukrainian president and/or his chief of staff, his conduit was Manafort. CRAIG stated that Pinchuk did not want the ?world? to know about his involvement in the project and expected and was promised confidentiality. However, CRAIG is not sure he made the same promise to Pinchuk. Subsequently, Tymoshenko?s attorney, Mr. Slattery, demanded to know how CRAIG/Skadden was being payed before he would grant CRAIG an interview with Tymoshenko. CRAIG recommended they tell Mr. Slattery that Pinchuk was paying Skadden but because Pinchuk was promised confidentiality, CRAIG told Mr. Slattery that they were paid by a third party and that he was not authorized to disclose who the third party was or how much they were being paid. Mr. Slattery wanted to know who paid for Skadden?s services and raised the possibility that Tymoshenko would not cooperate with investigation unless he was provided the identity of the third party. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000653, an email chain from June 2012. CRAIG stated that the email refreshed his recollection and that Manafort told him that the Ukrainian government had no issue with CRAIG releasing Pinchuk?s name in the final report. b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 6 of 16 In the final report CRAIG drafted he did not provide the amount of money Skadden was paid. CRAIG never spoke to anyone outside of Skadden about the decision not to put in how much they were paid nor was this discussed at any time with the Ukrainian government representatives or their conduits. CRAIG was asked if people in Ukraine were asking how it was possible that Skadden was only being paid approximately $13,000 for this project. CRAIG stated the issue was not a government contract procurement issue; rather the issue was who was actually paying Skadden. CRAIG was not concerned about a public perception problem that he might have within the Ukraine and did not recall speaking to anyone within the Ukraine government or Manafort about any government contract procurement issue. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000649, an email chain dated 06 /22/2012. CRAIG was asked by Special Counsel whether he was aware of or did he have any discussions about the legal limit for payment by the Ukrainian government. CRAIG stated that the email is from Tymoshenko?s lawyer. Subsequently, CRAIG called Manafort about this email; however, he does not recall any discussions about any legal limitations on payment by the Ukrainian government. Nevertheless, CRAIG stated that he was aware of the Ukrainian government procurement limits (agent note: face turned red during this part of the interview, he pushed himself away from the table in his seat, and crossed his arms). CRAIG stated that in his mind the client was the MOJ. Regarding any privilege issues, CRAIG did not give it much thought because he was conducting an investigation and interviewing prosecutors and witnesses, and the legal advice he was providing was the actual report he would eventually draft. CRAIG stated that his notes from the interviews would have been privileged because they were work product. CRAIG stated that the attorney?client privilege extended more broadly than just to the MOJ but he was not sure if Manafort would have been covered by the privilege. At the time, CRAIG was not thinking or discussing a common privilege between all the parties involved in the engagement. Prior to working on the project, CRAIG had a limited understanding of Tymoshenko?s prosecution. CRAIG did not know the details associated with the charges against her or the legal issues related to the Ukraine energy and gas prices. CRAIG stated that Ukraine was a highly politicized country and that one of the biggest issues within Ukraine was the Tymoshenko?s prosecution. Within Skadden, some people viewed this project as a very exciting prospect and others thought that no matter what report concluded it would negatively impact Skadden?s business prospects; especially in Russia. The people who viewed this engagement negatively felt that Skadden was in a no win situation because either they will be FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 7 of 16 seen as pro?Tymoshenko or pro?Russia based on the results of the investigation. Skadden?s Russia office held the latter view. CRAIG was not sure what the Russian government?s view was on the Tymoshenko prosecution. CRAIG did not know what the U.S. Department of State or Hilary Clinton?s view was on the Tymoshenko prosecution. Later, CRAIG found out that the U. S. Ambassador was pro?Tymoshenko. There were four Ukrainian prosecutors who assisted CRAIG with the investigation and Manafort was the conduit between the Ukrainian government and CRAIG. CRAIG had very little direct contact with Manafort during the investigation but once the investigation was concluded and the draft of the report was being written he had significantly more contact with Manafort. Draft Report Various people from the Ukrainian government provided comments to the draft report. However, CRAIG could not discern any specific motives the Ukrainian government had based on their comments. Generally, Manafort delivered the comments CRAIG received from the Ukrainian government including the MOJ. However, CRAIG did get some comments directly from Ukrainian government employees through email. Richard Gates and Konstantin Kilimnik did not play any role in providing comments. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000642, an email chain dated 06 /22/2012 regarding a ?draft statement?. CRAIG stated that he was concerned that people would say that Manafort was responsible for the Skadden report and because Manafort worked for the Ukrainian president this would taint the report and potentially be viewed negatively. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000147, Skadden preliminary engagement letter dated 02/20/2012. CRAIG was asked why the engagement letter stated ?To Whom it May Concern?. CRAIG stated that it was not specifically decided yet who the specific client was but it was generally understood that it was some part of the Ukrainian government. The scope portion of the letter was drafted based on information provided to CRAIG by Schoen and Manafort. The purpose of this engagement letter was to memorialize the preliminary engagement agreement and define the scope of the engagement. Nobody other than CRAIG signed the letter. ?Third party payor? language in the engagement letter was the standard language Skadden used in their engagement letters. FBK 19w12'7832-3452 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 8 of 16 CRAIG stated there was no further efforts by him or Skadden to draft or execute another engagement letter between April 2012 and the next written engagement letter. CRAIG was shown a letter drafted by Skadden to Helen Hunt, dated 02/06/2013 (there were no bates numbers on this document) and CRAIG was directed to Attachment which was the ?Proposed Agreement in English dated April 10, 2012?. CRAIG stated that this was the signed executed engagement letter. CRAIG did not recall why his ?client declined to sign proposed English agreement because of concerns about confidentiality clause.? Instead there was a fully signed engagement letter in Ukrainian and English signed by the MOJ (Attachment A in the Helen Hunt production). CRAIG did not include the language regarding third party payor because they already had it in the previous letter. CRAIG stated it was difficult to get the Ukrainian government to sign the English version of the engagement letter. CRAIG was not concerned about the client not signing the Attachment engagement letter because he was requiring them to pay before he would start work on the project. CRAIG was not worried about utilizing the Attachment engagement letter as a way to force the client to pay because he would not engage in any work on their behalf until he was paid. CRAIG was referred to Attachment A ?Ministry of Justice? and the reference to the cap on payments in the amount of 95,000 Ukrainian CRAIG stated that according to Skadden attorney Andrew Van der Swaan, who was the contact with the MOJ, this is the amount MOJ set aside for the project and to obtain additional funding would take additional time to obtain approval. CRAIG was not expecting to get paid by the rather, he was getting paid by Pinchuk. CRAIG stated that Skadden did not enter into a written contract with Pinchuk or any other third party because Skadden would not perform any work until they were paid. CRAIG stated he never really thought of drafting a written contract with the third party, Pinchuk, who was was paying for the report. CRAIG felt comfortable with this arrangement because he was already paid $2 million plus and extra $150,000 by Pinchuk. CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000399 which is an email chain where Manafort advised CRAIG that CRAIG will get $2 million. CRAIG stated he asked Manafort to get involved because the relationship with the president?s chief of staff and Pinchuk was strained and Manafort was the conduit to the president. b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 9 of 16 CRAIG was shown document bates stamped SAU 000398 which was an email chain between Manafort and CRAIG where Manafort advised that the $2 million was wire transferred. CRAIG did not know what picture was not full picture? meant. CRAIG had virtually no contact with Gates while he was in the Ukraine. Regarding Kilimnik, CRAIG stated that during the 04/04/2012 trip to Ukraine, Kilimnik was ?deputized? by Manafort to assist CRAIG and Skadden with their logistics in Ukraine. Initially, Manafort was going to take CRAIG to appointments with Ukrainian government officials. However, Kilimnik ended up escorting them. Kilimnik was very connected to Ukrainian government officials and CRAIG was very impressed with him. After the first trip to Ukraine where he laid out his plan for what they were going to do while in Ukraine on the project, Kilimnik no longer escorted them. While in the Ukraine, CRAIG only saw Manafort a couple of times. During the time period CRAIG was in Ukraine, approximately 04/2012 08/2012, Manafort did not attend any of their meetings with Ukrainian government official or anyone else Skadden interviewed. CRAIG was operating on his own. Oleg (LNU) at the MOJ was the point of contact and assisted with setting up meetings and interviews. The only people who attended any witness interviews were CRAIG, Skadden employees, and the translator. CRAIG did meet Manafort in his hotel room at the Intercontinental in Kiev. Manafort?s hotel room had an impressive computer system set up. CRAIG was asked what considerations were taken into account to decide whether he would interview President Yanukovych. CRAIG stated that one of the provisions in the engagement letter stated that Skadden was not going to investigate whether Tymoshenko?s prosecution was politically motivated. Skadden was only investigating whether there was selective prosecution. They looked to see if other similar cases were brought against politicians and if there was any precedence for such a prosecution. Skadden?s investigation revealed that there were approximately 10?15 similar prosecutions previously brought against local politicians but not against a high ranking federal politician. Nobody outside of Skadden was consulted on whether they should interview the president. CRAIG did not have any conversations or input from MANAFORT about interviewing the president. Ultimately CRAIG concluded that there was no need to interview the president because he did not play a role in her imprisonment. In August 2012, CRAIG had begun to finalize the report. CRAIG did not provide any insight to Manfort or Gates about what the report would say prior to the draft report being written. CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 000581?582. After reviewing the email, CRAIG stated that he b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 10 Of 16 did not write the first paragraph on SAU 000582 and that the statement in the first paragraph did not happen. However, Skadden did accept comments from the Ukrainian government. Skadden did provide the Ukrainian government and Manafort with a draft of the report to provide their comments prior to finalizing the report. CRAIG stated that he received comments from both the Ukrainian government and Manafort. CRAIG utilized Manafort because he spoke English. This was a process. CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 005723?5725. CRAIG was asked why comments would go to Gates. CRAIG stated that Gates and Kilimnik worked for Manafort and that they were conduits to provide Manafort with the material. CRAIG believed the comments provided to him were either from Manafort, someone acting on behalf of Manafort, or comments on behalf of President Yanukovych because Manafort was the conduit to the president. CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 005750. CRAIG stated that initially the draft was sent to Manafort prior to the MOJ receiving a copy of the draft. CRAIG stated that the attorney?client privilege did not extend to FTI. FTI wanted Skadden to retain them as a client but Skadden declined because Skadden wanted to keep their role very clean and not promoting their report. They wanted to insure the report was viewed as an independent unbiased investigation/report. CRAIG was shown an email chain bates stamped SAU 005757?5759 and directed to the sentence didn?t get Hawker?s comments.? on SAU 005757. CRAIG stated that Hawkers worked for FTI. FTI was retained by the MOJ to develop a world?wide media strategy related to the release of the Skadden report. Manafort set up a meeting in New York, New York with FTI and other stakeholders. Skadden?s London office recommended four media strategy companies to Manafort, including FTI, who had offices with Europe. CRAIG stated he had never previously worked with or dealt with Hawker before this project. CRAIG stated that during this meeting Manafort was disappointed that Hawker viewed the Skadden report as validating Tymoshenko?s position and Manafort was initially hopeful that the report would come out differently than it did. CRAIG did not recall what Manafort specifically said at this meeting. objective was to get everyone to read the report. CRAIG was shown an email between Kilimnik and Van Der Swaan bates stamped SAU 05765. CRAIG thought he had previously seen this email. CRAIG stated there were a lot of comments being sent into Skadden attempting to get them to alter the report. CRAIG was directed to the statement ?friends in Kiev? which CRAIG stated he took that to be a reference to the President Yanukovych. Regarding the comments Skadden received to the draft report, FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng ll Of 16 their process was for the Skadden attorneys involved in the project to meet in office and obtain a consensus before making any suggested changes to the report. CRAIG was shown an email chain dated 09/13/2012 bates stamped SAU 005786. CRAIG did not recall that he had a deadline he was trying to make. CRAIG stated that he wanted to get the report finalized and released as soon as possible because the longer the process took the greater potential the delay would negatively impact the report. CRAIG had conversations with Manafort about changes he wanted made to the report, but Manafort?s changes were limited to a small number of issues. CRAIG was shown an email chain bates stamped SAU 005786?5787 and directed to number 3 on SAU005787 which was written by Manafrot and stated ?It is important to have your report submitted to on Friday. . . The President told SL directly to tell me it must be done this week.? CRAIG stated SL is a reference to the president?s chief of staff. CRAIG stated that he did not have any verbal conversations with Manafot about this email. CRAIG stated he wanted to get the report issued as fast as possible. CRAIG was shown documents stamped SAU 005854 and SAU027337. CRAIG stated that Tymoshenko?s argument on selective prosecution was different than the MOJ prosecutor?s office. CRAIG was shown documents bates stamped SAU 027329?27335. CRAIG stated that the hand written notes on the document are his. Regarding ?August 3, 2012? on SAU 027329, CRAIG stated that the August 3rd date seemed too early to him for sending out the final draft report to Manafort. CRAIG thought he sent the final draft at the end of August 2012. CRAIG stated that his hand written notes were contemporaneous notes of what Manafort was saying and that Manafort was expressing the views of the MOJ prosecutor?s office. CRAIG stated the notes are about factual conclusions but that Manafort would not know those details. CRAIG stated that it was his practice to put the name of the person he was talking to when writing down notes. CRAIG stated that based on a review of his notes, Manafort was providing comments to CRAIG on behalf of the prosecutor?s office. CRAIG was shown an email from Gates to CRAIG bates stamped SAU 006811. CRAIG stated Gates was providing him with additional comments and was a reference to the president and short for ?Big Guy?. Manafort also referred to the president as CRAIG stated that the statement ?positive meeting today with the principal? had to be a reference to the president. CRAIG stated that the comments provided by Gates were on behalf of the president. FBK 19w12'7832-3455 I 10715: (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 ,Page 12 Of 16 CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 006827. CRAIG stated he was reporting back to Manafort what changes Skadden was willing to make to the report. CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 006828. CRAIG stated ?Hawker? was a reference to a meeting that was going to happen in New York, New York. CRAIG was shown emails bates stamped SAU 006865?6889. CRAIG stated he probably has seen this email before but he has no specific recollection. CRAIG was shown an email bates stamped SAU 007296. CRAIG stated this is an email between Kilimnik and Van Der Swaan. CRAIG was shown an email string bates stamped SAU 007321?7323. CRAIG stated that these emails discuss additional comments to the report sent by Manafort. CRAIG was shown an email sting bates stamped SAU 007324?7325. CRAIG stated this is an email between CRAIG and Manafort. CRAIG stated that in these emails, CRAIG was asking Manafort what was the problem with the report that led to the MOJ not accepting the report. CRAIG did not believe that the reasons provided by Manafort were persuasive enough to delay the release of the report. CRAIG was surprised that the ?client? would not accept the report. CRAIG thought it was juvenile that the client would say they never received the report. CRAIG could not remember who he communicated through when he wanted to communicate with the MOJ but he believes it was Van der Swaan. CRAIG did not recall anyone at the Podesta Group calling to ask about the report. CRAIG stated that he had known Tony Podesta for a long time but he had never spoken to him about the report. CRAIG stated he knew Vin Weber. CRAIG previously worked on a project with Weber related to Egypt in 2012. During that time period, Weber told CRAIG that he was working with a Ukrainian client. Weber never asked CRAIG about the report. CRAIG stated that the night before the Harvard Club meeting he had dinner with Hawker from FTI, but he does not recall much about what was discussed. The purpose of the Harvard Club meeting was to discuss with Manafort any last minute issues with the Skadden report prior to delivering it to the president?s chief of staff in New York the next day. CRAIG remembered that the meeting took place but he did not remember the details of what was discussed. CRAIG was asked if he remembered seeing a document from FTI. CRAIG stated he did not remember spending a lot of time reading any document at the meeting or even seeing a document. CRAIG was FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 13 Of 16 shown documents bates stamped SAU 006865?6889. CRAIG stated that now that he looks at the document, the first paragraph on SAU 006869 is a mischaracterization of Skadden?s findings in the report. Regarding the assignments enumerated in 23 40 (SAU 006867), CRAIG stated he did not do any of those assignments. CRAIG was shown documents labeled ?Media Plan? bates stamped SAU 006797? 6801. CRAIG stated he was concerned about this plan because how they categorized certain aspects of the plan. CRAIG stated that Hawker asked if he could help CRAIG get the report to David Sanger at the New York Times and CRAIG told him yes. CRAIG stated that two media outlets were reporting erroneous facts about the Skadden reports findings. CRAIG stated the only thing he did was deliver the Skadden report to Sanger and that all the other things the ?Media Plan? states CRAIG would do were never done by CRAIG. Regarding the release of the report in Ukraine, CRAIG stated he found out that there were erroneous press articles about the Skadden report. CRAIG did not have any knowledge or insight into how the Skadden report was rolled out by the Ukrainian government or what FTI did with respect to the Ukrainian roll out. CRAIG was shown documents bates stamped SAU 007232?7233. Manafort and Hawker asked CRAIG if Skadden would be willing to provide one or two journalists with background on the Skadden report. Initially, CRAIG told it may be possible but then he reversed his decision and said he could not. CRAIG also told them that Van Der Swaan could not do it out of his Moscow office. CRAIG was directed to a portion of the email dated 09/24 /2012 between Manafort and CRAIG (SAU 007233) which stated ?briefing people like Fule and Durbin?. CRAIG stated that Fule is a European politician and that briefing either Fule or Durbin would not be prohibited or constitute a trigger for FARA, but that he never spoke to either individual. CRAIG stated that Durbin called CRAIG once early in the Skadden?s investigation and asked him about their investigation. CRAIG told Durbin it was too early to talk to him about his findings. Durbin asked CRAIG if he could call him back later to talk about the results of the report and CRAIG stated yes. However, Durbin never called CRAIG back. CRAIG does not recall having any discussion with Manafort, Gates or Kilimnik about registering under FARA. CRAIG stated that his general understanding of FARA is that if you have a foreign government as a client and if you do any PR work in the U.S. or engage with any U.S. government representatives on behalf of the foreign government that you would have to register under FARA. CRAIG stated that when he first discussed with Manafort the possibility of working on the project he told Manafort that FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 14 Of 16 he would not conduct any work that would trigger any FARA requirements. Manafort told CRAIG that he understood FARA requirements. CRAIG stated that when he provided Manafort the reference list of four potential firms to conduct PR work, he advised Manafort that any PR work conducted in the U.S. would require the firm to register under FARA. CRAIG stated that he had a conversation with Gates where he told Gates that he was meeting with DOJ about the work he did on the report and that he was going to provide DOJ Skadden?s view on FARA. CRAIG did not have a clear independent recollection of this; rather, it was based on a review of his Skadden billing records. CRAIG did not recall if he had a conversation with Gates about whether he or Skadden had to register under PARA. CRAIG stated that he responded to three different newspaper articles which inaccurately reported the results of the Skadden report. CRAIG spoke to the journalists to correct their inaccurate reporting. CRAIG stated that when he corrected some of the inaccurate press he did not view that as conducting press relations on behalf of a foreign government. CRAIG was correcting the journalists on behalf of Skadden and not the Ukrainian government. CRAIG stated that Skadden?s client would definitely meet the foreign government requirement for FARA but Skadden did not meet the lobbying element. CRAIG did not recall having any conversations with the FARA unit unrelated to the Skadden report and he does not recall DOJ asking any questions about Manafort, Gates, Kilimnik or FTI. CRAIG stated he did not know if anyone at FTI had any communications with any U.S. reporters about the inaccuracies about the results Skadden report. CRAIG did not know if anyone at FTI was speaking to U.S. government officials about the Skadden report. CRAIG stated he was not aware if Manafort, Gates, or Kilimnik conducted any lobbying to U.S. government representatives or U.S. press related to the Skadden report. CRAIG was asked why FTI was hired when Mercury was already doing work on behalf of the ECFMU. CRAIG stated that FTI had a specific assignment regarding the release of the Skadden report. In 2016, when CRAIG became aware of the fact that Skadden was conducting work for Mercury on behalf of the Ukrainian government/ECFMU, he was surprised. impression of Manafort was that Manafort had a different world view than CRAIG and did not think they could become friends. Manafort?s understanding of Ukraine and Russian relations was ?primitive?. Manafort was always very focused on completing the assignment and CRAIG understood why someone would hire him to accomplish a tasking. Manafort was a ?tough guy, a man?s man?. Manafort did not share a lot of information about himself. The last time CRAIG communicated with Manafort was via email in FBK 19w12'7832-3459 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 15 Of 16 2013. CRAIG has not communicated with Gates or Kilimnik since the Skadden report was issued. CRAIG received an email from someone believed to be a hacker that stated Manafort had $5 million dollars in a bank in Cyprus and that CRAIG should call him back. CRAIG viewed this email as a threat. CRAIG referred the email to Skadden?s General Counsel and then called Manafort to tell him about it. CRAIG was involved in one meeting related to the ECFMU. Ken Gross at Skadden asked CRAIG if he would discuss FARA issues with him. CRAIG billed this conversation to the ECFMU which was reflected in billing records. This was the first time CRAIG had heard about the ECFMU and he never had any conversations with Manafort or Gates about ECFMU. CRAIG understood that Skadden?s client was Mercury. CRAIG had never previously conducted any work for Mercury. In 2016, CRAIG had three conversations with Gross about FARA. They discussed both legal issues and facts (Agent note: Based on the attorney? client privilege, no questions were asked by SCO regarding these conversations.) CRAIG believed Tyler Rosen, a Skadden associate, was also involved in these FARA conversations. Early in career he registered under FARA and that is how he became familiar with the registration requirements. Throughout his career, FARA issues surfaced because he enjoyed working with international clients. When CRAIG worked at the White House, they would discuss FARA related to vetting candidates for positions at the White House. CRAIG was shown a document bates stamped SAU 007243. CRAIG did not believe he reviewed this document prior to the Harvard Club meeting. Gates was not listed in this document as being an attendee but CRAIG was told that Gates was in fact act the meeting. CRAIG did not remember Gates being at the meeting. CRAIG was shown a document bates stamped SAU 0000034. This was a billing reference to a call with Senator Durbin on 06/12/2012. CRAIG stated Senator Durbin called him. CRAIG was shown a document bates stamped SAU 000055. This was a billing reference to a call with Senator Durbin on 07/31/201. CRAIG did not recall this communication. CRAIG was shown a document bates stamped SAU 0000073. This was a billing reference to Durbin on 08/01/2012. CRAIG did not recall this communication. CRAIG recalled that Senator Durbin was interested in the FBK 190901 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Greg Craig ,On 10/19/2017 Eng 16 Of 16 results of the Skadden report and when CRAIG was going to issue the report. Senator Durbin asked CRAIG if there was any chance the Skadden report would result in Tymoshenko?s release. CRAIG told Senator Durbin that he did not know. CRAIG interpreted this exchange as Senator Durbin?s theory that Skadden was brought in to write a report by the Ukrainian government as a way to either justify her release by the Ukrainian government or result in a new trial. CRAIG did not provide Senator Durbin any information about their investigation. This is potentially what the Durbin call and billing reference on 08/01/2012 was related to. Senator Durbin never contacted CRAIG again about the report and CRAIG never spoke to him after the Skadden report was released. CRAIG advised that he dealt with Senator Durbin during President Clinton?s impeachment. CRAIG stated that Manafort, as a representative of the Ukrainian president, was at a dinner party attended by U.S. government officials on 02/15/2011. b7E - 1 of 3 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/24/2017 On Thursday, Augus 17. 7017.I (father and son), telephone number were interviewed at their place of b6 businessJ New York, b7C New York by Senior Financial Investigatorl and FBI Special Agentl I Office of the Special Counsel. Also present for the interview was their attorney, Iof the Clifford Law Offices, 120 N. LaSalle Street Suite 3100, Chicago, IL, telephone numberl I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, the provided the following information: business relationship with Paul Manafort dates back many years when IThe business relationship :gc continued when b6 b7C Most, if not all, payments received from b6 Manafort were received by way of wire transfer b7C On occasion, Manafort would let th?j iknow the name of the company where the wire transfer originated from. The never really cared where the money originated from as long as they got paid. Manafort rarely paid for his orders on time. b3 b6 b7c Investigationon 08/17/2017 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) File# Date drafted 08/21/2017 b6 b7C by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. i4, (Rev. 05-08-10) (U/Hz-Es-rl I 17' 2017 ,On 08/17/2017 Jag 2 Of 3 RiCk Gates was Manafort's assistant The would often deal with Gates when Manafort was unavailable The never dealt directly with Manafort's personal bankers at First epublic ank (FRB) and/or Nigro, Karlin, Segal, Feldstein and Bolno All invoices were sent directly to Manafort and/or Gates. durchased by Manafort was either for himself IAccording to did not work. Manafort also introduced the to his a "pompous full of shit assholeb7C not recall the name never a customer. and said she was SFI furnished the a summary of what is believed to be all wire transfers sent tol Paul Manafort (copy attached). Thel ?1from accounts associated with Ihave already been in contact UNCLASSIFIED b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) I- ContinuationofFD-SOZof August 17' 2017 ,011 08/17/2017 ,Page 3 Of 3 UNCLASSIFIED FBK Mammy-3755 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/27/2018 I date of birth: was interviewed at the b5 b7C Office of the Special Counsel in Washington, D.C. The interviewers were FBI Special Agentl land Assistant Special Counsels (ASC) Jeannie S. Rhee and Andrew Weissmann. Present After being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the nature of the the following informationb?7C b6 b?7A b7C Investigationon 08/22/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 File# I I Date drafted 08/23/2018 b7C b7E by I I This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278)?3757 (Rev. 05-08-10) 136 b7C b7E Interview ofl I ContinuationofFD-SOZof 08-22-2018 3011 08/22/2018 ,Page b7A b?7C b6 b7A b7C knew that Gates received direction from Paul Manafort. b5 does not know who else may have instructed Gates or who else Gates may b7C have reported to. b6 b?7A b7C b6 b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) SEC ORN i5) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 03/01/2018 (U) James M. Burnham was interviewed at the Special Counsel's Office in Washington, D.C. Participating in this interview were FBI Special Agent ISenior Counselor to the Special Counsel James L. Quarles and Senior Assistant Special Counsel Andrew Goldstein. Also present for this interview were Burnham's attorneys Ioffice telephonel Iemail address land] IBurnham was advised it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the course of an investigation and he acknowledged he understood. After being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the purpose of the interview, Burnham provided the follOWing information?52? b3 b6 Investigationon 11/03/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b7C b7E File# I I Datedrafted 11/06/2017 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FBI (19W 1 27 3? 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Burnham thought Boente was referring to Comey in some wayb7E (Rev 05-08-10) b1 b3 SE RN Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 b7E ,Page b7E FBI-(1gm127aj-3233 (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham b3 b7E ,On 11/03/2017 ?Page b7C b7E SEC ORN Si: pare-?m (Rev 05-08-10) b1 b3 SEC b7E mi?: ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 ,Page 14 of 23 b5 Per DOJXOIP b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) b1 b3 Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham b7E 15 of 23 ,On 11/03/2017 ?Page ORN b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) SE Interview of James Burnham ?xv-exam If?! ,On 11/03/2017 b1 b3 b7E ,Page b7C b5 Per IBurnham knew the only line the President cared about was the line that said Comey advised the President on three separate occasions the President was not under investigation. b5 Per WW b1 b3 b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ?xv-exam ,On 11/03/2017 ,Page b7E (Rev 05-08-10) SEC Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 ,Page F81(19w12?81?3??4 ME (Rev 05-08-10) b1 b3 b7E Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 ?Page b7C b7E ?"351 (Rev 05-08-10) Wi mi?: Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 b1 b3 b7E ,Page b7E b1 b3 b7E (Rev 05-08-10) SE RN hm Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 Jag b7C b7E SEC 5:3 FBIug-mzmg-Bm? ?5mm (Rev 05-08-10) b1 b3 SE Con?nua?onofFIL3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 b7E ,Page 0R1 FBI b1 b3 (Rev 05-08-10) b7E SEC ORN ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of James Burnham ,On 11/03/2017 ,Page b7E SEC ORN ?is; b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/24/2018 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INFORMATION This document contains information pertaining to a federal grand jury proceeding. The information may not be disseminated within or outside the FBI, except as provided for under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure wherein disclosure may be made to: (1) an attorney for the government for use in performing that attorney's official duties; or (2) any government personnel that an attorney for the government considers necessary to assist in performing that attorney's official duties. (U) On 08/28/2018 Special Agents Iandl I Irequested a voluntary interview and served the attached subpoena b3 uponl lat his residence atl b6 b7C b7E (U) The below is an interview summary. It is not intended to be a verbatim account and does not memorialize all statements made during the interviewnot want to volunteer for an interView Without his b7C attorney. I United States Other (Service of Investigationon 08/28/2018 at Subpoena)) b3 b6 09/04/2018 File Date drafted 137 by 1375: This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - of 12 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 01/11/2019 Randy Credico, date of birth social security number was interviewed at the Special Counsel's Office, 395 Street S.W., Washington, D.C. in the presence of his attorney, Particioating in the interview were Special Agent (SA) SA Intelligence Analyst (IA) ISenior Assistant Special Counsel (SASC) Jeannie S. Rhee, Assistant Special Counsel Aaron Zelinsky, and District of Columbia Assistant United States Attorney I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing agents and the purpose of the interview, Credico provided the following information: [Agent note: Prior to the start of the interview, Credico and his counsel were provided the opportunity to review 136 Credico was reminded that it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the course of an ongoing investigation, which he acknowledgedb7A b7C Investigationon 12/06/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 12/09/2018 File Date drafted b7C by 1375: This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1, b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7A b7C guests per show, but sometimes had only one. b6 b7A b7C ?Julian Assange talk about you last night? b6 b7A b7C FBK i?gm'12'7832?38l4 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico Continuation ofFD-302 12/06/2018 Page 5 of 12 b6 b7A b7C ?Julian Assanqe has on Hillarvb7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7A b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7A b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 ng 8 of 12 b6 b7A b7C October 1, 2016 that said ?big news Wednesday? and Hillary?s campaign will die this weekb7C FBK i?gmi (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E (U) Interview of Randy Credico Continuation ofFD-302 of (12 6 2 1 8) ,On l2/O6/20l8 9 of 12 Page b7C ?Off the Record Hillary and her people are doing a full?court press they keep Assange from making the next dump,? I ICredico had not heard that from anyone and did not know why he wrote it. b6 b7A b6 b7A b7C FBK 19w12'7832-38I9 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7C FBK 19w1278}-381 i, b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Randy Credico ,On 12/06/2018 b7C FBK i?gmi EYE-3812, b7E IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) - 1. C>f 1.4 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 10/29/2018 I date of birth social security account number (SSAN) was interviewed at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, 10278 on 08/29/2018 by Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Aaron Zelinsky, Senior Assistant Special Counsel (SASC) Jeannie Rhee, and FBI b6 b7C Special Agentsl Iandl Iwas accompanied by his defense counsell Iresides atl I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, the following information: b6 advised his participation in the interview was voluntary b7C and he could terminate the interview at any further advised that intentionally providing false statements to FBI Agents was a violation of federal law. b6 b7C Investigationon 08/29/2018 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) b6 b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 78}'38 1 3 b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E ,Page ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 On 08/29/2018 b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b'7E (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 ,On 08/29/2018 ,Page 3 of 14 Continuation of FD-3 02 of b6 b?7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C 136 I370 UNCLASSIFIED H939- b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b'7E Con?nuationofFDmOf (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 On 08/29/2018 Page 4 of 14 136 1070 b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-1=eae FBIii-gmizm}-3815 b6 b7C b'7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nuationofFD_3020f (U) Interview On 08/29/2018 Page b?7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b'7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED Hove- b6 b?7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nuationofFDmOf (U) Interview On 08/29/2018 Page 6 of 14 b6 b?b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 ,On 08/29/2018 ,Page 7 of 14 Continuation of FD-3 02 of b6 b7A b7C The interview was briefly adjourned to his attorney :30 to speak privately b7A b7C The interview was briefly adjourned to allow ASC Zelinsky and SASC Rhee ?l'n char-'11: W?i 'l'hl b6 b7C given a few minutes alone with his defense counsel UNCLASSIFIED #1?er- FBK ism-1273}-331% (Rev 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 On 08/29/2018 8 Of 14 Page b6 b7A b7C b6 b7C b6 b?b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-F-eUe b6 b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nuationofFDmOf (U) Interview ofl On 08/29/2018 Page 9 of 14 b6 b7C b6 b7C HPSCI Testimony September December 2017 Stone gave testimony in front of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Stone subsequently told HPSCI Credico was his backchannel to WikiLeaksb7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK i b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b'7E Con?nuationofFDmOf (U) Interview of 08/29/2018 ,On 08/29/2018 ,Page 10 of 14 b6 b'b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK 19w1278}?3822 b6 b7C b'7E (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview Ofl On 08/29/2018 Page b?7C b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview ofl On 08/29/2018 Page UNCLASSIFIED FBK b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview Ofl On 08/29/2018 Page 13 Of 14 b6 b'b7C UNCLASSIFIED wees b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Con?nua?onofFD_3020f (U) Interview On 08/29/2018 Page 14 of 14 b6 b?7C UNCLASSIFIED /-Eege- FBK -l of 2- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry On September 17 2018, via email, Assistant Special Counsel Aaron Zelinsky 09/20/2018 obtained consent froml Ifor Special Agentl to speak directly tol Iclient, Iwith the purpose of providing instructive assistance in producing documents for a production to the Special Counsel's office. (A copy of this email is maintained in digital lA) At approximately 7:45 PM EST on September 17 2018, SA phoned atI IAfter being advised of the purpose of the interview and identity of the interviewing the following information: File by Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone, Investigationon 09/17/2018 at Email) Datedrafted 09/19/2018 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agency. b'b7C b7E b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b'7E Telephonic Interview of: ContinuationofFD-SOZof aQ11 09/17/2018 ,Page 2 of 2 b3 b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 7 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Daedkmq 10/29/2018 FEDERAL GRAND JURY INFORMATION This document contains information pertaining to a federal grand jury proceeding. The information may not be disseminated within or outside the FBI, except as provided for under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure wherein disclosure may be made to: (1) an attorney for the government for use in performing that attorney's official duties; or (2) any government personnel that an attorney for the government considers necessary to assist in performing that attorney's official duties. (U) On 09/07/2018 Special Agent IAssistant Special b6 Counsel (ASC) Aaron Zelinsky, and Senior Assistant Special Counsels Andrew b7C Goldstein and Jeannie Rhee interviewedl Iin preparation for his Federal grand jury testimony. Iattorney, was also present. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing SA and the nature of the the following: b6 (U) Zelinksy and obligations with regards b7C to the Grand Juryb7A b7C 09/07/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 b7C b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FBI (19931, (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of b7E 3011 09/07/2018 ,Page b7C FBK b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 09/07/2018 Jag 136 b7C b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 09/07/2018 4 of 7 Page b7A b?b7A b7C FBK b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Ofl I ,011 09/07/2018 ,Page b??C b3 b6 b7C b3 b6 b7A b7C FBK b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Ofl I ,011 09/07/2018 ,Page b7C FBK b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Ofl I ,011 09/07/2018 ,Page b7C FBK -l of 6- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/29/2018 was interviewed at the FBI's New York Field Office, 26 New York, NY. The interviewers were FBI Special Agent b5 b7C land Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Andrew Weissmann. I Iwas present _After being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the nature of the the following information: Federal Plazab7C 08/10/2018 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) Investigation on b7C by I I 137155 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 78}'383 5* b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of: Continuation ofFD-302 3011 08/10/2018 ,Page b?7C UNCLASSIFIED Hess b6 (Rev 05-08-10) Interview of: ContinuationofFD-SOZof 08-10-2018 3011 08/10/2018 ,Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of: ContinuationofFD-SOZof 08-10-2018 3011 08/10/2018 ,Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED Eleve? b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of ContinuationofFD-SOZof 08-10-2018 3011 08/10/2018 ,Page 5 of 6 b6 b?7C b6 b'7C b6 b7C 136 1378 b6 b7C b6 b'7A b'7C 136 1370 b6 b?7C UNCLASSIFIED /-FeUe- b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of ContinuationofFD-SOZof 08-10-2018 3011 08/10/2018 ,Page 6 of 6 UNCLASSIFIED A2939- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 5 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 11/20/2018 Jason Fishbein, date of birth Iphone number I I b6 Iemail addressesl b7C .1 4 a . was inte1.\niewei at tne Speoial LOu?oEl Offiou (SCO), 1ooated at 3:5 71Washington, D.C. breoent for the interview were Assistant Counsel (ASC) Aaron Ze1inij, Snooial .1 'omoanied by nis attorneyl I ASC Zelinksy onrni 11, 1-_tary; F1 3hne1o oou1d C:onsu1t with his 3 to the FBI is :1 13111 111111;:111 ino1uo? es :1 materia1 ?a_se statement and o1a1m1ng toot 1<1e1be1 something. After being adVised of the ident ties of the iLnter1ieu ing parties and the purpose of the interview, Fishhein provided the foilowing info matIQn. (1 Fishbein provided a 1ist of peos1e he had to1d about n?e??ug with the b6 b7C 1 within the 1ast month, ?1umed he must be b7C know about meeting with SCO. Fis hb e111 d1? anvthing in part1ou1ar that 1n-:11' -%11:ed he k'.r Hhe impression thatl Idio know. Fishhein 3' snbeir to. cathei 1y were fair. me: itioned ASC Zeiinsky said 1e felt none of the uest.ions vere manipulative. fishbein does not have known I r: a '3 about the o?estions asked 1?1sh11ein tiought thatl Iname oame up in the previous interview. Fishbein was iirressed I esponse of ?we shou1d answer the Questions to the best of our ahi1itv.? risi1hein did not believe that he to1d Ithat zishbein t31d SCL aboutl I Investigationon 11/19/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) we Date drafted 11/19/2018 :31: I b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It 1s the property of the FBI and 1s loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency838 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jason Fishbein 11/19 ,On 11/19/2018 2 Of 5 Iwas an old friend of Fishbein who worked b5 Fishbein had been pretty forthright with b7C regarding his contact with SCO, but had not provided much detail.l I had interesting comments regarding the New York Times article about Roger Stone andl Ihaving an acrimonious relationship. believed it was staged. gave general advice regarding Fishbein's contact with SCO, suggesting that Fishbein be entirely said he had never spoken to Roger stone. Fishbein has had no additional conversations with the b6 information given during the last interview. b7C I Isaid a friend of Roger Stone, had b6 contacted him via Facebook and requested a meetingl I Fishbein b7c to mention him, not to. Fishbein askedl Iabout Roger Stone, with whoml b6 I Iseemed to think it was a mess and wanted no b7C involvement. New York Times Article: After the New York Times article that included a reference to Fishbein in an email from Roger Stone to Steve Bannon, Chuck Ross contacted Fishbein b6 to ask for an interview or comment, to which Fishbein did not reply. b7C Otherwise Fishbein didn't think people had made the connection. Regarding the email, Fishbein believed the idea of his being portrayed as Wikileak's attorney was ludicrous. Fishbein had never spoken with Roger Stone, but Fishbein believed several people could have given his name to Stone those, Fishbein believed it was most likelyl Ibecause he had asked the others and they all said In addition, Fishbein Stone were identical people who were politically aligned and both had loose representations of the truth. Fishbein had not discussed the email had discussed it with most of the people on the list of individuals who knew of his contact with SCO. If Fishbein had to guess, he thought that I be b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED ?FeUe- FBK b7E (Rev 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jason Fishbein 11/19 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 a011 11/19/2018 ,Page b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED frees- b7E (Rev 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jason Fishbein 11/19 ,On 11/19/2018 b7A b7C Contact with Russians: who Fishbein thought may have Fishbein b6 could not recall any Russians he had been in contact with regarding the b7C campaign. Fishbein did recall that b6 b7C There was no indication thatl Ihad any Russian government contacts. b6 b7C Mark Rich Pardon: [Agent Note: Fishbein was shown a redacted public document furnished through a FOIA request] Fishbein did not remember ever seeing the document before or discussing it with anyone. I b7A Administrative: Fishbein and his attorney, executed a proffer agreement b6 with ASC Zelinsky, which is attached to this communication in a digital b7C 1A TEE original copy of the proffer letter will be maintained in a physical 1A. UNCLASSIFIED H-Fese i b7E (Rev 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jason Fishbein 11/19 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 a011 11/19/2018 ,Page 5 of 5 Fisshbein that, thrcungh his; counsel, I 136 b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-FeUe- FBKigcv1278}?3892 - 1 of 4 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/27/2018 JASON FISHBEIN, date of birth I was interviewed b6 telephonically on his cellular phone number I Iafter agents b7c tried to interview him at his residence atI I I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview, FISHBEIN provided the following information: b6 b7A b7C FISHBEIN called the interviewing agent back shortly after and explained b6 he had some time to talk. FISHBEIN saidI I b7A b7C When asked about] IFISHBEIN explained b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C FFOUG Investigationon 08/16/2018 at I United States (Phone) ma Date drafted 08/16/2018 :gc b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?3893 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Telephonic interview of Jason ContinuationofFD-SOZof Fishbein on 08/16/2018 ,On 08/16/2018 ,Page b7A b7C FISHBEIN has a high regard forl land thought she displayed b5 great integrity in their conversations. FISHBEIN got the impression she :33 . had been a confidant of: for many years. b6 b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED ,l-Fese- FBK ism-1273}-3394 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Telephonic interview of Jason on 08/16/2018 ,On 08/16/2018 Eng 3 of 4 When asked if he ever worked for the DONALD J. TRUMP campaign, FISHBEIN said only as al I FISHBEIN explained he worked b5 ?nd was asked to do b7A research there intoI IFISHBEIN assumed the client for this b7C was PAUL MANAFORT. FISHBEIN was part of a research team of'r__1people who were tasked with researching al I I I FISHBEIN explained this was a large volume of research in a short period of time and they produced approximatelyI I I I Because this wasI I IFISHBEIN assumed MANAFORT was the client. FISHBEINI I FISHBEIN also mentioned he knows Iwho is basically a be friend of friends and is a politically involved nice guy. FISHBEIN said b7C GUCCIFER 2.0 for them. responded to an online posting GUCCIFER 2.0 made for any information GUCCIFER 2.0 had on Florida. GUCCIFER 2.0 sent a bunch of info on Florida. discussion how the information was obtained. FISHBEIN thinks he recallsI Imentioning that GUCCIFER 2.0 askedI Ito setup a dropbox account. I I FISHBEIN has no involvement with ROGER STONE and never met or spoke to STONE. FISHBEIN indicated he did not think very highly of STONE. FISHBEIN explained that FISHBEIN has not been to a Republican event in a long time. b6 When asked ifI b7A I Isaid he never did. b7C b6 b7A b7C [Note: After concluding the telephonic interview, the writer reached back out to FISHBEIN with follow up questions and FISHBEIN provided the information below.] FISHBEIN has knownI Ifor years but they have never b6 met. I b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U/??ouor Telephonic interview of Jason Con?nuationofFD_3020f Fishbein on 08/16/2018 3011 08/16/2018 ,Page 4 of 4 b6 b7A b7C FISHBEIN does not talk tol Iregulary. b5 b7A b7C I FISHBEIN thought would have definitely tipped his hat if he had any such information. likes to feign having knowledge. FISHBEIN got the have a relationship with PETER b6 SMITH who was looking for this information. FISHBEIN believed they were b7C coordinating would say similar things and it seemed coordinated. FISHBEIN described SMITH as the guy who committed suicide. UNCLASSIFIED mesa. FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -l of l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/27/2018 During a telephonic interview on 08/16/2018 of I date of b5 b7C birth Iagreed to meet Special Agent the following week on 08/23/2018 at the FBI West Palm Resident Agency. In subsequent text message conversations betweenI IandI I ha for immunity and was provided a proffer letter.I I b7C later received a call Iphone numberI I who asked to reschedule the meeting for after she had time to meet withI Icontact information was provided to Assistant Special Counsel Aaron Zelinsky. Attached via 1A are copies of the text messages and proffer letter. Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) Investigation Fue# I Datedrafted 08/26/2018 b5 b7C by I b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not 1 to be distributed outside your agency. FBI 1 278}'3897 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) b7E -1 of 6- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 06/03/2018 Cassandra FORD (FORD), date of birthl Isocial security account number telephone numberl Iwas interviewed at the United States District Court, 333 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC. Special Counsel Attorneys Jeannie S. Rhee and Kyle Freeny were present and assisted with the interview. Attorneyl represented FORD and was present during the interview. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing personnel, FORD provided the b6 b7C following information: At the initiation of the interview, FORD indicated that she created her Twitter account @Guccifer2 on June 16, 2016. FORD was shown a Twitter account registration information provided by Twitter for account Guccifer2 showing the date of creation as June 9, 2016. FORD stated that she did not create @Guccifer2 on June 9, 2016 and that Twitter was wrong. FORD added she would not have created @Guccifer2 on June 9, 2016, because there was no Guccifer 2.0 persona yet on June 9, 2016. b6 b7C FORD created twitter account @Guccifer2 on June 16, 2016, when the topic hashtag #Guccifer2 was treading on Twitter, because of recent revelations by Guccifer2 persona about the hack into the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Prior to creating her @Guccifer2 twitter account, FORD recalled seeing b6 a tweet from discussing that no one b7C has claimed and created a twitter account named Guccifer2. After seeing that tweet, FORD decided to create her own @Guccifer2 twitter account. On June 16, 2016, FORD understood and read that Guccifer2.0 was involved in hacking into the DNC. In creating her own twitter account @Guccifer2, FORD wanted to see of the account would be censored by Twitter, because of the notoriety of Guccifer2.0. Investigationon 04/20/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In PersonFile Date drafted b7 by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?3g?g7 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Cassandra Ford ,011 04/20/2018 ,Page b7C FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Cassandra Ford ,011 04/20/2018 ,Page b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Cassandra Ford On 04/20/20l8 Eng 4 of 6 b6 b7C b6 b7C FORD used the photo of Felix Dzerzhinsky as her Twitter profile photo. FORD read in the article on Smoking Gun that some of the documents released by Guccifer2.0 persona had the name of Dzerzhinsky in the metadata. FORD read about Dzerzhinsky on internet and thought that he had a "creative background." b6 b7C FORD was using a VPN service which allowed her to select the country of origin. FORD selected to make it appear to be coming from Russia. FORD stated that she had read the night before this interview about ActBlue, because b5 tweeted about a class action law suit regarding Actblue. b7C FORD chose Volgograd time zone for the Twitter creation time in order to once again to appear to be Russian. b5 b7C FBK 19901 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Cassandra Ford ,011 04/20/2018 5 of 6 Page b6 b7C b6 b7C FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Cassandra Ford ,011 04/20/2018 6 of 6 Page FBK 199561 b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 9 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/10/2018 I I date of birth was interviewed by FBI Special Agentsl and Special Counsel . . . . b6 Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Present during the interView were counsel b7C forl Iof Debevoise and Plimpton. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: advised that the interview was voluntary and if she chose b6 to answer questions she needed to be honest in her answers as lying to a federal agent could constitute a federal crime. her understanding. Background b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Investigationon 05/03/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 Hk# Dmemmkd 05/04/2018 b7c by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E Interview ,On 05/03/2018 Eng 2 of 9 b6 b7C DTI Debt to income ratio is the ratio of a borrowers income versus their debt. Different types of loans have different DTI thresholds. For example, "co?ops" have a 40% maximum DTI allowance and condominiums have a 45% maximum DTI allowance. A borrower's income is determined by looking at their W2s, or tax returns if they are self employed. If a borrower is self employed and tax returns have not yet been filed, a profit loss statement can be used. can be prepared by the borrower. A borrower is expected to provide truthful and complete information on their as Citizens Bank is relying in part on the borrower's representations for their lending decision. A borrower's debt is determined by liabilities listed on their credit report and liabilities disclosed by the borrower on the loan questionnaire. A borrower is expected to disclose all liabilities on their loan questionnaire as Citizens Bank is relying on the borrower's representations in order to know the full picture of their debt. Some items do not show up on credit reports, such as personal loans, and that is why Citizens Bank requires the borrower to disclose all debt on the loan questionnaire. For all properties owned by the borrower, they must submit mortgage statements, tax bills and homeowners insurance documents. The borrower's mortgage payment, plus their tax payment and insurance premium amount are all included in the borrower's debt calculation. LTV Loan to value is the ratio of the amount of the loan to value of the property. Different loan types have different LTV thresholds. Some loan programs require a borrower to maintain a certain LTV, or else they pay a higher interest rate and are required to maintain mortgage insurance. In general, the most favorable loan type for a borrower is an owner b6 occupied not sure why this is the case. b7C Manafort (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview communicated with Rick Gates, assistant, Gates if she needed anything for the loan. to communicated with Manafort via email. who ,On 05/03/20l8 also via email and phone. Manafort told on Manafort's behalf. communications with Gates. worked for Manafort. Page believed was Manafort's 30f to reach out to Gates was authorized to speak tried to copy Manafort on all Ior any accountants who Document 1 Emaill was shown an email thread betweenl Idatedl I Iwas directed tol Iemail which read as follows: I that borrowers are required to provide business tax returns for all businesses in which they have a 25% or more ownership interest. businesses, Generally, In addition, even if they own less than 25%. before sending to the underwriter. borrowers are required to provide for all loan officers do a "quick calculation" of the borrowers DTI b7C FBK b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E Interview ,On 05/03/2018 Eng 4 of 9 The 1003 requires borrowers to disclose all debt. Even if the borrower had debt overseas, they would be expected to disclose it as part of their debt. If a borrower had assets overseas, such as bank accounts, they would not be required to disclose them unless they wanted to use those assets for qualification purposes. In order to use overseas assets for qualification purposes the assets would have to be transferred to the US. Prior to sending a loan to underwriting, an initial 1003 is prepared and sent to Citizens Bank's Quality Control Department for auditing. The Quality Control Department ensures the information is correct according to the information obtained thus far. has a 100% success rating, b6 b7C meaning 100% 1003s which have gone through the quality control process have been accurate. After the quality control process, the 1003 goes to loan processing and then underwriting. Underwriters are randomly assigned to loans by the Operations Department. Document 3 Email was shown an email thread between b6 dated I b7C an owner occupied property cannot be rentedE whereas a second home can be rented for up to six months only. did not know b6 why the bank had this threshold on how long a second home could be b7C rented. recently learned this threshold and did not believe she knew this guideline during I Ithe 29 Howard St. property and discovered it was for rent on a website called StreetEasy.com. b6 b7C Document 6 Email I Iwas shown an email from Manafort to dated with the subject line, stated Citizens Bank required borrowers to provide a letter of b6 b7C explanation as to how they intended to use the proceeds of a cash out refinance. not know why this was required and was not aware of any prohibited uses. If a borrower were using the proceeds as a down FBK b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 05/03/2018 5 Of 9 payment on another property and thereby acquiring additional debt, that additional debt would need to be factored into their DTI calculation. Document 7 EmailI I I Iwas shown an email chain betweenI and Manafort datedl I b6 b7C did not have any recollection of communicating during the loan process. b6 if a business Pnderwriting b7C would reach out to the loan officer with the issue. From reading this email,I I not sure what questions underwriting asked about the loan, or its forgiveness. I b6 b7C Document 9 Email was shown an email thread between Manafort, I dated which had a I attached. I Ireviewed the attached document and stated she tic did not recognize it, but assumedI I b6 b7C This particular loan had a lot of paperwork Document 12 - Email FBK 199561 (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview ,On 05/03/2018 ,Page 6 Of 9 shown an email from Manafort dated which b5 responded to an email b7C b6 b7C b6 1:376 136 b7C Document 17 Email I Iwas shown an email from Gates to and Manafort dated b6 Iwas directed to a portion of Gates' email b7C which read, I I1 . I Istated she understood Gates to be responding to her email from b6 I Iin which b7c I Iwas directed to a portion of the attachments to Gates email, specifically,I I b6 On this document, I b7C Document 18 - Email I Iwas shown an email and Manafort dated which read as follows: b6 b7C b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 05/03/2018 7 Of 9 b6 b7C that it was not uncommon for insurance documents to include mortgages that were paid off. seen before when a borrower paid off their mortgage, but did not notify the insurance company or the insurance company did not remove the mortgage after it was paid b6 off. b7C I IGates after this email. not recall the exact conversation, but recalled in substance that Gates told b6 b7C was not concerned about this because she had seen this happen a number of times before. Document 19 Email I Iwas shown an email from dated I Attached to the email was a document on which read as follows: b6 b7C I Iwas the insurance agent for Manafort's properties andI hontacted to resolve the issue of whether Based upon the time stamp,I IbelievedI b5 I I b7C Document 21 - Email I Iwas shown an email thread Manafort and Gates datedI II Iwas directed to Manafort's email which b6 read as follows:I I b7C b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-302 of (U) I Interview 05/03/2018 ,On ,Page 8 Of 9 I Irecalled learning that the b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Document 23 Email was shown an email from Gates toI Iand Manafort dated Mhich read as follows: I Attached to the email wereI I b6 I 1376 b6 b7C Based upon this informationJ I b6 b7C At the time of receiving this email and attachmentsJ b6 b7C Document 23A - Email was shown an email from IdatedI ows. b7C b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview ,On 05/03/2018 9 of 9 Page b6 I Istatedl Iwas confirmihq what Gates said in the previous b7C email. Other b7C FBK 199561 i b7E - 1 of 4 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 12/01/2017 I I date of birth cell telephoneI I I I addressI I was b5 b7C interviewed at the Special Counsel's Office, Washington, D.C. Also present were Iattorneys, I from I I Senior Assistant Special Counsel Jeannie S. Rhee; and Assistant Special Counsel L. Rush Atkinson. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the nature of the the following information: b6 b7C When she wasI had almost no interaction b5 with the TRUMP ORGANIZATION. She has never had any one?on?one interaction b7C with DONALD TRUMP. She is very cordial with RHONA GRAFE but their relationship is not personal.I I 2011 withI Iand met ERIC TRUMP who was attending withI I IDONALD TRUMP. She b6 I Irecalled an episode at the b7c after party when the pageant was held at the Shrine in Los Angeles, California.I Where the party was held. He toldI I Ihas had no interaction with MICHAEL COHENIbut did not speak with him. COHEN and TRUMP were the only representatives from the TRUMP ORGANIZATION at the meetin . told Iof a time whenI Ioverheard COHEN talking to and Investigationon 10/12/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In PersonFile Date drafted b7 by I I b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4?j?55 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 10/12/2017 2 Of 4 Prior to the pageant, TRUMP would have all of the contestants line up on stage and then he would ask them questions about each other. The venue was cleared for this except for a select few but it was b6 I I b7C The selection of the venue for the Miss Universe Pageant ("the Pageant")I Iwould b6 cultivate relationships to find the sites andI Iwould determine if b7c the venue would work, was available, etc.I I Iwhen and where she was supposed to go for I I NAME UNKNOWN and NAME Ifirst met ROBERT GOLDSTONE inI I b5 I I b7C GOLDSTONE has a public relations firm, OUIZ, in New Jersey. I Ihas no knowledge of his contacts in Russia.I I GOLDSTONE was involved with the negotiations of the contract between the AGALAROVS and Iinteracted with GOLDSTONE b6 about the contract as did many others inI I b7C b6 b7C TRUMP was involved with the Pageant beginning in June 2013. TRUMP, EMIN AGALAROV, and ARAS AGALAROV were all at the Miss USA competition at Planet b6 Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada. They did the announcement and contract b7C signing on the stage.I I While in Moscow for the told MUO that they had to b6 b7C vacate the venue and their offices on October 30 31, 2013 because PUTIN wanted to hold a meeting at the venue with his b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 10/12/2017 3 Of 4 only Russian government personnel were at the meeting. No one was allowed in the venue on October 31, 2013. TRUMP arrived in Moscow late the day before the Pageant. b6 b7C Since the Pageant, Ihas only seen b5 when he b7C I There was no discussion about Russia. lhad no knowledge of the June 2016 meeting with TRUMP, JR. until the news broke in 2017. At some point later on the day ofl Isaid tic "They've hacked into emails." Iknew she was referring to the Russian but 31,000 missing emails because it was in the news TRUMP asking the Russians to hack and find CLINTON's missing I Up to that point, no one had mentioned the AGALAROVS and how they were close to PUTIN. ARAS AGALAROV was an oligarch and must have been connected to the government to be so successful. Additionally, b6 b7C I Icould not recall the last time she had contact with GOLDSTONE. b6 b7C was shown two emails and she provided the following information: FBK b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 10/12/2017 4 Of 4 . Email 1 dated regarding al I I had no recollection of the exchange but advised b6 they were joking and being sarcastic. It was her understanding that a b7C TRUMP PUTIN meeting never occurred but that TRUMP wanted to meet PUTIN. . Email 2 datedl Iregarding a lhad no recollection of this email but advised b6 they were probably just being silly. She stated worked for b7C I IShe did not think he worked for him anymore. FBK i?gcv1278}??HJSE -1 of 11- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/14/2017 DOCUMENT RESTRICTED TO CASE PARTICIPANTS This document contains information that is restricted to case participants. I I previously identified, was interviewed pursuant to a 2017 by FBI Supervisory Special Agent Proffer Agreement dated August 31, b6 Special Agentl ISpecial Counsel Prosecutor b7C Andrew Weissmann, and Assistant Special Counsel Prosecutor Brian Richardson. Present during the interview her defense counsel, After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: b6 b7A b6 b7C FARA or LDA b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C?. District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) 08/31/2017 at Washington, 136 b7C b7E Investigation on by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 (Rev. 05-08-10) 136 b7A b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Follow Up Proffer ,On 08/31/2017 ,Page b'7A b?7C By the time thel Icame around, b6 b'7A b6 b7A b7C FBK 199561 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7A b7C b7E Up Proffer ,On 08/31/2017 Eng b7A b7C could not recall specifically from whom she heard thisb?i'A b7c FBK 199561 b6 b?7A b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Follow Up Proffer On 08/31/2017 4 of 11 Page b7A b'7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b?7A b7C FBK 199561 (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7A I b7C b7E Con?nuationofFD.3020f (U) Up Proffer ,On 08/31/2017 ,Page b7C was the erson who told the re ort was comin be . I I b7C out. had received a call froml I b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C FBK 199561 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Up Proffer 011 08/31/2017 6 of 11 Page b6 b7A b?7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b'7C b6 b?7A b7C b6 b7C b6 b7A b'7C was asked if she thought it was odd that stated she did not recall the substantive issues. b6 b7A b7C?. FBIii-gcvizi?m-?k?? (Rev. 05-08-10) b7A I I b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) I Follow Up Proffer ,On 08/31/2017 ,Page b7A b7C Other b7A b7C FBK 199561 b6 (REV. 05-08-10) b7A b7C b7E Up Proffer ,On 08/31/2017 Jay b7C Iregarding their requirement to file FARA or I b6 assumed Gates and Manafort were political consultants and were not required to file. does not recall having a discussion about this with anyone else. believed it was Gates and Manafort's obligation to know whether or not they needed to filetime whenl Iwhich Gates b6 b7C deemed to be not helpful. I Igot mad at Gates when he tried to b6 b7A b7C did not think she had any direct contact with Gates. FBK 199561 (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of Follow Up Proffer On 08/31/20l7 b6 b7A b7C b7E ,Page 9 of 11 b6 b7C Idid not know why Gates reached out to responded. and did not know if I Ihas not had contact with Paul Manafort since she saw him a b6 I Idid not recall ever speaking with Manafort directly during I b7A b7C that time.I Ihas not had contact with Manafort sinceb7A b7C b7A FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7A b7C I?l b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Follow Up Proffer On 08/31/20l7 10 of ll Page b'7A b7C b6 b7A b7C In general, a client may be opposed to filing FARA because of the transparency of their lobbying activities. Also, they may not want to FBK 199561 (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b?7A b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Follow Up Proffer On 08/31/20l7 ll of ll Page public to know that various op?ed's sponsored and drafted by the entity are actually associated with the government. b6 b7C Due Diligence b7A b6 b7A b6 b7C b6 b7C - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/08/2017 FEDERAL GRAND JURY MATERIAL - DISSEMINATE PURSUANT TO RULE Do not disseminate except as authorized by federal rule of criminal procedure 6(e) . On Monday, July 31, 2017J I E: telephone numberl I was interviewed atl IPresent for the interview were Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) IOffice of the Special Counsel, and Special Agent IFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Inspector General. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing SFI and Agent and the nature of the interview, furnished the following information: The Manaforts have been a client of Isince approximately :3 Work performed for the Manaforts Besides a nominal annual charge tol b5 Ihas not done much work for the Manaforts b7c since approximatelyl According tol The following documents were subsequently furnished by E: b3 b6 b7C Investigationon 07/31/2017 at United States (In Person) b6 08/07/2017 File Date drafted b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4?j7? b7E (Rev 05-08-10) b6 b7C July 31, 2017 ,On 07/31/2017 Jag b7C said he startedI Iapproximatelyl Iyears ago and the company was wholly? owned by himself untill Iwere brou ht in as partners /owners. The Manaforts have never been investors in A copy of the documents furnished been attached for the file, With the original documents enclosed in an (1a envelope). b7C UNCLASSIFIED b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 0l/30/2018 I Idate of birthI I social security b6 b7C account numberI IresidenceI I Iwas interviewed telephonically by FBI Special AgentI I Bl Forensic AccountantI and Special Counsel Prosecutor Greg Andres. Present during the interview I I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, provided the following informationb7C Investigationon 12/06/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 2 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZ of (U) ,011 12/06/2017 ,Page 2 Of 2 b6 b7C FBK IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) -1 of 6- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 01/18/2019 On 10/25/2018, SA. SA Special Counsel Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann, and attorneys from the US DOJ Public Integrity Section, James Mann, Nicole an :3 Ellersick at the offices of counsel. Additionally, SA1[::fj SAI land SA were present telephonically. GATES was represented by his counsel Tom Greene. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing agents, GATES provided the following information: GATES believed ?05 b7C GATES met Inauguration GATES had nothing to do with congressional events. The Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC) used donors, not underwriters, to sponsor events. Chevron, Microsoft, and others donated. b6 b7c Investirrationon 10/25/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) :3 0 n1# Dmemmkd 11/16/2018 P73 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278)?4?j74 (Rev 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of 2 0 1 8 IN Interview of RICK GATES 10/25 ,011 10/25/2018 ,Page b7C FBK (Rev 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of 2 0 1 8 IN Interview of RICK GATES 10/25 ,011 10/25/2018 ,Page b7A b7C FBK b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Interview of RICK GATES 10/25 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 PIN 3011 10/25/2018 4 of 6 Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED ?eas b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Interview of RICK GATES 10/25 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 PIN 3011 10/25/2018 ,Page Other Work for b7c UNCLASSIFIED FBK 19w1278}??H378 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of RICK GATES 10/25 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 PIN ,On 10/25/2018 ,Page 6 of 6 b6 b7C GATES did not know anything related to possible interactions with VTB Bank. had a call with ERIK PRINCE about possible relationships. said that he had known PRINCE for a long time. PRINCE wanted to have a TRUMP event at his farm, but GATES did not want to do it. Miscellaneous b6 b7A b7C lobbying firm, Konik Madison had looked at potential international clients and had hired an attorney to look at EARA. I I I b6 never asked GATES about his cooperation after the media b7C announced that GATES was cooperating. UNCLASSIFIED /-F-eae- FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 3 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/14/2018 On 10/25/2018, SA and Special Counsel Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann interviewed RICHARD GATES at the offices of counsel. counsel, Tom Greene was present for the interview. GATES provided the following information: DCI Group GATES met some people from DCI Group while he was at G?Tech. b6 left to work for DCI Group. DCI Group did grass roots b7C work on the George Bush campaign. were all b6 associated with DCI Group. b7A b7C In 2016 and 2017, there had been discussion of PAUL MANAEORT being hired at DCI group because the firm did not have anyone working their who could cover Donald Trump. A lot of the people at DCI Group were loyal to MANAFORT. In 2017, told GATES that the interview an issue for CHUCK Iwas guy. In the final b6 . . . . b7C concluSion, however, Inomination did not move forward because DIANE EEINSTEIN and GRASSLEY had made a deal. to ROGER STONE. b6 b7C Ukraine b6 b6 b7C 10/25/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) Hk# Dmemmkd 11/06/2018 b6 b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview Of RICHARD GATES 10/25/2018 SCO ,On 10/25/2018 Jug 2 of 3 b6 b7C b6 b7C b7A Russia The Republican position around the time of the election was that Russia's annexation of Crimea was bad. The Trump campaign did not have a position. The campaign employees believed Donald Trump's statement on Crimea would not have any effect. b6 b7A b7C Work for Other Countries b7C MANAFORT Legal Fees b6 b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED /Fese? FBK i?gm1278}??H33 i b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of RICHARD GATES ContinuationofFD-SOZof on 10/25/2018 SCO ,On 10/25/2018 3 of 3 Page There had been a discussion of a joint legal defense fund, but that never happenedb7C Miscellaneous GATES had encounteredl lat some point in time. was a business :3 related to and The business had experienced legal issues between 2014 and 2015. GATES had no knowledge of related work in 2017. b6 In late 2017, b7A b7C MANAEORT and GATES understood b6 b7C At one point in time, JARED KUSHNER had asked GATES to meet b6 (NET). b7A b7C EX 1 text message about a war room" was a reference to STEVE idea to handle several Public Relations crises by creating a strategic nerve?center to address them. This was after the Special Counsel's Office had been announced. The recipients of the message were intended to be an advisory committee to handle Public Relations hits and would have been separate from any efforts in the White House. UNCLASSIFIED /7?-Fese- FBK - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 05/07/2018 Richard William Gates was interviewed by Assistant Special Agent in Charge Weissmann and Greg Andres. LLP, and the nature of the interview, Gates' attorney, Gates stated thatl to Gates, him in touch withl I IGates had previously retained recommendation froml IGates stated that and Senior Special Counsel Attorneys Andrew Tom Green of Sidley Austin was present. After being advised of the identity of the interviewers Gates provided the following information: IAccording asked Gates to put followin H?i Gates stated that 04/11/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, File I I WI This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not FBK to be distributed outside your agency. United States Date drafted (In Person) 04/28/2018 b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) b7E Interview of Richard William ,On 04/11/2018 2 Of 2 Contacts: Gates stated that b6 b7A b7C Prior to the indictments against Manafort and Gates, Manafort assembled a team of contacts to manage his message and ?re?focus the narrative.? Included in this group were b6 UNCLASSIFIED FBK -l of 3- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 04/26/2018 Richard William Gates was interviewed by Forensic Accountant and Senior Assistant Special Counsel (SASC) Greg Andres. Gates' Thomas Green of Sidley Austin LLP, was present. After being attorney, advised of the identity of the interviewees and the nature of the Gates provided the following information: interview, b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Investiationon 04/18/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 Dmemmkd 04/18/2018 b7C b7E File by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b7E (Rev 05-08-10) UNCLASSIFIEDHFOUO (U) Richard Gates Interview 04/18/2018 On 04/18/2018 Page 2 of 3 Continuation of FD-3 02 of b6 b7C b6 b?b7C UNCLASSIFIED frees FBK New b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Richard Gates Interview 04/18/2018 ,On 04/18/2018 Jag 3 of 3 b6 b7C b6 b7C Administrative Note: There was a break from approximately 1:15pm to 1:45pm. b6 b7C b6 Administrative Note: From approximately 2pm to 2:30pm SASC Andres went over general trial preparation background questions with Gates. UNCLASSIFIED FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 05/04/2018 Richard William Gates was interviewed by FBI Supervisory Special Forensic Accountant I and Senior Special b6 Counsel Attorney Greg Andres. After being advised of the official b7C identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, Gates provided the following information: Michael Cohen Michael Cohen did not have a formal role at the Republican National Convention (RNC) but made requests for a lot of tickets. Cohen wanted Corey Lewandowski fired from the campaign. Cohen told Paul Manafort that he supported Lewandowski being fired. Gates did not have any information regarding and only heard about her in the newsb7A b7C Investigationon 04/18/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 04 24 2018 File Date drafted b7C b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Richard Gates ,On 04/18/2018 2 of 2 Page b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C Obama's Call to Yanukovych In 2010, President Obama called Viktor Yanukovvch to conqratulate him on his 2010 presidential election victory. I I Manafort spokel I I Ias well. Manafort believed that if President Obama did this, it b6 would legitimize the election results. Manafort strategyl I b7C b7A b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 5 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/01/2017 b6 DOB: was interviewed at Paul Cafe b7C located at 801 Ave, NW, Washington, DC by ASACI being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: b6 b7C was home with his mother and brother when Donald J. Trump announced he was running for President of the United States. b5 mother shrieked when the news was announced. immediately b7c thought Trump would win the election, based on his announcement message. sent an e?mail to the Trump campaign setting out his biography and expressed his interest in helping the campaign.l b6 b7C At the working on the campaign, Corey Lewandowski was the principal boss of the operation. Lewandowski was assisted by an individual named Mike Glassner b6 that he did not interact with Lewandowski directly that often. Eventually, b7C Lewandowski brought Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 08/29/2017 at Person) b6 b7A by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agency. b6 b7A FD 302 050810 b7c b7E Interview of 8/29/2017 ,On 08/29/2017 2 Of 5 b6 b7C b6 b7C Around the time of the primary elections Lewandowski left the campaign team and was replaced by Paul Manafort. The campaign team, under Manafort? 8 leadership, moved to the remodeled 14th floor (this was actually the 6th floor) of Trump Tower. Manafort brought his own assistants onto the campaign, b6 b7C I IKelly Ann Conwayl [described a ?revolvinc door? on the campaign team. People in the campaign started b6 realizing Icould get stuff done. At one point, Conway texted b7C At the time didn?t realize Conway was going to be the campaign manager. After Trump won the election it was not clear what Conway?s role would be. During the transition period following the general election, IGeneral Michael upon being named designee Egc for National Security Advisor, The Presidential transition team was initially based at Trump Tower prior to relocating to Washington, D.C. Rick Dearborn was overall head of the transition team. Dearborn worked in conjunction with the transition team?s executive board which included Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, UNCLASSIFIED Hose i (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of 8/29/2017 ,On 08/29/2017 3 Of 5 and possibly others. The transition team?s Executive Board either met in person or had a conference call each morning to discuss the upcoming day. had with he never mentioned taking direction on transition from anyone outside this executive board. was not involved in the process of how general policy direction was conveyed to or established for the transition team. claimed to have no knowledge of how orders or directions were conveyed, though he stated that Reince Priebus ?sort of? oversaw the daily agenda for the executive board. stated that he had no information regarding the reported 11 /30/2016 meeting at the Trump Tower involving Russian Ambassador Kislyak. By December 2016, stated that the principal issues facing the transition team involved finding positions for people within the administration. He believed that current events drove transition team priorities, but insisted he was privy to none of these policy discussionsb7C UNCLASSIFIED H666 FBK b6 b7A (Rev. 05-08-10) 137?: b7E Interview of 8/29/2017 ,On 08/29/2017 4 Of 5 b6 b7C IHowever, he never attended any of the meetings, was never at the White House, and never heard anyone making a decision. b6 b7C Upon being asked the circumstances surroundin the December 2016 UN Security Council vote to condemn this was a tough question as he couldn?t recall any discussions about this topic. b6 stated he was not included on any e?mails, phone calls, or b7C meetings regarding this topic. went on vacation to the Dominican Republic in December 2016. McFarland assumed his role during that time. b6 b7C b6 took b7C his own notes on 3x5 cards. . b6 stated that his role had b7C greatly diminished by this point and had solely learned of it from the news. does not know anything about the meeting between and Russian Ambassador Kislyak. stressed that he knows nothing about ?the Russians.? b5 b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-F-euo? b6 b7A b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U/ffe?e) Interview of ContinuationofFD-SOZof on 8/29/2017 ,011 08/29/2017 ,Page 5 Of 5 b6 b7C described as ?pretty self?sufficient." b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK i-gmi 2783:0004 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 1 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/16/2017 Jeffrey A. Getzel was approached at the offices of Getzel, Schiff 100 Crossways Park West, Suite 403, Woodbury, NY 11797, After being advised of the identity of b6 Getzel b7C Pesce telephone numberl I the interviewing Agent and the voluntary nature of the interview, provided the following information: Getzel stated that he wants to be cooperative and submit to an b3 interview; however, for insurance purposes, he wanted to contact his b5 b7C attorney. Subsequently, the writer, Getzel and with attorney cellular telephone numberl . b3 Investigationon 10/11/2017 at Woodbury, New York, United States (In Person) b6 File# Datedrafted 10/19/2017 b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not 1 I b7E r13-302 Glev.5-8-10) - 1. C>f 1.8 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/21/2017 JEFFREY A. GETZEL, Managing Partner at GETZEL SCHIEE PESCE, LLP, was b5 interviewed by Special Agent IEorensic b7C Special Counsel Rush Atkinson, and Senior Assistant Special Counsel Jeannie Rhee at Patriots Plaza I, 395 Street SW, Washington, DC 20546. GETZEL was accompanied by his attornevsl I Ifroml I IAfter being advised of the identity of the interviewing officials and the nature of the interview, GETZEL provided the following information: b6 b7C After becoming a CPA, GETZEL setup his own practice in Woodbury, New York, called GETZEL SCHIEE PESCE, LLP (GSP). GSP had five equity partners and two non?equity partners. In total, GSP b6 employed approximately 19 individuals, with approximately eight of them b7C being I worked at GSP. GSP's primary focus for its clients was income taxes. GSP provided some audit and litigation support as well. GSP had hundreds of clients, approximately 40 which GSP provided multiple services, such as income taxes and audit support. GSP's largest client had approximately $150 million in revenues. GSP's main source of clients were in the real estate, taxi, and food and beverage industries. GSP partners shared clients. MICHAEL COHEN was not a very significant client to GSP. With respect to the taxi industry, GSP had four or five principal clients, and COHEN. b5 I Iused to be a GSP client. b7C b3 Investigationon 11/02/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File# Datedrafted 11/06/2017 105 b7C by SAI I b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4?j?g8 I I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page 2 of 18 GETZEL managed GSP's client relationship with COHEN. COHEN was recommended to GETZEL Around the end of 2013, b5 GETZEL to call COHEN. GETZEL met COHEN at COHEN's Office at TRUMP TOWER in b7C New York City. During the meeting, COHEN showed GETZEL his tax return. COHEN told GETZEL that his accountant was starting to lose it a little, so COHEN was looking for a new accounting firm. GETZEL noted that COHEN's former accountant may have been ill. Other employees from GSP that had interactions with COHEN b6 I I b7C Iworked on land may have helped GETZEL with COHEN's annual tax returns.I was responsible forI Iwas responsible for GETZEL had in?person meetings with COHEN approximately two to three times per year. These meetings were typically regarding a substantive discussion regarding COHEN's taxes. GETZEL had more frequent telephone and email contact with COHEN. GETZEL did not recall text messaging with COHEN. GETZEL recalled seeing COHEN in person in or about May 2017. COHEN had set up two new entities, MICHAEL D. COHEN ASSOCIATES, P.C. and ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS, LLC. GETZEL met with COHEN to understand what his income might be from those entities. GETZEL met COHEN at his office, which was a law firm at ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. GETZEL maintained COHEN's full portfolio of businesses from the beginning of his client relationship with COHEN. COHEN's businesses resulted in income from TRUMP ORGANIZATION, income from four or five real estate entities, and income from taxi medallion entities. Beginning in 2017, COHEN's business lines expanded with the organization of and ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS. GETZEL was not aware of COHEN having any foreign businesses. COHEN referredI Ito GSP as a client,I I b6 I I b7C However, GSP did not retainI Ias a client. I as well asI I Iwere not clients of I IBO AND ABE REALTY LLC (BO AND ABE), which was a GSP client by way of COHEN. COHEN was a 50 percent partner in BO AND ABE. b3 FBK 19901 I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-3 02 of (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page COHEN sent GETZEL a binder of bank statements, in order for GETZEL to prepare At the end of each year, credit card statements, car payments, etc. COHEN's tax return. Recently, COHEN asked GETZEL to acquire a form from the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (TREASURY) that COHEN needed to file due to receiving monies from a foreign country. GETZEL acquired the form and filed it with TREASURY. b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page 4 of 18 b3 b3 When COHEN earned income through the BO AND ABE transaction, COHEN complained about the amount of taxes he had to pay. COHEN resented paying taxes more than most people GETZEL dealt with. In reference to the amount of taxes COHEN had to pay on the BO AND ABE transaction, COHEN told GETZEL something to the effect of, have lots of friends that make a lot more money that don't pay taxes." At the time, GETZEL recalled doing a comparison of COHEN's prior year taxes, noted that COHEN was very tax efficient, and that he should not be complaining. b3 b3 b7E FBK 199561 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 Jag COHEN did not believe in paying quarterly estimated taxes. Even though it was required for COHEN, COHEN opted to not pay quarterly estimated taxes and just pay the penalties at the end of the year. GETZEL noted that he would probably contact COHEN in 2018 regarding payroll for ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS. b3 b3 b3 I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 6 of 18 Page b7C FBK 19m1278}413 (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel 3011 11/02/2017 Page COHEN may have gotten involved in the taxi medallion business through GSP did not have any clients in a principal. GETZEL had never heard the In or about 2008, GETZEL was introduced to the taxi medallion industry a banker for which eventually became CAPITAL ONE. had since left CAPITAL b7C b7E FBK 19w12'7832-414 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 8 of 18 Page relatively small client for GSP, but GETZEL b6 noted that they were a really b7C b3 COHEN was a difficult client to deal with. COHEN did not pay his bills in a timely manner. However, COHEN had a significant position in the TRUMP ORGANIZATION, so in that regard, GETZEL respected COHEN. Additionally, FBK 199561 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) 11/02/2017 Page 9 of 18 Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On b6 clients were not all that easy to obtain. COHEN also brought b7C I Iwhich were great clients. GETZEL could not think of any red flags with respect to COHEN. There was nothing that gave GETZEL concern when dealing with COHEN as a client. However, GETZEL had not been representing COHEN for that long and did not have a lot of interactions with him. b3 b3 GETZEL noted that there wasl I In August 2014, COHEN's taxi medallion b6 debt was pretty conservative. Banks were aggressive in loaning money to b7C individuals with taxi medallions as collateral. In 2015, ride?sharing companies were introduced, such as UBER, which caused the value of taxi medallions to significantly decline. At the same time, COHEN b3 b6 managed and operated COHEN's New York City taxi medallions. made lease payments to COHEN, to pay the b7C Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) tax for operating the medallions, so COHEN received notifications from the MTA. b3 FBK 1912161 I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 10 of 18 Page b3 b3 b3 b3 b3 FBK 19m1278}417 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 11 of 18 Page b3 133 Since 2015, everyone in the taxi medallion industry has been struggling to determine the values of taxi medallions. There was virtually no market for taxi medallions. GETZEL did not have detailed conversations with COHEN about the value of his taxi medallions, but GETZEL generally discussed the topic with COHEN when preparing his May 2017 PFS. At the time GETZEL was preparing the May 2017 PPS, taxi fleet operators were ranging the value of taxi medallions somewhere between $250,000 and $600,000. Later in 2017, there was an auction in which a hedge fund purchased 40 something New York City taxi medallions, which GETZEL later used to determine market value. b3 b3 b3 FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 12 of 18 Page b3 b3 When GETZEL first met COHEN, GETZEL advised COHEN about how to treat the shareholder loans from the taxi medallion entities to avoid the IRS treating the loans as distributions. Because COHEN was the owner of the taxi medallion entities, GETZEL told COHEN that the entities should be self?charging interest. GETZEL noted that it was just a paper transaction, with the liability to the medallion entity increasing by the amount of interest and the self?charged interest being reported as income to COHEN. However, GETZEL would have preferred COHEN actually pay the interest owed to the entities. b7E b3 b3 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFILSOZof (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page 13 of 18 During a fairly recent conversation, a half, within the last month to month and told GETZEL that COHEN was going to the White House and that COHEN needed to liquidate his assets. conversation with looking to exit his position in thel ercent and the most recent appraisal was around During a recent telephone IGETZEL was told that COHEN was Iproperty and wanted for the his share. COHEN's share in the property was approximately 9 property. GETZEL noted that the Tenants In Common (TIC) property was subject to interests. TIC interests had a joint ownership agreement that allowed one member to force the sale of the property, regardless of ownership interest. was insistent on the TIC interests provision because she was worried she might not get along with COHEN as a co?investor. ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: Forensic not present for the remainder of the interviewb7C F3?1??v1278}4113 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page b7C Typically, TIC interests caused an individual's share in a partnership to be discounted by approximately 30 to 35 percent. The reasons were due to several factors: 1) a minority shareholder caused a discount for lack of marketability; 2) brokerage fees to sell a property discounted an individual's share in the partnership; and 3) an individual was subject to a partnership agreement, so he/she could not just go out and list a property for sale. b3 b6 b7C FBK 1991.61 1 1 I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel 3011 11/02/2017 ,Page b7E FBK 199561 EYE-41 12, (Rev. 05-08-10) I ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel 3011 11/02/2017 Page Based on GETZEL's understanding of GETZEL believed the company did not have any real value. had one client, the POTUS, who had a propensity for firing people. As such, was not really a company COHEN could sell to anyone. If GETZEL had more information about ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS, he may have pushed harder to encourage COHEN to include his interest in the company on his PES. If GETZEL knew ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS had value and COHEN opted to not include it on his PES, it may have caused GETZEL to walk away from the engagement. COHEN's PFS would have been misleading and would have caused GETZEL to be very concerned. 16 of 18 As a result of I thel became GSP clients. The were not happy with their accountant at the time and were concerned that their accountant would not be able to report lproperly. COHEN received approximatelyl Iin commissions on the sale Iproperties. At some point, COHEN talked into a real estate consulting agreement. GETZEL believed COHEN had something to do with bringing buyers to the table for theEZZj properties. GETZEL did not know who the buyers of ther__1 properties were. GETZEL did not know how longl I had been looking for buyers! Iwas a real estate and estate attorney. GETZEL did not know how COHEN knewl I but guessed it was througd b7E b7C FBK 199561 EYE-41 13 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel On 11/02/2017 Page lawyer in New York. GETZEL did not know how COHEN EEC and knew eacr other. Regarding thel I I charged significant fees tol Ibut GETZEL did not know what the fees related to. Iwere represented byI khrOUGhout the transaction. GETZEL saw bills from BO AND ABE was a partnership between I b5 b7C COHEN was a 50 percent partner and the balance of the 50 percent was split between IBO AND ABE purchased an apartment in a TRUMP building in New York City when it was under b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jeffrey Getzel ,On 11/02/2017 ,Page 18 of 18 construction. The purchase contract was flipped to a third party when the property was no longer under construction. As part of the transaction, COHEN loaned the buyer of the order to close the b5 deal. The buyer signed a note with COHEN that included a significant b7C interest rate. The buyer paid interest to COHEN and subsequently paid off the note approximately 12 to 15 months later. While GETZEL did not recall seeing anything nefarious about the transaction, GETZEL noted it was odd to have a note payable from the seller to the buyer. GETZEL would think it was even stranger if the note to the buyer was uncollateralized, but GETZEL did not know if it was. COHEN made a substantial profit for flipping the BO AND ABE contract. GETZEL did not know anything about the buyer of the BO AND ABE contract. GETZEL was not involved in the transaction. GETZEL learned about the transaction and the note from COHEN to the buyer when GETZEL prepared COHEN's annual tax return. GETZEL did not recall any tax issues as a result of the transaction. However, the transaction caused significant taxable income to COHEN. COHEN was not pleased. It was in this context that COHEN said something to the effect of, have lots of friends that make a lot more money that don't pay taxes," as GETZEL previously noted. b3 b6 b7C When GETZEL calculated COHEN's disbursement as a result of flipping the B0 AND ABE contract, GETZEL calculated the amount differently than what COHEN had actually received. COHEN took more money than he was entitled to per the agreement with IThere may have been a b6 side deal with that GETZEL was unaware of. b7c GETZEL reflected the amount COHEN actually received on COHEN's tax return, rather than the amount GETZEL calculated. COHEN was an extremely sharp individual. It would be hard for GETZEL to believe that COHEN did not understand certain concepts he discussed with COHEN, such as depreciation on an investment property. At COHEN's office in TRUMP ORGANIZATION, COHEN had a statue of himself with the words "Trump's pitbull" on it. ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: I are b3 included in the attached 1A envelope. FBK 1991.61 15 FDamuRaas&un -1 of 10- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofently 10/17/2017 On September 11, Isocial securit numberI I date of birthI Ihome address I Iwas interviewed at the Office of the Special Council located at 395 Street, SW, Washington DC. In addition to the writer and SAI I Senior Assistant Special Council Andrew Weissman (DOJ), Assistant Special Council Kyle Freeny (DOJ), and Forensic AccountantI were part of the interview. RepresentingI IwereI and I IofI I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interview, the following information: I Iwas advised to tell the truth, and lying to an FBI agent was a crime. I Iwas also advised the interview was voluntary, and she could leave at any time. also take a break at any time, and confer with her attorneys if she felt the need. Iemployed by First Republic Bank (FRB). FRB offers banking services of a traditional bank, but does not have tellers. The personal bankers sit at desks and welcome new clients and service existing clients. For clients in preferred banking, the client service team performs their banking transactions. service team has approximatelyI Ipeople, headed byI I I Ihas been with FRB for approximatelyI I After approximatelyI I I a department in which FRB clients had a high net worth. As an employeeI Ispends more time going out to meet busy clients. It was in this departmentI I Manafort was referred byI I who was Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 09/11/2017 at Person) File#I I Datedrafted 09/11/2017 distn'buted outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of ,On 09/11/2017 ,Page 2 of 10 referred by Rick Davis (Davis). I Ilfor FRB. could not recall the conversation ofI had periodic email contact withI I . I A relationship manager is similar to a loan officer, and Manafort did not have a relationship manager until he obtained a loan from FRB. I I Only when a client applied for a loan would their debt/income analysis be performed. did not recall ever meeting with Manafort about his income. has not had much to do with compliance, unless something was brought to her attention by the BSA compliance not look for compliance issues. is not made aware of any transactions her clients perform, and does not get notification of any such activity. The only know of any transactions would be from the client or another bank department, such as the transaction monitoring team, who would probably look at wires for suspicious activity. The transaction monitoring team did not have any contact with the clients. If wanted to see the activity on one of her client's accounts, she would have to pull the information or conduct a search. came across anything that looked suspicious, she would report it to the BSA team. I Ieventually became Iof I The office inI grew quickly, and theI I Ispecializes in "onboarding" and servicing client accounts. Onboarding is the process of transitioning a client into FRB. Suspicious accounts or activity were investigated during the onboarding process. Icould not recall the onboarding process for Manafort. "Inclearing" occurs when an item is presented for payment when there are insufficient funds. The account officer will make a determination on whether or not to pay the item, based upon the client's relationship and account status. If there are funds in another account to pay the item, the account officer would need to obtain approval to utilize these funds to pay the item. Contact with the clients occurred both over the phone and via email. Early on, either method was allowed to make these types of transactions; however, this changed over time, and now these transactions require an email from the client for record keeping purposesb7C UNCLASSIFIED Hia?s? FBK i?gm'12'YSEr??li 17 (Rev. 05-08-10) 136 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview Of ,011 09/11/2017 ,Page 3 Of 10 b6 b7C Manafort was a big but did not know how Manafort would have compared to other clients at FRB. As far as for the region, Manafort would be about average. Manafort was an easy client who was not too time consuming, and a pleasant person. knew Manafort was a political consultantl land traveled quite a b6 bit. not know why Manafort traveled so much, but knew Manafort b7C could not recall from where Manafort's money was being transferred. Manafort's income to be derived from consulting and not know Manafort's net worth or income, only his account balances. b6 b7C During the course of the interview, was shown a binder with tabbed documents. The documents shown to were scanned and made part of this document as 1A evidence. Only those items shown tol Iare attached to this document. b6 b7A b7C The department of FRB conducts the compliance training for FRB employees. Much of the training is provided to FRB employees via on? line. I Icould not recall what the training was like in 2005. b5 I b7C and the amount of scrutiny given to new clients could depend upon if they were referred or just a walk in client. Nowadays, the AML training is extensive. FRB does not do business with companies that conduct large UNCLASSIFIED FBK i?gm1278}??li 18 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E Interview of ,On 09/11/2017 Jh? 4 of 10 volumes of cash transactions. When Nanafort came into FRB as a new client, could recall with Manafort regarding Manafort's business was that it was connected to foreign countries, but 23C nothing specific. FRB's business with Manafort was small compared to Manafort's total portfolio, and that Manafort had accounts at other banks, bud I did not know any specifics. This is normal for many ofI I b6 as it is rare for clients to bring in all of their business, but rather slowly transition over time. At some point, inquired about the I Ibut she did not recall the specifics of have been asked by one of her employees, and it probably happened when Manafort opened some accounts for his LLCs. is doing well, and represents approximately one-third of FRB's total business. b6 b7C I I Iat FRB. . withl:labout b6 Iwould have periodic interaction with b7g as she was easier to contactl I These interactions were typically via email, andI I on emails she sent toI I At some point, ManafortI I Icould not recall when this was, or why Manafort did that. Manafort used FRB's bill paying services as well, and FRB I IandI I provided these services for Manafort. IandI I b6 I Inclearing came up a few times, but b7C Idid not have much interaction this.I Idid not have access to Manafort's general ledger. b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED FBK i?gm1278}??li 19 (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview Of ,On 09/11/2017 ?Page prepare Manfort's tax returns. could not recall ever speaking with Manfort's tax preparers. I Idid recognize the name of I [may have statements so he could 5 of 10 not look at any SARs, unfamiliar with Section 314(b). was asked about several accounts Manafort had with FRB, listing and her responses follow: nor does anyone on her team. and the was Jesand: I Davis Manafort Partners: Manafort. Manafort funded the account. business. not know about Manafort's work until she saw Manafort's connection to Ukraine during the presidential elections of 2016. DMP International, LLC: I not recall the purpose of it. Daisy the name, but could not recall this account. lrecalled the name, but could not recall this account. John Hannah: not recall this account. MC Brooklyn Holdings: purchase. Loav Holdings: account. recalled the name, but could not recall this This was one of the original accounts opened by This account received funds from consulting fees of Manafort's but did This account was set up to facilitate a real estate b7C FBK 1991.61 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 09/11/2017 6 Of 10 ,Page b6 b6 b7C she believed Manafort had accounts outside of FRB, but did not know where or with what not aware of any b6 . . b7C foreign bank accounts held by Manafort, or any foreign bank accounts controlled by Manafort. did not have specifics on transactions conducted by Manafort with his FRB accounts. b6 b7C b6 UNCLASSIFIED /7?1:Es? i b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b?7C b7E Interview of ,On 09/11/2017 JhIFRB's department. b6 b7C b6 b7C Iadvised there have been general instances wherel Ihas reported suspicious activity to FRB officials. I looks at suspicious activity with accounts. b6 b7C shown "Tab 21" which is a bank statement for Davis Manafort Partnersl Ihad access to client's b6 accounts, but she would have to request them. ldid not recognize b7C Leviathon Advisors Limited (LAL) or Global Highway Limited (GHL). UNCLASSIFIED FBK 19901278}??1122 (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview Of ,011 09/11/2017 Page 80f 10 b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED (Rev 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-3 02 of (U) Interview of ,On 09/11/2017 ,Page b7C (Rev 05-08-10) Interview Ofl I ,On 09/11/2017 ,Page 10 of 10 never heard of the name the name "Yanukovich" when asked, but she did not recall where she heard the nameb7C FBK 19m1278}4125 b7E - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 08/24/2017 FEDERAL GRAND JURY MATERIAL - DISSEMINATE PURSUANT TO RULE Do not disseminate except as authorized by federal rule of criminal procedure 6(e) . date of birthI I I work addressI I I cellular telephone numberl Iwas interviewed at his place of employment. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing agents and the nature of the interviewy the following information: Investigationon 08/16/2017 at United States (In Person) File by Date drafted 08/22/2017 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not distributed outside oura enc . (Rev 05-08-10) b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview Of ,011 08/16/2017 ,Page 2 Of 2 b3 b6 b7C was served with a Federal Grand Jury subpoena, a copy of which is attached to this file as 1A evidence. UNCLASSIFIED - 1 of 1 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 10/30/2018 On or around October 15, 2018, SA I SA and Forensic Accountantl telelphonically interviewedl The interview team was at the office ofl in called on his cell phone. After being advised of the identities of the interview team, provided the following information: Manafort became a client of Ias a referral froml I Manafort retained At the conclusion of the interview, a subpoena was left withl I A copy of the subpoena and interview notes are attached in a 1A. HOUS- Investigationon 10/15/2018 atl United States (Phone) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not distributed outside your agency. igCVj. 278)?4 12 8 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/12/2018 I date of was interviewed at the Office of the Special Counsel in Washington, D.C. The interviewers were FBI Special AgentI I FBI Forensic AccountantI and Senior Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Andrew Weissmann. Present representing was attorneyI I ASC Weissmann first explained to that although the interview was voluntary, it was a federal crime to lie. ASC Weissmann then reviewed the terms of a letter setting forth tie agreement upon which made himself available for interview. signed the letter agreement. After being advised of the identities of interviewers and the nature of the the following information: I an attorney, arranged a meeting betweenI Iand Paul Manafort. I HOUS- Investigationon 11/14/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not 1 12% to be distributed outside your agency. Datedrafted 11/14/2018 b6 b7C b6 b?b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C Interview of I b7E ,On 11/14/2018 2 Of 2 ,Page b6 b7A b7C I Ireviewed a October 30, 2018 e?mail fromI I b6 I Idid not know of any note or loan to Manafort before b7c this e?mail. The month before, Ihad e?mailed theI I Manafort, and Downing. I Idid not receive any questions from Manafort or anyone else. Manafort andI I b6 b7C When first agreed to I EEC asked whether Manafort had any foreign bank accounts. I Icopied Downing on the e?mails. Downing assuredI Ithat Manafort had no foreign bank accounts I I specifically asked about LOAV Ltd. Downing said that LOAV's accounts were inactive or had minimal balances. I b6 b7C As examples, Irecalls Yankee tickets, meal expenses and the transportation of a car. I told Manafort the expensesl did not get much pushback from them. UNCLASSIFIED Herse- IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) At approximately, 8:50 a.m, agents parked nearl -lof3 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry b7E 06/18/2018 At approximately 9:06 left his residence. Igot into al I ha license plate and drove away. Agents unsuccessfully tried to b7c follow the vehicle. At approximately 9:25 Agents searched the area nearl la possible business address for and did not see the vehicle. At approximately 10:10 a.m, Agents returned to residence. At approximately 11:35 a.m.J parked on the street near his residence. date of birth has interviewed outside of his residence I I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: had observed Agents parked near his residence. thought that Agents were insurance investigators watching his neighbor. met Roger Stone around 2014. to Stone. b3 has financially supported many Republican candidates for public office. I I A few years ago, b3 b6 b7C I The messages were usually about a news event or article related to Stone. b3 b6 Agents because b7C Agents explained that could choose to withhold information but if he chose to answer questions then he must answer Investigationon 05/29/2018 at Wayne, United States (In Person) b6 File Date drafted 05/30/2018 b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview Of ,On 05/29/2018 Eng 2 of 3 truthfully because it was a crime to lie to the FBI. stated that b6 b7C he understood. b3 b7A b6 b7C did not speak with during the course of the b6 investigation. has never spoken with does not b7C know b7A b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of 3011 05/29/2018 Page 3 of 3 Agents servedl Iwith a subpoena reguiringl I I Agents also served] With a subpoena forl I A few minutes after Agents left, walked quickly across the street, I and asked Agents if he should call A copy of the document shown to along with the subpoenas served on him will be maintained in the l?A section of this case fileb7C b7E__ . .: Reese: ?a -i OI i- IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/22/2018 date of birth (DOB) Iwas interviewed at the b6 Washington, DC. b7C Special Counsel's Office, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) Investiga?onon 06/07/2018 at Washington, b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 3 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofently 11/09/2018 I Itelephone number I I email address Igwas interviewed telephonically. Present for the interview were Senior Assistant Special b6 Counsels (SASC) Jeannie Rhee and Andrew Goldstein, Assistant Special b7C Counsel (ASC) Aaron Zelinsky, and Special AgentI I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: he had recordings to provide the Special Counsel's Office (SCO) on dropbox and would send them via email. I Ihowever did acknowledge he had spoken with Jay Sekulow (Sekulow). The contact occurred afterI b3 b6 b7C but said it could have occurred soon thereafter. said Sekulow was the one who initiated contact did not know how Sekulow knew to get in touch with Itold Sekulow that had reached out b6 to had declined to speak with them. b7C Sekulow wanted to knowI I I Sekulow did not indicate he had asked anyone else about the same set of topics. Sekulow did not indicate he had spoken withI I Sekulow had brought up the II 136 Investigationon 10/24/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) 136 File# Date drafted 10/24/2018 b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. igCVj. 278)?4 13 5 b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of: 10/24 ContinuationofFD-SOZof /2018 ,011 10/24/2018 ,Page 2 Of 3 b6 b7C I Isaid Sekulow did not provide any information to Sekulow had concern for Isaid Sekulow was oka with this answer. Sekulow was also concerned about whether or not Sekulow also wanted to know Sekulow asked b6 b7A Sekulow asked said he wanted to be totally truthful with the b7C Sekulow wanted to know who within the Trump campaign. b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED ,LF-ege- FBK ism-1273}-4135 FD-3023 (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E Interview 10/24/2018 Continuation of FD-302 of 2 1 8 ,Page 3 of 3 b6 b7A b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED #F-eae FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -l of 3- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 08/03/2017 date of birth (DOB) ISocial Security Account Numbe? Iwho resides a? telephone number was interviewed at in Washington, DC, by the writer and Special Agent Iemail address After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, presently is employed by provided the following information: Prior to that he was employed at Investigation File Washington, District Of Columbia, Person) United States (In Date drafted by 08/01/20l7 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agencyb7C b7E mugging-mas b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview of ,On 07/27/2017 ,Page 136 13723b7A b7C was shown and provided :2 the following commentSJ b7A b7C b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED A2939- b6 b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f ?858) Interview Of ,011 07/27/2017 ,Page b7A b7C interviewing agents showed the conclusion of the interview, was served with a b7C subpoena from the Office of the Special Counsel. UNCLASSIFIED /7'-Fer- FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 12- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/08/2017 DOCUMENT RESTRICTED TO CASE PARTICIPANTS This document contains information that is restricted to case participants. I Idate of birth social security account b6 numberl lwas interviewed by FBI Special Agentl I b7C and Special Counsel Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Present during portions of the interview were Special Counsel Prosecutor Greg Andres and Assistant Special Counsel Prosecutor Brian Richardson. Present forl Iwere I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: advised that the interview was voluntary. also b5 told that if he chose to answer questions during the interview, he needed b7C to be honest in those answers and that making false statements to the FBI and/or DOJ could constitute a federal crime. Background b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C Investigationon 10/05/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File b6 10 O6 2017 Date drafted b7 by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview 3011 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7c b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview 3011 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof Interview 3011 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK i?gmi EYE-41535 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterView aQ11 10/05/2017 ,Page 136 1373b7A b7C FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview ,011 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK i?gmi EYE-41538 I b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7c b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) I IInterView ,On 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK i?gm1278}415? b6 b7C 1:712: (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterView aQ11 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C I b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7c b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterView aQ11 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C FBK 19m1278}4151 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterView aQ11 10/05/2017 ,Page b7A b7C b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7c b7E Interview ,On 10/05/2017 Jay b7A b7C Other b7A b7C FBK 19m1278}4153 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterView aQ11 10/05/2017 ,Page 12 of 12 b6 b7A b7C -1 of 3- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/14/2018 I Iwas interviewed at the Office of the Special Counsel in Washington, D.C. The interviewers were FBI Special AgentsI I andI Iand Assistant Special Counsels (ASC) Jeannie S. Rhee b5 . . b7C and Andrew Weissmann. Present representingI IwereI I I After being advised of the interviewers and the nature of the interview,I Iprovided the following informationb7A b7C Investigationon 08/02/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File# Date drafted 08/03/2018 b6 b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 78}'4 155 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of Continuation ofFD-302 of 08 02 2 018 On 08/02/2018 Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED Mesa FBK b6 b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E Interview ,On 08/02/2018 Eng b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-F-eae FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) I date of birth numberl Iwas interviewed by FBI Special Agentl -l of ll- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry social security account and Special Counsel Prosecutor Greg Andres at the law offices of Debevoise and Plimpton located at 919 3rd Ave. York. Present during the interview were counsel forl 35th Floor, following information: Background New York, New After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, provided the 02/05/2018 Invest File gation on ll/l7/20l7 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) by Date drafted ll/lB/20l7 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agencyb7C b7E b6 (REV, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 11/17/2017 Eng 2 of 11 DTI DTI is calculated by taking a borrower's debt obligations and dividing that by the borrower's income. The purpose of calculating DTI is to determine if the borrower can afford the loan payments along with all of their other debt obligations. DTI ratios are material to the underwriter's decision to approve, deny or restructure a loan. Different loan types and loan amounts have different DTI thresholds. not recall the specific thresholds for each b5 loan type, but stated that even the most favorable loan terms would not b7C allow for DTI over 50%, even if there was an exception. All of the borrower's obligations, such as, all mortgages, rent, credit card bills, homeowner's insurance, property taxes, homeowners association dues, car payments and any other revolving debt are included as debt for the purpose of the borrower's DTI. DTI is calculated by using documents and information obtained from the borrower, such as the 1003 loan application, tax returns, pay stubs, W2s, Profit Loss Statements, Schedule of Real Estate Owned, homeowners insurance certificates, as well as documents obtained independently from the borrower, such as, tax transcripts, credit reports, CPA letters, and employment verification. The borrower is required to disclose all properties owned on their 1003 loan application. In addition, looks at the credit report and tax b5 returns to see if any other addresses were associated with the b7C borrower. A condition, or requirement, of the loan is for the borrower to provide a list of all properties owned and the cost of carrying those properties, to include mortgage payments, insurance, taxes and homeowners association dues. If the borrower did not disclose a not likely have a way of knowing about the property. If the borrower did not disclose a usually be able to see the mortgage on the borrower's credit report or on the homeowners insurance b5 certificate. If the mortgage was recently obtained, it might not be b7c listed on the credit report. If the borrower had private loans or loans not secured by property, they may not appear on a credit would rely on the borrower to disclose such loans on the 1003 loan application. Citizens Bank does not routinely run title searches on all of the borrower?s properties, but rather, they only run a title search on the b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 11/17/2017 Eng 3 of ll subject property. Most borrowers do not want to pay the very expensive fees for title searches so they opt to provide copies of homeowners insurance certificates instead. Homeowners insurance certificates show mortgagee information if there is a mortgage against the property. stated the borrower is expected to provide accurate and complete b6 information regarding their income and debt. The reason the borrower b7C signs the 1003 loan application and disclosures is to ensure the borrower is providing accurate and complete information. LTV LTV is a ratio defined by the amount of the loan versus the value of the collateral. The value of the collateral is defined by the appraisal value, or in the case of an initial purchase, the purchase price, whichever is lower. Citizens Bank has LTV thresholds which vary depending on the loan type, occupancy and loan amount. The most favorable loan, such as the initial purchase of a primary residence would be eligible for a maximum of 80% LTV, or possibly 85% with an exception. Second homes and investment properties have lower LTV allowances as they are seen as more risky to the bank. The property type is also a factor in Citizens Bank's LTV calculation. For example, condominiums and co?ops have stricter rules than single family residences. In general, the more risky the loan and the higher the loan amount requested, the lower the LTV. Occupancy A primary residence is defined as a property the borrower is living in. A second home is a property owned by the borrower and lived in part time. The borrower is permitted to rent out their second home when they are not residing there, but Citizens Bank won't consider a property a second home if it is rented out more than a certain number of days per year. not recall that specific number. b5 b7C Income property is property the borrower primarily rents and makes income off. Occupancy is material to the bank because many other factors are affected by occupancy type. Mainly, occupancy affects risk and risk affects LTV, DTI, interest rate and other loan factors. b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview 3011 11/17/2017 ,Page 4 Of ll In addition to the 1003 loan application, the borrower signs an affidavit of occupancy indicating if the property is a primary residence, second home or income property. The bank relies on the borrower's truthfulness regarding occupancy. to determine if the occupancy claimed by the borrower he "makes sense". For example, if the borrower's primary residence is far b7C from their employment and they own other properties which are closer, if the property is indeed their primary residence. Credit Reports reviews credit reports for credit history, payment history, delinquencies or late payments, amount and type of debt incurred, additional addresses and recent inquiries. requires borrowers to explain any recent inquiries on their b6 credit. The purpose of this is to determine if the borrower is acquiring b7C new debt. This is a material fact to the bank because any new debt acquired by the borrower affects DTI. on the borrower to honestly and completely disclose whether they are acquiring new debt. On occasions, after a loan closes, Citizens Bank will do a "soft pull" of a borrower's credit to see if they obtained any new credit since the loan closed. not sure what Citizens Bank does with this information. Use of Proceeds In a cash out refinance where the cash out requested exceeds $500,000, Citizens Bank requires the borrower to explain the use of proceeds. The bank requires this information because they want to know if the borrower is using the cash out to acquire new debt. For example, if the borrower is using the cash out as a down payment on another property, this would affect the borrower's DTI. on the borrower's honesty and completeness in the signed b6 letter of explanation to know how the proceeds are used. b7c Homeowners Insurance Certificates Homeowners insurance certificates are requested for each property the borrower owns. The bank requests these documents to determine any additional mort age debt the borrower may have. This information is material to the decision because additional mortgage debt affects DTI. FBK i?gmi EYE-4171 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 11/17/2017 Eng 5 of ll not sure if the borrower provided the homeowners insurance b5 certificates directly to the bank, of if the certificates were requested b7c from the insurance company. relied on the information provided to be truthful and complete. Flow of Information In the initial stages of a loan, information and documentation is typically gathered by the loan processor and provided to the underwriter. The documents are scanned and uploaded into Citizens Bank's online database. The underwriter has access to underlying documentation such as: 1003 loan applications, letters of explanation, 1008 loan summaries, loan disclosures, CPA letters, credit reports, schedules of real estate, insurance certificates, tax returns, profit loss statements and other income and asset documentation. If the underwriter has additional questions or requires additional documentation, the loan processor or loan officer obtains that information and/or documentation from the borrower. Some of the information and/or documentation required by the underwriter is automatic to every loan and some is specific depending on the particular loan being underwritten. If the loan requires an exception, the loan goes to the exception underwriting desk for review. Otherwise, the underwriter approves, denies, or restructures the loan. Restructuring a loan is common to try to make the deal work. The borrower is required to sign the loan application, letters of explanation and other disclosures and affidavits to verify they are providing true and complete information to the bank. Cash Out Refinances In a cash out refinance, occupancy is an important factor to the bank as it determines risk. If the property is a primary residence, it is less risky than a second home. In turn, a second home is less risky than income property. People are more likely to repay the mortgage on their primary residence than on their rental properties. Generally, the more risky a loan, the higher the interest rate, the lower the LTV and the lower the DTI threshold. 29 Howard St., New York FBK 19w12'7832-4172 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview ,On 11/17/2017 ,Page 6 of 11 on a cash out refinance for 29 Howard St., New York in which Paul Manafort was the borrower. Document 1 I Iwas shown an email thread dated February 5, 2016 I had been "pended" or put on hold for restructuring and additional documentation. but that is not the loan had been pended was because pended for 72 hours, "a hard and fast rule". liquidity test. A loan is typically The reason failed the The liquidity test is a way Citizens Bank determines if a business can sustain payinq distributions to the borrower. If the borrower's source of income is not stable then the borrower's income is not stable. continuance. typically looks for at least three years of For example, only affected the current year and there was otherwise a history of if there was an explanation which liquidity and an expectation of liquidity continuing into the future, would consider that for an exception. The liquidity test was important to the loan b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-3 02 of Document 2 that this document was used to calculate the borrower's income. The information was input but the source of the information was the borrower's business tax returns. Ordinary income is the amount of money the business earned. Distribution income is the amount of money distributed by the business to the borrower. In this case, Manafort's business, DMP International (U) Interview ,On 11/17/2017 ,Page 7 of 11 expected the borrower to disclose all debt, to include debt unsecured by propertyb7C FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of I nte rvi ew 0n 11/17/2017 ,Page 8 of 11 Document 3 I Iwas shown an email thread dated Document 4 shown an email from regarding Manafort's property at explained that properties held in LLCs are not always included in the borrower?s schedule of real estate owned. However, personally liable for the mortgage, insurance, taxes and other fees if the borrower is associated with the property then it would be included in the schedule of real estate and debt calculation for the borrower. Document 5 I Iwas shown an email froml and the borrower wanted to close in the name of an LLC of which the borrower was not 100% owner. investment transaction. suggested the loan become and Idated Iwas because the collateral was insufficient a cash out refinance. Ultimately, this loan was restructured. conditions for the loan and relayed those to the loan officer who would relay the conditions to the or loan officer assistant, borrower. If it was an investment property, One of the was proof that Manafort's other properties were owned free and clear. This was the maximum LTV would be 65% and the borrower would require an exception b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview ,On 11/17/2017 ,Page 9 Of 11 accurately determine DTI. This information was a requirement for the loan to close. Document 6 I Iwas shown an email thread dated February 26, 2016 between and others at Citizens Bank. I Iwas directed to I I Telmar Investments loan was not factored in to the new calculations for DMP's liquidity. In not comfortable with "updated" In cases which required an update or change to a liked to get an explanation from the CPA directly. I lwanted to make sure the reason for the update or change change made to ensure the borrower could qualify. Regardless of who submitted the the informatio contained therein to be accurate and complete. In the case of year-to?date (YTD) only income already received could be included. could not use projected to factor borrower income. it was possible to obtain an except to use a projected but it was not normal. if an exception were to be requested, the projected income would have to be supported by other documentation, such as a contract, or a sales order. not think of a time where she used a projected expect a to contain income actually received to da unless otherwise specified. Document 7 I Iwas shown an email thread between I recalled this was after the loan on Howard closed andl Iwere working on another loan for Manafort. out and asked her to explain the income calculations used on the Howard St. loan. At the timeI Iwas bu with other files so she reached out to her was because of a true mistake and not simply a 1?1 ion te dated b7C FBK 19w12'7832-4175 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 11/17/2017 Jay 10 of ll Ito see if she could reviewing the file. b6 the new loan for Manafort was being handled by b7C another underwriting department and not review it. b6 b7C b6 b7C Other Hadl Iknown that Manafort had b6 Hadl Iknown that Manafortl b7C by providing materially false information to Citizens Bank, she would have referred him to the fraud department and not approved the loan. that would have constituted fraud. b6 b7C Hadl Iknown Manafort had millions of dollars in other unsecured loansJ 29 Howard St. was not a second home, but rather was used as an Airbnb rental, she may have tried to restructure the loan as an be . . b7C investment transaction. I I I Were the loan to have been restructured as an investment transaction, the interest rate would have been higher, the loan amount would have been lower and the maximum DTI percentage would have been lower. b6 b7C FBK b6 (REV. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof Interview ,On 11/17/2017 ,Page 11 Of 11 b6 b7C FBK i?gmi EYE-4178 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) b7E -l of 8- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/10/2018 I previously indentified, was interview by FBI Special Agentsl and Special Counsel Prosecutor b6 Andrew Weissmann. Present during the interview were counsel for b7C of Devbevoise and Plimpton. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: was advised that her participation in the interview was be voluntary and if she chose to answer questions she needed to do so b7c truthfully as lying to a federal agent could constitute a federal crime. her understanding. b6 b7C Guidelines Citizens Bank maintained underwriting guidelines for various factors related to loans. These guidelines provided thresholds for debt to income ratio (DTI), loan to value ratio (LTV) among other factors. When DTI, LTV, or another factor goes beyond the thresholds allowed, the underwriter looks for compensating factors to determine if an exception is needed. working on a new loan, she pulls the most recently updated copy of the guidelines from Citizens Bank's intranet :30 site. Guidelines are updated frequently so makes sure she has the most recent version based upon the loan's application date. believed the guidelines were created and updated by Citizens Bank's Resource Department. Citizens Bank's guidelines mirror the Fannie Mae guidelines for the most part, but with adjustments specific to Citizens Bank's loan Investigationon 05/03/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In PersonFile Date drafted b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278)?4 1 7g (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of follow up interview On 05/03/20l8 Page types. on Fannie Mae loans as well as portfolio loans and is aware of many similarities in the guidelines for these different types of loans. Occupancy The guidelines address issues related to occupancy status of the property. that guidelines are different if the property is a primary residence versus second home versus income/investment property versus mixed use. Unlike some guidelines which update frequently, occupancy related guidelines have not evolved much over the years Occupancy status is determined by the borrower. The borrower tells Citizens Bank how the property is used in their loan application and then the borrower signs an Occupancy Affidavit to further certify how they intend to use the property. looks at the occupancy status to see if it "makes sense". I Iwill look at the location of other properties owned by the borrower, the distance of the subject property from the borrower's work and other details to see if it "makes sense". If the borrower's stated occupancy, she will request additional information such as a "Motivation Letter". A Motivation Letter is a letter in which the borrower explains why a property going to be used they way they say it's going to be used. Underwriters do not have direct contact with borrowers. Underwriters make requests in the form of conditions to loan officers and the loan officers talk to the borrowers. If requested, a Motivation Letter would be a condition of the loan. Without it, the loan could not move forward. If after a Motivation Letter still was not satisfied with the borrower's explanations about a property's intended occupancy, she would escalate the issue to her manager. explained that sometimes a borrower will apply as one occupancy type, when in actuality, the property is a different occupancy type. For example, some people have apartments in Manhattan where they stay during the work week, but their home is actually outside the city. would consider the apartment in Manhattan a second home as opposed to a primary residence. Similarly, sometimes people have second homes which they rent out when they're not staying there. Even if a borrower was receiving rental income from a property, it was still possible that the property could be a second b7C b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E follow up interview ,On 05/03/20l8 Jh? 3 of 8 home. That said, it had to "make sense". rental income for a property designated as a second home, she would ask for further information from the borrower in the form of a Letter of Explanation. require the borrower to specify how the b6 property is used. b7C not sure if Citizens Bank's guidelines restricted the number of days a second home could be rented out before it had to be considered an investment property. Currently, Citizens Bank does not allow any lending on Airbnb properties. Prior to this guideline being in place, Airbnb properties were treated as investment properties and were considered more risky by Citizens Bank because they were dependent on sporadic income. If a property was used as a rental, even a part time rental, and the borrower did not stay there, it would be an investment property. Primary residences could not be used as rentals. New Debt Prior to credit to see if any new inquiries have been made on the borrower's credit report. requires the b6 borrower to certify that none of the new inquiries have resulted in new b7C debt. The reason for this is that credit reports don't show new debt for 90 days. Citizens Bank is relying on the borrower to disclose new debt that may not have shown up on the credit report yet. Additionally, after closing, the Post Closing Department does a "soft pull" of the borrower's credit to see if the borrower has obtained any new debt. Paul Manafort Loan I Iused Paul Manafort's tax returns alonl with his to determine income. lwas required to use the to support the previous years' tax returns and understand current' earnings. Since Manafort was self at Manafort's b6 business returns and to ensure Manafort's income was supported by the b7C businesses' revenue. looked at all of Manafort's other real estate owned to help determine his debt. homeowner's insurance documents to show Manafort's properties were mortgage free. Generally, the homeowner's insurance documents are provided by the borrower directly to the loan officer, loan officer assistant or loan FBK 19m1278}4131 (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of follow up interview processor . "deC" exists. contact the insurance agent directly to verify there is indeed no mortgage. The loan will then verify the or declaration reviews them. asks the loan officer, officer, ,On 05/03/2018 Page 4 of 8 loan officer assistant or loan processor information with the insurance agent if necessary. that the borrower generally provides the insurance page which has a section to show if a mortgagee These get uploaded to Citizens Bank's document repository and If nothing is listed in the mortgagee section, loan officer assistant or loan processor to to find out a property, which was previously believed to be owned free and clear, process and refigure the DTI including the new debt. Document 1 Email I Iwas shown an email thread between had a mortgage, she would stop the loan The topic of this email was that If a business fails the liquidity test, business cannot be used. liabilities get written off or paid off. verify this in a letter to the bank. resolved would be if the borrower had "guaranteed earnings". earnings are treated similarly to W2 income. she would have to get an exception. However, This can be resolved if the business's the borrower's income from that The business's CPA would have to The other way this issue could be Guaranteed to use guaranteed any such additional information either. was reviewed by did not believe she received manager as well b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E (U) follow up interview ,On 05/03/20l8 Jag 5 of 8 b6 Document 2 Income Worksheet Income Worksheet for Manafort's loan on 29 Howard St., New York. . . . b6 I Irequested for any buSiness in which b7C I Idid not know why she only needed to look at businesses in which I stated this b6 threshold came from Citizens Bank's guidelines. b7C The Income Worksheet was prepared using Manafort's tax return information. At the time b6 b7C b6 b7C FBK 19m1278}4133 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7c b7E (U) follow up interview ,On 05/03/2018 Jag 6 of 8 Document 3 Email I Iwas shown an email thread between dated b6 b7C she was seeking an or Authorization to Proceed, which is an exception. Specifically, I that she needed an ATP becauseI I b6 b7C Inoted these things because they were outside the guideline thresholds. I Iwas directed to the remainder of her email which readIassumed she received account statements or a letter from Manafort's CPA which showed this. had to get an exception to be able to usel Ifor this reason. I Iwas directed toI Iresponse to her email which read, b6 b7C b6 b7C directed on which asked whether interest income from one of Manafort's businesses had been factored into the DTI calculations; noted that b6 b7C FBK 19w12'7832-4184 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof follow up interview ,On email on the same day. was not sure if she could use interest income so she asked 05/03/20l8 ,Page 7 of 8 tated she As for I had already included this in her income calculations] followed up onl Iemail by saying interest income could be used and thatl that the property's title was in an LLC mattered if Manafort was responsible for the PITI. Document 4 Screenshot was shown screenshots from thel included communication with froml this communication related to borrower?s name, or the borrower was responsible for the PITI, counted against the borrower's DTI. the PITI, it would not count against the borrower's DTI. Document 5 Iwhich was going to research whether or not the fact Istated trying to determine how to treat the PITI obligation. was if the the property's title was in the Screenshot shown screenshots from thel included communication with which the debt If the business was responsible for Document 6 Email b7C FBK 19m1278}4135 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) follow up interview On 05/03/20l8 8 of 8 Page was shown an email thread between and others datedl wanted her to rush this file because Manafort was trying to meet a closing date. b6 b7C Document 7 Email I Iwas shown an email thread between datedl b6 b7C Other b6 b7c FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -l of 5- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/07/2017 (U) On 07/06/2017, Supervisory Special Agentl and Special b6 Agentl interviewedl b7c I ICouncil on Foreign Relations (CPR) at CPR Headquarters at 58 68th Street, New York, NY. The interview was established through a series of phone conversations withl After being advised of the identity of the Special Agents and the purpose of the the following information: (U) Carter PAGE (U) Carter PAGE (PAGE) is a member of CPR and he completed a 1?year fellowship with CFR in thel may have met PAGE before in normal interactions with CPR, but PAGE is not a maior Dlaver in foreign relations. Icommented that PAGE (AGENT COMMENT: Leslie Gleb was President of CFR from 1993?2003 END b6 b7C b6 b7C Investigationon 07/06/2017 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) b3 b6 File# Date drafted 07/06/2017 b7C b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev 05-08-10) (U) Interview ofI I I Council on Foreign ContinuationofFD-3020f Relations ,011 07/06/2017 ,Page 2 Of UN not recall the names of the members of the advisory team. He additionally commented that none of them were known in the foreign relations communitv. (U) has had limited contact with PAGE including I All contacts werd explained that the GER is non?partisan, but he balances non? partisanship and intellectual freedom.I individual interaction with PAGE because of his association to the TRUMP CAMPAIGN. Though PAGE was a member of CFRb7C b3 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C I b7E (U) Interview ofl I ICouncil on Foreign ,On 07/06/2017 3 Of 5 b6 b7C Ultimately, Ifelt the event was not remarkable, and he did not remember much, if anything, of what was said] IThe only opportunity for a private conversation was 10 or so seconds during introductions. not recall everyone in attendance but would search for the roster of invitees and later provide it to the FBI. Unlike CFR events there was no sign?in roster circulated at the recalled that someone from "Brookings" may have been in attendance, and Steve HADLEY (HADLEY) also attended. (AGENT COMMENT: Stephen HADLEY is a former National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush END land HADLEY werel I b6 b7C Many of the attendees were associated to the HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN (CLINTON did not think thatl was there, whomI andl Iattended. (U) PAGE attendedl knew PAGE from previous interactions with the TRUMP CAMPAIGN, but he was unknown at the event. have had a short conversation with PAGE, but could not recall the substance. I Ifurther elaborated that inviting PAGE was an investment in the future. not know how PAGE was b6 invited; it could have been because PAGE was an "energy expert." b7c the obvious answer was PAGE's association to the TRUMP CAMPAIGN. PAGE spoke towards the end of the event, could not recall what he said. admitted being bored by that no notes, but believed that somebody there likely had taken not recall if PAGE specifically discussed the leadership of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin. F??i??v1278}4213 b3 .05-08-10 a(w b6 I b7C b7E (U) Interview ofl I ICouncil on Foreign ,On 07/06/2017 4 Of 5 (U) When asked about a politico.com article in which the author quotes a "Russian Specialist" who spoke with not identify be any particular "Russian Specialist" that the article could have quoted. b7C (U) When asked if the Nixon Center, or Center for National Interest was that Dimitri could have been there. (AGENT COMMENT Dimitri Simes is the President and CEO of the Center b5 for National Interest END Isaid that Dimitri could have b7C been considered a Russian SpecialistJ and described Dimitri as interesting with a big personality. (U) Council on Foreign Relations (U) CFR membership is life?long, except in instances of particular criminal activity or rare ethical issuesprogram for individuals under 30 to gain 5?year memberships, and older individuals tend to become life?members. b6 b7C would provide anything the FBI needed but may request legal process. The CFR also maintains records of which events its members attend. (U) b6 b7C with Lieutenant General Michael during the transitionl Iwas surprised that was :3 more low?keyed than expected. Iwas led to believe that was obsessed with Iran and Islam, however, the two barely discussed the topics. b3 b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview ofl I I ICouncil on Foreign ,On 07/06/2017 5 Of 5 in current contact with McMaster and Mattis. (AGENT :3 COMMENT National Security Advisor McMaster and Secretary of Defense Mattis END COMMENT) FBK 199561 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/20/2018 On May 10th 2018 2:30 PM, at the office of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's legal counsel, Perkins Coie, 700 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Suite 600, Washington, District of Columbia 20005, lat Hillary for America, was interviewed by employees of the Special Counsel' 5 Office. In attendance were Perkins Coie Attorneyl I Perkins Coie Attorneyl Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agentl Federal Bureau of Investigation Management and Program rl Special Counsel Attorney Jessica Romero, and Special Counsel Attorney Heather Alpino. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents, and purpose of the the following: Hillary for America (HFA) asl IShe volunteered for the campaign of While working as a volunteer Ileveraged her personal devices for internet connectivity. After the New Hampshire primary election in early working full time for the campaign as an unpaid volunteer working as a Iprimary emails during 2016 were She checked her email on personal and work computers; a MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. also checked her personal email on her iPhone 65 and her work laptop provided that she changed her password every three months, whenever the company enforced the password change policy. At the time, she was not leveraging two factor authentication on her accounts, but never shared her passwords with others. that she was spear?phished in March of 2016, around 6:00 AM in the morning, and that the spear email looked legit. She thought that it looked as if it was from Gmail, having the large and all the colors of the Google logo. She clicked on the link that took her to a page to enter her old password and a new password, she then hit enter. After receiving the something about it was suspicious, so she went to her laptop and called a friend. Her friend told her to look Investigation on File I I 05/10/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It 15 the property of the FBI and 15 loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not Datedrafted b7E b7C b7E ?4213 to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) INTERVIEW OFI I ,On 05/10/2018 ,Page 2 of 2 at the extension of the URL where she realized it was not a legitimate email. After the fact, she received a lot of emails in Cyrillic and Spanish. Ifound out that her emails were being leaked in late June 2016, IThe Smoking Gun calledl land informed her that Guccifer 2.0 had contacted him about leaked emails if she wanted to comment for the story he was writing on the leaking of her emails. posted some of the emails on The Smoking Gun prior to DCLeaks. went on DCLeaks early on, but did not go through all of her emails, just clicking through a few. 'felt that the leaking of her emails was a gross violation of privacy, After the leak of her emails, Ichanged her bank accounts, contacted friends, and notified her boss that they would be seeing an article about her soon. Afterwards, she still volunteered for the campaign, even as she received harassing emails, calls, and twitter messages. [Agent shown a series of printed emails and asked to verify their authenticity] that she received the first in her Gmail account on March 15th 2016. She recognized the folks on the "From", and lines. the second email sent on February 20th 2016, recognizing the email and correspondents. the email sent on May 19th 2015 and recipients. recognized the email sent on February 16th 2016, including attachments attachmentsb7C b7E -l of 3- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 06/13/2017 date of birth (DOB) I with a social security number ofl land a telephone numberl Iwas b6 interviewed at his residence located at b7C After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agents and provided the following information: the nature of the interview, b6 b7C b6 b7C had been introduced to PAUL MANAFORT land b6 b7C b6 Idid not have a contract or SLA with MANAFORT or his b7C businesses. I b6 b7C b6 b7C /-FeUe- 06/08/2017 at Apex, North Carolina, United States (In Person) Investigation on File# Date drafted 06/08/2017 b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusmns of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; 1t and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 78)'421 5 (Rev 05-08-10) b3 b6 b7C b7E Interview of ,On 06/08/2017 Jag b7C person. did occasional work for but had never met him in? be b7C Interviewing agents served (document attached to this EC as a 1Ab7C b7E b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview Of ,011 06/08/2017 ,Page 3 Of 3 b3 b6 b7C b7E UNCLASSIFIED Herse- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/19/2018 I I date of birth Ihome address Iwas interviewed at her place of emplovment, Iby Special Agents (SAJI land I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: I Icurrently possesses a black iPhone 7 with IMEII serial numberl land telephone numbe? Iwith service through Verizon Wireless. She received this iPhone onI Ias a replacement device. Ilost her phone after performing some yard work at her home.I I went to a local Verizon store and requested a replacement phone as it was insured. The insurance provider, Asurion, sent a replacement phone. Shortly after receiving the replacement phone, discovered it was defective and the phone would not ring. contacted Asurion, who provided the above referenced iPhone as a second replacement. the interviewing Agents that she would consent to having the iPhone searched, but was not willing to surrender the iPhone as it was her only telephone and stated she had no knowledge of the previous owner of the iPhone. allowed Agents to examine the iPhone and confirm the IMEI and serial number. Agents observed the word "Asurion" etched on the back of the iPhone. I SAI land CART SAI Imet withI Iagain at her office. provided the iPhone and written consent to search the device. SA conducted a forensic download of the iPhone and provided the results to The iPhone was returned to Investigationon 10/04/2018 at United States (In Person) File by Datedrafted 10/10/2018 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agencyb7C b7E b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 10/04/2018 2 of 2 Page FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 4 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 11/07/2017 date of birth (DOB) was interviewed telephonically on August 18, 2017. of the identity of interviewing Agents and I Also present on the phone were Assistant SpeCial Counsel AARON ZELINSKY andl attorney, With his attorney present, was advised that providing false statements to federal officers could constitute a federal crime. After being advised of the nature of the interview, provided the following information: could not recall exactly when he joined the TRUMP campaign but guessed it was the election or inauguration. got involved because KEITH KELLOGG, was supporting the TRUMP campaign. KELLOGG 4 attendedl Ievent during the summer and a meeting at Trump Tower in New York. probably attended meetings for the campaign but hasn't done much since then. I also recalled attending a rally inl I talked to KELLOGG some during the transition and attended the inauguration. mostly participated in the campaigd Icommunicating with the team on occasionl IKELLOGG and SAM Idoesn't recall having a supervisor or know who would be considered his supervisor. role in the campaign was a does not recall ever having any campaign?related discuSSions about Russia. During the meeting at Trum Tower, the discussions focused on ISIS and nuclear threats butl Idoes not recall any conversations about Russia. TRUMP, KELLOGG, K.T. MCFARLAND and JEFF SESSIONS were present at that national security recall the date of that meeting but it was prior to the election and it was focused on topics related to national security. Investigationon 08/18/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) File 15 Date drafted 09/19/2017 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b7E b7C b7E b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview of on 08/ll ,On 08/18/2017 2 Of 4 also remembered an eventl Ithat he b5 attended. That's where met CLOVIS. met CARTER PAGE at NC but didn't remember meeting him. I told him about meeting PAGE there. This would have been before the election but does not recall what they discussed. had known MICHAEL ELYNN for a long time because I During the campaign they only exchanged greetings and didn't talk about national security matters. Russia never came up in b6 their conversations. Their meetings were brief} ELYNN may b7C have been on some calls together not recall. does not talk to ELYNN anymore and has not talked to him since the election. indicated that he didn't hear mention of Russia in regards to b6 the campaign until after the election. b7c ? occasionallv talks to people he know from the TRUMP team, including and KEITH EEC haq been in the administratimh For about two to three weeks. KELLOGG has some position in the administration. Iknowsl lwell but hasn't spoken with him in the last month. was introduced to PAUL MANAEORT and exchanged a greeting but that's it. ldoesn't recall attending any meetings with MANAEORT b6 but he may have been at the meeting at Trump Tower. MANAFORT took over as b7C the campaign manager. is only aware of Ukraine and Russia ties through what has been in the news. does not know why MANAEORT left the campaign. was asked about RICK DEARBORN at which point EEC DEARBORN as well and the questioning regarding DEARBORN ceased. did not have any interactions with but recognized b6 his name. b7C recognized name but could not recall talking to b6 him. may have met but wasn't sure. b7C Irecognizedl name but never had any interactions b6 with him. never exchanged emails with to the best of his b7C knowledge. UNCLASSIFIED i b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E (U) Interview of on 08/ll Cm?mm?mufFDGOZd?/2017 ,On 08/18/2017 3 Of 4 interacted with one at KELLOGG's house. r_ Idid not recall PHARES being at the Trump 23C Tower meeting. talking about national security matters. PHARES was also a Security Adviser. They would talk in passing not recall communicating via phone or email with PHARES. had private phone conversations with CLOVIS discussing the campaign. didn't know CLOVIS prior to the campaign. They never discussed Russia or the Ukraine. They talked about future meetings and b6 information that would be important for TRUMP to know. hasn't b7C talked to CLOVIS for about six months. met COREY LEWANDOWSKI and shook hands with him a couple times. LEWANDOWSKI was at the Trump Tower meeting or one of the other he not aware of any phone calls he had with LEWANDOWSKI b7C and did not recall exchanging any emails with him. LEWANDOWSKI was the campaign manager and was probably at the Value Voters Summit and the Trump Tower meetings. They usually just exchanged greetings. remembers the name MATTHEW MILLER as being related to the b6 campaign but that's it. does not recall MILLER's role and never b7C interacted with him. doesn't know GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS and never met him. He might have heard name. if PAPADOPOULOS was the guy b6 on television. His attorney asked if he was confusing him with GEORGE b7C STEPHANOPOLOUS that was in fact who he was thinking of. knowsl land present at the Trump Tower meeting. andl Italked about upcoming meetings and where the campaign was going. I they spoke maybe b5 three to four times andl Isat next to at the Trump Tower b7C meeting. They also saw each other at the inauguration. I never met prior to the campaign. KELLOGGI KELLOGG was the head of the transition team and also a Security b5 AdViser. KELLOGG was on the campaign before They never b7c discussed matters related to Russia. saw Ft several meetings and talked to him on the phone about once or twice. land exchanged :gc greetings and talked about what TRUMP should do in the future. b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview of on 08/11 ,On 08/18/2017 Jag 4 Of 4 not recognize the name has seen b6 STEPHEN MILLER on television but that's it. 137?: I JEFF SESSIONS a couple times. saw SESSIONS b6 at the Trump Tower meeting and at the rally in Philadelphia. b7C is not sure if he attended a meeting on March 31, 2016 at the b6 Trump International Hotel in not believe he attended b7C the foreign policy speech at the Mayflower hotel. was brought on to the campaignl b6 . . b7C HARRELL was brought on to the campaignl lcalled into some of the meetings. recallsl Ibeing on the phone a couple of times. There were several emails sent out by the campaign. utilized email addressl Iwhile he was on the campaign and did not b5 take any notes. He utilized phone number b7C b6 b7C to go back through his emails to search for documents b6 related to the campaign and/or Russia and provide any pertinent findings b7C to the interviewing Agents. UNCLASSIFIED Herse- FBK - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/22/2017 date of birth (DOB) was interviewed telephonically on August 28, 2017. Iwas advised of the identity of interviewing Agentsl End Also present on the phone were Assistant Special Counsel AARON ZELINSKY, Intelligence Analyst land attorney, With his attorney present, Iwas reminded that providing false statements to federal officers cou constitute a federal crime. After being advised of b6 b7C the nature of the the following information: was asked if his review of documents was able to refresh his memory of GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS. he didn't remember much about PAPADOPOULOS and couldn't recall physically meeting b6 Iknows he saw PAPADOPOULOS at two events, including b7C could not recall the other event. To the best of recollection, his communications with PAPADOPOULOS were largely email. He does not recall any Skype calls with PAPADOPOULOS. does not remember discussing Russia or email about contact with Russia with other campaign members. SAM b6 CLOVIS overcame email with talk of NATO. Russia 0 ed a b7C couple times in the campaign with regards to foreign recalls discussing ISIS but can't recall what specifically was discussed and can not recall discussing Russia in regards to ISIS. In regards to the foreign policy team meeting on March 31, 2016, asking CLOVISI b6 to call in to the meeting. The meeting was scheduled for 10am and to the b7C best of knowledge, I in. thinks CLOVIS didn't want himl I security issues. doesn?t recall talking to others about that meeting or getting a read?out and does not know if DONALD J. TRUMP was there. Iwas asked if b6 was asked about an b7C email between himself and datec May 23, 2016 in which they Investigationon 08/28/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) File# Date drafted 11/09/2017 b6 b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4224 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview of on 08/28 ,On 08/28/2017 Jag 2 Of 2 discussed having a phone that he talked b5 b7C several times during the campaign and he remembers they talked about the campaign but doesn't recall much about their conversations. was asked about an email fromI on June 28, 2016 and a follow?up requestI Isent to both of which were b6 I In the email, requested a slide b7C deck. and doesn't know if he got the slide deck he requested. b6 b7C I has asked about emails indicating that he andI had gone back and forth via email regarding Skype calls.I Iexplained he b6 I b7C thought his Skype ID was:I Iremembers one Skype call with the campaign but doesn't recall when it was, who it was with or what it was about. Iwas asked if he had discussed his interview with anyone. He said he told I who asked if had been contacted by the b6 FBI. said no one from the campaign has contacted him about being b7c interviewed. was I Iwas not involved in the campaign but attended one TRUMP event. I Ithought attended the Values Voter Summit. was asked why he told He explained is just someone he's known for a long time. UNCLASSIFIED frees? FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 3 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/24/2018 I Iwas interviewed from the offices of be I IWashington, D.C. Iappeared via b7C video fromI Ioffices atI I The interviewers were FBI Special AgentI Iand Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Jeannie S. Rhee. Present representingI IwereI I IGeneral Counsel. After being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the nature of the the following informationb7A b7C met Manafort, it was atI Idoes b5 not recall the date. I b7A b7C 08/23/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File# I Datedrafted 08/23/2018 b6 b7C by I I b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not Fg?igCV1278ng45 b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview of I ,On 08/23/2018 Jay Imet Manafort two or three times b6 I b7C only had a few telephone conversations with ManafortIgave the report to David Sanger of the New York Times. b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-F-ese FBK i-gcvi 278}-4245 b6 b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Interview of Cm?mm?mu?FD?OZd?08-23-2018 ,On 08/23/2018 3 of 3 UNCLASSIFIED -l of 2- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 0l/30/2018 I Idate of birth social security account b6 number Iwas interviewed telephonically by FBI Special Agent b7C I land Special Counsel Prosecutor Greg Andres. Present during the interview wasl After being advised of the identities of the interviewing agents and the nature of the the following informationb?C 136 I370 b6 b7C Investigationon 12/04/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b6 12/05/20l7 Date drafted b7 File by b7E to be distributed outside your agency. FBK 19w12'7832-4250 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview ,On 12/04/2017 ,Page b7C 106 1370 b6 b6 b?7C b6 b7C FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 3 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 10/29/2017 Iwas interviewed at his Iby Department of land FBI Special On Thursday, October 19, 2017, residence, Justice Senior Financial Investigatorl Agentl Office of the Special Counsel. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: being interviewed pursuant to being served a Federal Grand JUry Subpoena by the Office of the Special Counsel on October 5, 2017. UNCLASS United States (In Person) 10/19/2017 at Investigation on File by Datedrafted 10/20/20l7 b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev 05-08-10) b3 b6 b7C Con?nuationofFDmOf October 19, 2017 ,On 10/19/2017 ,Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED b3 b6 b7C b7E (Rev 05-08-10) Con?nuationofFDmOf October 19, 2017 ,On 10/19/2017 ,Page b7C UNCLASSIFIED hem: FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/06/2017 b6 I interviewed by b7C land SSAI Iin Washington, D.C. After being advised of b7D the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, I IDENTITY) provided the following information: b7D b6 b7C b7D Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 07/24/2017 at Person) b6 b7C b7E Datedrafted 09/05/2017 File by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its 278}"42 55 to be distributed outside your agency. -l of 2- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/20/2017 I born social security account number was interviewed cellular telephone numbe? telephonically. Also present on the call were Special Counsel's Office b6 (SCO) attorney L. Rush Atkinson and Forensic Accountant b7C After being advised of the identity of the interVieWing Agent, attorney and accountant, provided the following information: b6 b7C b6 b?7C b6 b7C Investigationon 09/13/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) 136 09/13/2017 1370 Date drafted b7E File by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) 302 ,On 09/13/2017 2 Of 2 Page b6 b7C b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED /-Fer- FBK 19w1278}-4258 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I I date of birth -1 of 4- Dateofentry 02/16/2018 social security account numberI Iwas interviewed by FBI Special AgentI I and Special Counsel Prosecutor Greg Andres at the law offices of Deveboise and Plimpton located at 919 3rd Ave. 35th Floor, New York, New York. Present during the interview were attorneys forI I I I After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: Background I In a construction loan, Citizens Bank is determining the value of a property based upon how much the property will be worth when it is completed. It is material to Citizens Bank's decision that the borrower complete the property. The amount of the construction loan does not have to equal the cost of loan is less than the cost of bring in the difference. The sure there is enough money to construction; however, if the amount of the construction, the borrower is required to reason for this is so Citizens Bank can be complete construction on the property. The construction budget generally comes from the general contractor, but it is signed by the borrower to ensure they agree with it. Investigationon 12/01/2017 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) File I I byI I This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. Date drafted 12/03/2017 b7E b7C b7E FBK 19m1278}-4251 b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterview ,011 12/01/2017 ,Page 2 Of 4 Citizens Bank does not offer construction loans for rental b6 properties. Citizens Bank only offers construction loans for primary b7c residences and second homes. not believe Citizens Bank offered construction loans for properties the borrower intended to sell upon completion, but the was not 100% sure. the amount of the loan and the pricing of the loan varied b6 depending on if the property was a primary residence or second b7C home. not know exactly what these changes were. It would be an important factor to to know b5 that the property against which the borrower is seeking a construction b7c loan had other liens against it. All liens need to be paid off before the loan can close. In addition, the liens would need to be factored into the borrower?s debt?to?income ratio (DTI). DTI is determined by the borrower's debt obligations versus their income. Included in the borrower's debt obligations were all mortgage payments, credit card payments and other loans. The maximum DTI allowed at Citizens Bank is 45%. A DTI exception can be obtained up to 50%. Citizens Bank does not approve any loans with a DTI over 50%. The borrower is required to disclose all properties owned by them and any debt against those properties. The borrower is also required to disclose any personal loans or unsecured debt. Both of these types of debt obligations factor into the DTI calculation. It would be an important factor in to know b5 b7C if the property against which the borrower is seeking a construction loan was in default to another lender. This would indicate that the borrower was a higher risk to the bank. If the default was reflected in the borrower?s credit report, it may also negatively affect the borrower's credit score. 377 Union St., Brooklyn, New York I Ifor Paul Manafort on a property located at 377 Union St., Brooklyn, New York (Union b6 b7C When determining Iuses the average of the past two years tax b5 returns. Whenl Ireceived Manafort's I b7c F??i??01278}4252 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E IInterview ,On 12/01/2017 pend/denied loan is sent back to the Loan Officer for b7C restructuring. asked how the Loan Officer could have restructured this loan to be make it work. said the Loan Officer could have lowered the loan b7c amount, had the borrower bring in cash to reduce the loan amount, showed the borrower paid off some outstanding debt to decrease the borrower's liabilities, or somehow restructured the interest rate to reduce the borrower's cost. b6 b7C would only accept a year?to?date (YTD) if it was audited by a CPA. Even in the case where a CPA?audited YTD is to obtain Portfolio Exception Underwriting approval to utilize it in his income calculations. Citizens Bank does not accept borrower-prepared The borrower can b5 submit them, but they cannot be used by underwriting as a factor in the b7C borrower?s income calculations. Only CPA?audited can be used and even then, only with an exception. contain income already earned and received. Citizens Bank does not accept projected or including income that is expected to be earned in the future. If a borrower provides a projected it must be disclosed that it is a projected and not a YTD Regardless of the type of expect the contents to be b5 accurate and complete. Underwriters are relying on borrowers to provide b7c accurate and complete information about their income and their debt. b6 b7C Itoldl Ithat Citizens Bank's Legal Department was looking into issues related to Manafort's foreign businesses and transactions. After worked on the loan again. b6 believed he may b7C have had conversations with I FBK 19m1278}4253 I b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterview ,011 12/01/2017 ,Page 4 Of 4 b6 b7C was asked if the mere fact that the borrower, or someone on the b6 borrower's behalf was providing a false financial document was relevant to b7C him. stated he expected borrowers to provide honest information. the borrower was providing falsified documentation, he would have notified his manager. stated it would be difficult for him to know for sure that the borrower was falsifying documentation. not sure he could deny a b6 loan if he suspected the borrower was providing falsified b7C documentation. had never been in this scenario before. stated he would notify his manager. the statement that "people regularly overstate their income" b5 and he does not decline loans because of this fact alone. b7C asked what the bank relied on to determine a self?employed b5 borrower's income, assets and liabilities. I Istated the bank relied b7C on financial documents such as tax returns and I Iwas asked if it would be material to bank's lending decision to know that the tax returns and/or contained false information. this was material. In the event a borrower provided false financial documentation, he would notify his manager. have to use the true information to determine the borrower's income calculations. b6 b7C b6 b7C FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -l of 5- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 05/23/2018 I previously indentified, was interview by FBI Special Agentsl land Special Counsel Prosecutor Andrew Weissmann. Present during the interview were counsel for Iof Devbevoise and Plimpton. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the the following information: advised that his participation in the interview was voluntary and if he chose to answer questions he needed to do so truthfully as lying to a federal agent could constitute a federal crime. his understanding. I Iwas asked if Citizens Bank placed any limitations on whether a Iborrower could sell the subject property after construction was completed. that Citizens Bank prohibits borrowers from selling the subject property within either six months or one year from the date of completion. Citizens Bank has this limitation because they do not want to lend to borrowers who are flipping properties. not sure why Citizens Bank did not want to lend to property flippers, but he assumed it was because property flipping was risky. Citizens Bank places various guidelines which underwriters adhere to when underwriting a loan. These guidelines are updated frequently and stored on a shared drive on Citizens Bank's intranet. runs a full title search on the subject property, but not on other properties owned by the borrower. The only time a full title search would be run on other properties owned by the borrower would be if there was some red flag and /or the loan was escalated to the fraud department. Investigationon 05/03/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File by Datedrafted 05/04/2018 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agencyb7C b7E FBK 19m1278le-4255 I b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Ifollow up interview ,On 05/03/20l8 ,Page 2 of 5 Even though Citizens Bank does not run full title reports on other properties owned by the borrower, the borrower's liens against other properties are relevant to In order to b6 know what liens the borrower has against other properties, Citizens Bank b7C requires the borrower to provide mortgage statements, tax bills and homeowners insurance certifications for all other properties owned. These documents are generally provided by the borrower directly. In the event that the information is not clear on the insurance certificates, the loan officer may verify the information directly with the insurance company, but such direct verification is not standard practice. Paul Manafort's b6 b7C b6 b7C The loan officer for Manafort's loan wasl and the loan officer assistant wasl Icommunicated with both b5 Ivia email. Idid not believe he had phone b7C conversations withl lpreferred to document everything in emails to avoid confusion of what was said. b6 b7C b6 b7C had been notified by his Legal Department to cease working on the Manafort loan. b6 b7C I Iexplained FBK 19m1278}-4255 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Ifollow up interview ,On 05/03/2018 ,Page 3 of 5 that an unaudited could not be used to qualify a borrower at a higher income amount. In order to use a to increase a borrower's income for qualification purposes, that would have to be audited by a CPA. Even if the was audited by a only have been able to use it b6 for income qualification purposes with an exception. b7C An unaudited could only be used to show stability of income. never used an accrual based not sure how b5 Citizens Bank dealt with accrual based as he had never received b7C one. not sure if Citizens Bank's guidelines addressed accrual based The Manafort loan never closed because Citizens Bank's Legal Department told to cease working on it. from b6 that the reason the Legal Department ceased the loan was b7C because of "uncertainty" related to Manafort's foreign not have any information other than this. never had the Legal Department tell him to cease working on a be loan before. heard of this happening with b7C but it was the first time it happened with one of his loans. Document 1 Underwriter Coversheet Loan Summary I Iwas shown a document titled "Underwriter Coversheet Loan b5 - - - b7C ummary .I Idid not believe he had ever seen this document before. Document 2 Email August 5, 2016 I Iwas shown an email thread between I b6 dated August 5, 2016 137?: through August 8, 2016. I Iwas directed to his email on August 5, 2016 which read, a vague independent recollection of this email communication, b6 but had reviewed his emails more recently to refresh his memory. I I b7c sent this email to notify FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) follow up interview ,On 05/03/2018 Page 4 of 5 Document 3 Email August 17, 2016 I Iwas shown an email froml I Idated August 17, 2016 which included an attachment and read as follows:I See attached." recalled receiving this email, to it because he had already heard from the Legal Department by this time. Reading the email now,I Iunderstood but he did not pay much attention Shortly after receiving this email,I Other had never dealt withl Ibefore this loan and did not know if they werd did not have any personal experience with officers at Citizens Bank thatI I There were some loan b7C FBK 19901 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) follow up interview ,On 05/03/2018 Jag 5 of 5 encounteredl b5 If need be, I b7C This did not happen often, but it did happen. did not follow the 2016 news stories related to Manafort. b6 knew such news stories existed, but he did not follow them. b7C not had any conversations, outside of with counsel, about b6 2017 or 2018 news stories related to Manafort being charged with bank b7C fraud or other charges. IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) -l of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I date of birth (DOB) Dateofentry 10/05/2018 telephone e?mail address Iwas telephonically b6 interivewed. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing b7C Agents and the nature of the the following information: [Administrative note: I Iwas previously interviewed on June 3, b6 2018 by b7C contacted via email to request a follow?up discussion.] b6 b7C?. b6 b7C b6 b7C Investizationon 07/09/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b6 by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Telephonic interview of 3011 07/09/2018 2 of 2 Page b6 b7C FBK - 1 of 7 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 04/0l/2019 date of birth (DOB) place of birth hnterviewed at the Special Counsel's Office, Patriots Plaza 1, 395 Street SW, Washington, DC 20024. Present during the interview werel Present from the FBI were FBI Special Agents Iandl At the beginning of the interview, Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Lawrence R. Atkinson, provided the ground rules for the interview. was advised the interview was completely voluntary and that she could discontinue it, take a break, or speak with her attorneys at any further advised providing intentional false statements to FBI Agents would be a violation of federal law. for this interview. Both and signed the agreement prior to having any substantive discussions. A copy of the signed proffer agreement is enclosed for the file as a digital lA attachment to this The original will be maintained as a physical lA item. The Special Counsel's Office providedl with a proffer agreement Investigationon 11/30/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File by Date drafted 12/05/2017 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not FBK I'gm'12'78li-4274 to be distributed outside your agency. b6 b7C b6 1376 1:36 1375 b6 b7C b6 b?7C b6 b7A b7C b7E b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7A b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 11/30/2017 ,Page b?7C b6 b7C b6 b'7A b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 11/30/2017 ,Page 3 Of 7 b6 b6 b'7A b?b7C 106 HR: FBK i?gm1278}4275 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of ,011 11/30/2017 ,Page 4 of 7 Emu-gmb7C 278}-4277 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7A b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 11/30/2017 ,Page 5 Of 7 b6 b7C b6 b'7C b6 b'7C b6 b7C b6 b7A b7C FBK i?gm1278}4278 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) 137.3 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof (U) Interview Of ,011 11/30/2017 ,Page FBK i?gm1278}427? b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7A b7C b7E Interview Of ,Page b6 b7C b6 b7C ADMINISTRATIVE Enclosed for the file as digital 1A attachments to this are: l) a copy of the proffer agreement provided to nd her attorneys, 2) ori SA 3 th gina no es a en a copy 0 b6 prOVided by 4) a copy of a letter received froml I b7C subsequent to this interview, [All or the original documents will be maintained in a physical 1A envelope. b7E - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/21/2017 I Iborn social security account number EEC I cellular telephone numberI I e?mail address I was interviewed at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Also present during the interview were attorneys L. Rush Washington, D.C. Atkinson and Jeannie Rhee from the Office of the Special Counsel, as well as attorneysI I telephone numberl FrepresentingI I After being advised of his rights, the nature of the interview, and the identities of the interviewing Agents and the following information: b6 I He has been employed by First Republic Bank b7C (FRB) for the pastI land is currently assigned toI office in New York CityI Iwas assigned to thel Ioffice in New York City as al I I Iwas primarily tasked with assisting clients withI I I took notes durin many of his encounters with clients but did not maintain them. exchanged text messages with FRB customers. Michael Cohen, who worked for the Trump Organization, was a customer b6 assigned toI I b7C I assisted Cohen aboutl mostly with I I described Cohen's personality as "a little aggressive." assisting Cohen in late October 2016 in opening the b6 bank accounts for Cohen's newly established consulting company, Essential b7c Consultants, LLC (EC). assigned to the matter byI Iand gathered the required information from Cohen brought signature cards with him for Cohen to sign, as Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In 133 Investigationon 08/11/2017 at Person) b7E File# Datedrafted 08/14/2017 b6 by b7C This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its 278}"42 a i to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) :2 I b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f ,On 08/11/2017 ,Page 2 Of 2 well as important "Know Your Customer" (KYC) information. KYC regulations require financial institutions to obtain certain information from clients prior to opening bank accounts, such as the expected purpose and use of the account, as well as a description of the expected size and frequency of transactions. KYC procedures are mandated by federal law and are meant to protect both the customer and the financial institution. Cohen provided with the formation documents for EC and presented himself as the owner and only signer. Cohen stated EC would be a real estate consulting company serving domestic, high net worth clients. Cohen was unsure what the size of his transactions would be but wanted to keep his income from EC separate and apart from his Trump Organization income. Cohen wanted the EC account opened quickly and used Ias the business address for EC. Based upon conversation with the account a NAICS Code of "consulting." FRB uses a program called Flightpath to compile and track KYC disclosures and has a de artment within the bank tasked with reviewing these disclosures. that after initially inputting the b6 KYC information into Flightpath for EC in October 2016, he was asked to b7C supplement that information because it was deemed to be incomplete. his notes from his initial meeting with Cohen to later supplement the KYC information for EC. was provided with the attached wire transfer form relating to b6 EC. assisted Cohen with this wire transfer, which occurred the b7c day after the EC account was opened. The purpose of the wire, which listed as "retainer," was based upon information provided by Cohen. The attached documents were shown to during the interview. EEC UNCLASSIFIED /-F-eae- FBK i?gmi War-?1232, b7E IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) - 1 C>f 6 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/12/2018 Jason James Miller, interviewed at the Special Counsel's Office (SCO), located at 395 Street, SW, Washington, D.C. Present for the interview were Senior Assistance Special Counsel (SASC) :gc Jeannie Rhee, Assistant Special Counsel (ASC) Aaron Zelinsky, FBI Special Agentl FBI Intelligence was accompanied by his attorney, telephone numberl cell phone numberl and email address I from the law offices of Greenberg Traurig. Miller was advised the interview was entirely voluntary and that he could discontinue it at any time. Miller was further advised that intentionally providing false statements to FBI Agents was a violation of federal law. After being advised of the identities of the interviewing team and the purpose of the interview, Miller provided the following information: 2016 Presidential Campaign Miller began work at the 2016 Donald J. Trump Presidential Campaign (Trump campaign) in the final week of June 2016, either the 29th or 30th when the ?Bloomberg story popped.? [Agent Note: On June 28, 2016, an article was published on Bloomberg.com titled, ?Trump Hires Ex?Cruz Aide as Communications Adviser.?] Miller was brought onto the campaign as a senior communications advisor. Miller's duties included organizing the press shop and paid media communications. Miller advised he brought additional people from his previous firm to work for the campaign as contractors. In and around the time Miller joined the campaign, in June 2016, Miller reported to Jared Kushner (Kushner), Donald Trump (Trump), Kellyanne Conway (Conway), and Paul Manafort (Manafort), who was the campaign chairman at the time. Miller said he later also reported to Stephen Bannon (Bannon). Miller frequently spoke with Trump in the mornings at approximately 6: 30 AM EST. Miller said these conversations occurred approximately five days per week. If it was a bad news day, Miller said he might have Investigationon 12/04/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File# Date drafted 12/04/2018 b6 by b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?42g5 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jason Miller 12/04/2018 On 12/04/2018 2 of 6 Page "chickened out" and not called Trump. On the calls, Miller and Trump would talk about the news of the day and Trump would ask for Miller's opinion on what to talk about. The calls lasted between 2 and 20 minutes. After the 6: 30 AM call with Trump, Miller would then have a department wide call with the communications team at approximately 7:00 or 7:30 AM EST. Miller was in a couple Trump family meetings during the August timeframe but said the family meeting concept never "codified". Miller said who worked with Eric Trump, b5 b7C Donald Trump Jr., and sometimes Tvanka Trump. etc. Miller thought family meetings were a waste of time because they were inward facing as opposed to outward facing. Miller did not recall any talk within the campaign around the time he joined regarding WikiLeaks. Once the WikiLeaks dumps started, Miller's job was to make sure as many people saw them as possible. Miller would ask individuals from the Republican National Committee (RNC) if there was anything contained in the releases that should be pushed out by the campaign. During the end of June into early August 2016, Trump was focused on Hillary Clinton's deleted emails. Miller said Trump would often say "that's the real crime". Trump said everyone was talking about WikiLeaks but not the deletions. Miller thought Trump was trolling the media during the speech in which Trump said "Russia if you're The goal was to shift the media focus back onto Clinton's deleted emails. Miller recalled the communications team had to do "clean up" after the speech because Trump's aforementioned statement on Russia could have been perceived as encouragement to Russia. Trump said he wasn't encouraging anything, but needed to keep the focus on Clinton's criminal acts. Miller said Trump stated "they are out there somewhere". Any time Trump says "many people say" or "they say" these are more like catch phrases, not necessarily meaning Trump has been told something. Miller was not aware of any attempts by the campaign to obtain Clinton's deleted emails. Miller said there was never a communications plan addressing "here's what's coming from Julian Assange". The only type of conversation Miller could recall pertaining to WikiLeaks was a time when he spoke with land asked for the b5 RNC's help going through what WikiLeaks had released. Isaid yes. b7C Miller did not recall the first time he asked the RNC for help in combing through the WikiLeaks dumps, but he knew for a fact one reach?out happened after the Podesta dumps occurred [Agent Note: On or about October 7, 2016, the first in a series of releases containing the personal emails of John UNCLASSIFIED b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Jason Miller 12/04/2018 On 12/04/2018 3 of 6 ,Page Podesta were posted by WikiLeaks]. Miller recalled asking the RNC for help on things all the time. Miller said the campaign did not have a research department and any research the campaign did typically required the RNC's help. In or around July 2016, prior to the WikiLeaks dumps on 07/22/2016, there was no strategy being built around information that might be released or leaked. At that time, Miller was trying to increase his staffing level from three people and prepare for the Republican National Convention. Miller did not recall any conversations in this time frame pertaining to Guccifer 2.0 or DCLeaks. Miller also did not recall any planning meetings regarding Guccifer 2.0 or DCLeaks. Roger Stone Miller said he crossed paths with the Trump orbit in 2011. At that time, there were talks about Miller potentially managing a Trump presidential campaign. Miller first realized Roger Stone (Stone) was in Trump's orbit during this timeframe. In 2016, Miller had heard from a prominent national reporter that Stone had said Miller was a "good hire" by the Trump campaign. Miller said he did not have any natural allies coming from the outside of Trump's orbit so he thought it was a good thing Stone supported his hiring. When Miller first arrived on the campaign he had breakfast or lunch with Stone. It is possible this was the first time Miller met Stone in person. The goal of the meeting was to pick Stone's brain for advice on interacting with Trump. I be I IStone did not tell Miller about b7c possible upcoming releases of information and Miller did not recall conversations regarding Clinton's missing 33,000 emails. Miller did not recall conversations with Stone regarding John Podesta. Shortly after joining the campaign, Miller spoke to Stone by phone. The conversation was general in substance and consisted of statements like "hey how are you" and "good luck in your new position". Miller said Stone wanted Miller to view him as someone who should be let back into Trump's orbit. Miller would not take Stone's call every time Stone reached out. The topics of Stone's calls included press events with Danney Williams and advice that the campaign should focus on getting African American votes. Bannon later assigned Miller to placate Stone on Stone's request for an interview with Infowars. Miller was told by campaign staff, specifically Hope Hicks (Hicks) and Kushner, that anyone no longer with the campaign was persona non grata. UNCLASSIFIED Eleve- b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jason Miller 12/04/2018 On 12/04/2018 4 of 6 Page Miller was instructed not to over?share with these people. Miller said when Stone's name came up, people's eyes rolled. Miller did not recall Trump mentioning Stone. Manafort mentioned Stone once or twice in passing. Miller recalled walking by Stone on the street during the Republican National Convention. There was a camera crew following Stone. Miller was shown an email dated 08/08/2016 (Show Doc b6 b7C The interview was suspended to allow Miller to speak with his attorney privately After the break, Miller was shown an email dated 08/11/2016 (Show Doc Miller did not recall sending the email shown to him by SCO investigators (Show Doc Miller remembered placating Stone and staying on his good side. Miller never had a conversation with Stone about Stone being in touch with WikiLeaks. Miller said if something was in the news on a given day, he was talking about it. Miller did not know of and was not part of yet to be released dumps. Miller's job was to amplify and to make news bigger. Miller said he relied on the RNC to tell him what was in the dumps once they had been released. Prior to October 7, 2016 Releases b6 b7C b6 b7C Miller did not know in advance of the Access Hollywood tape release on 10/07/2016 that it would be coming. Miller did not recall specific information information prior to 10/07/2016 regarding a "bombshell" tape. Miller did recall hearing stories about there potentially being a tape in which Trump used the "N?word". Miller said that on the morning on 10/07 /2016 he was in New York. On this day, Miller went into the campaign UNCLASSIFIED /-Fese- FBK b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Jason Miller 12/04/2018 On 12/04/2018 5 of 6 ,Page office for debate preparation on the 25th floor of Trump Tower. Miller said Sunday, 10/09/2016 was the date of the second debate in St. Louis, MO. Miller was part of a team doing a run?through with then?candidate Trump in preparation for the debate. The team included Chris Christie, Rudy Giuliani, and Kellyanne Conway. Miller said Hicks came into the room from somewhere else and showed him an email from David Fahrenthold (Fahrenthold) inquiring about the contents of a yet to be released Access Hollywood tape [Agent Note: David A. Fahrenthold is an American journalist who writes for the Washington Post]. Miller said they needed the tape, to which Fahrenthold pushed back. Fahrenthold gave a rough transcript and eventually sent the video in advance of the public release. Miller said when the story finally "popped" he was in Trump Tower and going into damage control mode. Miller and his team were pulling campaign surrogates from television appearances because no one could give a good answer to questions regarding the tape. Miller and his team eventually pushed out a statement saying the statements in the tape amounted to "locker room talk". The campaign was being flooded with inquiries from political allies and reporters. Miller subsequently asked his RNC contacts for their top hits on Clinton and if anything good had come out of the WikiLeaks dumps of Podesta's emails later that day. Miller did not recall where he was when the first WikiLeaks releases of Podesta's emails came out. Miller did not recall who told him about the dumps. Miller did not recall knowing something was coming. Miller recalled feeling like the campaign was "screwed" after the Access Hollywood tape came out. Miller knew the WikiLeaks releases were negative news for the Clinton campaign and therefore wanted to amplify them. Miller asked his television team if they had any negative television ads ready to go. Miller said the "WikiLeaks stuff" was pushed hard over the days following the initial WikiLeaks releases on 10/07/2016. Miller said there was an initial "oh shit" factor on 10/07/2016, but by Saturday, 10/08/2016, the communications team had formulated counter punches using the material WikiLeaks had put out. Miller did not recall hearing of anyone who affected the release of the WikiLeaks material after the Access Hollywood tape dropped. Miller did not recall anyone taking credit for the release of WikiLeaks information. b6 b7C On 10/09/2016, Miller took a flight to St. Louis, MO for the debate. UNCLASSIFIED /-FeUe? FBK b7E (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Jason Miller 12/04/2018 On 12/04/2018 Page 60156 Miller said he wanted to be ready if WikiLeaks continued to "dribble stuff out". Miller knew there would be more from information he saw in the public domain. Miller did not recall Clinton's emails coming up during his time on the Ted Cruz campaign. UNCLASSIFIED Hose- FBK ism-1278}-43I i FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentiy 10/05/2017 b3 On Wednesday, October 4, 2017b7C was interviewed telephonically by Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) I IOffice of the Special Counsel. After being advised the purpose of the interview, furnished the following informationb7C 10/04/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b6 b7C by b7E File# Date drafted 10/05/2017 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not Fg?igCV1278ngi2 (Rev, 05-08-10) 133 b5 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview October 4, 2017 3011 10/04/2017 ,Page 2 of 2 b3 b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED +335- FBK FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofently 08/10/2017 FEDERAL GRAND JURY MATERIAL - DISSEMINATE PURSUANT TO RULE Do not disseminate except as authorized by federal rule of criminal procedure 6(e) . On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, b3 Iwas interviewed telephonically be by Senior Financial Investigator IOffice of the b7C Special Counsel. After being advised that a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena was emailed to him at Ifurnished the following informationcopy of the Grand Jury Subpoena and Proof of Service have been attached for the file. ADMINISTRATIVE: b3 b6 b7C Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone, Immugmmnon 08/02/2017 Email) b3 b6 Hb# Dmemwkd 08/08/2017 b7C b7E by to be distn'buted outside your agency. -1 of 1- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/14/2017 On Wednesday, September 13, 2017, b3 Iwas interviewed b6 telephonically by Senior Financial Investigator Office of the Special Counsel. After being advised the the following information: purpose of the interviewADMINISTRATIVE b6 b7C UNCLASS Investigationon 09/13/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) I b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 10/02/2017 On Thursday, September 21, 2017, :2 I Iwas interviewed telephonically b7C by Senior Financial Investigator I Office of the Special Counsel. After being advised the purpose of the interview, the following information: b3 b6 b7C b3 b6 b7C Investigationon 09/21/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) File# Date drafted 10/02/2017 b6 b7C b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/01/2017 I I Wb5 per b6 interviewed regarding events surroundingl b?7C I I I Iprovided the following informationb7C Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/12/2017 at PersonFile Date drafted b? by b?7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its 278}"43 .g to be distributed outside your agency. - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 05/17/2018 (U) On 05/11/2018 Special Agentsl I interviewedl I I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Special Agents and the nature of the the following information: (U) The 4/27/2016 Center for the National Interest (CNI) event utilized three rooms, the Senate Room, the State Room, and the East Room. The State and East Rooms were split by a floating wall and the stage with the East Room acting as a holding room. After the speech, people exited into the foyer and the luncheon was set up in the East Room. (U) CNI also rented the Room which was on the second floor. It is possible that staffers may have used it for storage, but because it was on the second floor it was not the most convenient to store large Audio /Visual (AV) equipment cases. point of contact for the event the DONALD J. TRUMP (TRUMP) the AV for the event with an outside company. The outside company may have stored equipment on the second floor, but most of it was in the East Room. (U) : also worked with PAUL SAUNDERS (SAUNDERS) from CNI andEIDent some time with SAUNDERS during the event. SAUNDERS made clear to the event was not the TRUMP CAMPAIGN's event and it was CNI hosting TRUMP as the speaker. However, on the day of the event, the TRUMP CAMPAIGN took over and coordinated directly staging. (U) Neither the TRUMP CAMPAIGN nor CNI rented any other rooms, including sleeping rooms, that day. If the TRUMP CAMPAIGN rented sleeping rooms, it would have been under a different contract or name. with the TRUMP CAMPAIGN on staging and requirements for the candidate. As an example, the TRUMP CAMPAIGN requested mirrors be available for the candidate. The TRUMP CAMPAIGN made no request for additional rooms. Hotel staff was barred from the East Room by Secret Investigationon 05/11/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b7E b7C b7E Fg?igCV1278ngi? b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview Of ,On 05/11/2018 Eng 2 of 2 Service until the candidate had left. Iboth Spent most of b6 the time that day dealing with the event staging and protesters in the b7C hotel. (U) : did not see TRUMP, JARED KUSHNER, or SESSIONS b6 b7C during the event. FSI'ii-sz'irm-qsn b7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Daedkmq 08/01/2017 b5 per was b6 interviewed regardingl b7C b?7C Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/11/2017 at Person) 136 Dmemmkd 05/14/2017 b7c b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its 278}"43 12 to be distributed outside your agency. b6 b'7C (Rev? 05-08-10) b7E (U) I b5 per ContinuationofFD-302 of! I ,On 05/11/2017 ,Page 2 Of 2 -1 of 2- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/01/2017 On 05/15/2017, Supervisory Special Agentl was contacted by lwho advisedl 135 Per the b7C Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/15/2017 at Person) b6 b7E I nay-4314 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E Continuation of FD-3 02 of (U) Inventory 3011 05/15/2017 b5 er DOJ OIP ,Page 2 b5 per b6 b7C 15 - of 13 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/04/2017 of NOVARTIS AG (NOVARTIS), JOE JIMENEZ, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) I Forensic Accountant was interviewed by Special Agent I and Assistant Special Counsel Andrew Goldstein at b6 Cravath, Swaine Moore LLP (Cravath), 825 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10019. b7C JIMENEZ was accompanied by NOVARTIS outside counselJ I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing officials and the nature of the interview, JIMENEZ provided the following information: b6 b7C b6 b7C JIMENEZ was made CEO of NOVARTIS. b6 b7C Prior to being introduced to MICHAEL COHEN through a friend, JIMENEZ did not know who COHEN was. During the 2016 United States (U.S.) Presidential campaign, both DONALD TRUMP and HILLARY CLINTON were targeting drug companies. The rhetoric was not favorable. TRUMP and CLINTON were saying drug prices needed to come down. Investigationon 11/14/2017 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) b6 Fil Datedrafted 11/24/2017 b7c b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 2 of 13 Page On or about November 29, 2017, after TRUMP won the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, I b6 I b7C b6 b7C JIMENEZ believed - b6 knew COHEN was setting up a consulting company. b7C 17 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez On 11/14/2017 Page 3 of 13 JIMENEZ did not know b6 b7C NOVARTIS had a political consulting relationship with a company called TENEO. b5 b7C The next time JIMENEZ spoke to COHEN was in or about January 2017. COHEN reached out to JIMENEZ and JIMENEZ subsequently returned COHEN's call. JIMENEZ did not have any contact with COHEN in December 2016. In the November/December 2016 time frame, NOVARTIS was working on policy proposals. NOVARTIS was pro?innovation, so the company was focused on policies such as outcome?based pricing and rebates for consumers. Also during this time frame, JIMENEZ was looking for other consultantsb7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 4 of 13 ,Page b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C JIMENEZ b6 recalled thinking hiring COHEN seemed like a good idea. However, JIMENEZ b7C did not seek COHEN out. It was COHEN that reached out to JIMENEZ to sell him on what COHEN could do for NOVARTIS. b6 b7C 10 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 ,Page b7C JIMENEZ explained outcomes?based pricing and rebates to I b6 JIMENEZ felt like COHEN wanted to help NOVARTIS b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez On 11/14/2017 Page 6 of 13 After COHEN sent JIMENEZ a consulting contract, JIMENEZ b6 b7C b6 b'7C COHEN told JIMENEZ he wanted to keep the relationship with NOVARTIS confidential. A lot of consultants JIMENEZ worked with said the same thing. At the time JIMENEZ hired COHEN, JIMENEZ was not concerned about the confidentiality of relationship with COHEN. COHEN did not tell JIMENEZ who his other clients were, nor did JIMENEZ ask. b6 b7C JIMENEZ did not attend the March 1, 2017 in?person meeting in New York with COHEN. b5 b'7C After the meeting with COHEN, b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 ,Page JIMENEZ sometimes sent COHEN b?7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 ,Page b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 9 of 13 Page b6 b7C b6 b6 b7C b6 b?7C (Rev. 05-08-10) Continuation of FD-302 of Interview of Joe Jimenez On 11/14/2017 Page 10 of 13 idea aboutl However, JIMENEZ never spoke tol 1 I If JIMENEZ were to speak with someone at NOVARTIS regarding lit was COHEN's offer to do this made JIMENEZ feel like COHEN reallv wanted to be a consultant. JIMENEZ noted that b7E b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez 3011 11/14/2017 Page b7E b'7C COHEN was successful at what he did as an attorney. Additionally, COHEN was close to people in the TRUMP administration. b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Nothing ever came of this, JIMENEZ indicated that had NOVARTIS been interested but (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Joe Jimenez On Con?nua?onofFILSOZof 11/14/2017 ,Page 12 of 13 During a conversation JIMENEZ had with COHEN, COHEN said In September 2017, JIMENEZ wanted The last time JIMENEZ spoke to COHEN was in or about September 2017. JIMENEZ and COHEN did not discuss JIMENEZ stepping down as CEO of NOVART I not sure if COHEN knew JIMENEZ was stepping down. not discussed it. Even though it was publicly announced, JIMENEZ was COHEN and JIMENEZ had JIMENEZ and COHEN did not have any discussions about where the name ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS came from. When JIMENEZ first spoke with COHEN, COHEN said he was creating a consulting company, ESSENTIAL CONSULTANTS was the name COHEN chose. so JIMENEZ assumed COHEN never told JIMENEZ that NOVARTISI JIMENEZ and COHEN did not discuss COHEN's other clientsb7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Joe Jimenez ,On 11/14/2017 Jag 13 of 13 b6 b7C b6 b7C JIMENEZ never met COHEN in person. ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE: All emails and documents shown to JIMENEZ are included in the attached 1A envelope. FDaduRaassun -1 of 10- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/23/2018 BRITTANY NICOLE KAISER (KAISER), date of birth I social security account number I was interviewed at the b5 Special Counsel?s Office, located at 395 Street SW, Washington, DC. b7C KAISER's cell phone number isl Iwas accompanied by her attorneys, Iandl I Present for the interview were FBI Special Agentl FBI Intelligence Analyst FBI IAJ and Assistant Special Counsel LAWRENCE R. ATKINSON. ATKINSON instructed KAISER on the ground rules for the interview and advised the interview would not be recorded and hand written notes would b6 be taken by both IA KAISER was informed the b7C interview was voluntary and she could take a break or speak with her counsel at any time. KAISER was advised it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the course of an investigation, which she acknowledged. KAISER was provided with a proffer agreement for this interview. KAISER was then afforded the opportunity to discuss the proffer agreement with b6 her attorneys. KAISER expressed she did not have any questions as to its b7C contents. I and ATKINSON signed the agreement, which was witnessed by SA After being advised of the nature of the interview, KAISER provided the following information: b6 b7C b6 b7C b7E 07/18/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 b7A b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278)?433 2 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. On 07/18/2018 Page 2 of 10 Continuation of FDb7C b7E (Rev, 05-08-10) 3371?; b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. On 07/18/2018 Page b7C b'7E b6 b?7C b7E b6 b7C b7E b6 b7C b7E FBK 19ml (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. ,011 07/18/2018 ,Page b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. 07/18/2018 b7A b7E b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. 07/18/2018 b7A b7E b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) b7A b7E (U) Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. On 07/18/2018 Page 7 of 10 Continuation of FDb7C b7E 136 1378 1:36 1375 b7E b6 b7C b7E b6 b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b7A b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. On 07/18/2018 Page b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. 07/18/2018 b7A b7E b7E b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) b7A b7E Interview of Brittany Nicole Kaiser. On 07/18/2018 Eng b7C b7E Administrative Enclosed for the file as digital 1A attachments to this FD-302 are: l) the proffer agreement provided to 2) a copy of a document representing notes that were taken during by SCO attorneys during a attorney proffer b6 which took place prior to this interview. SA was not present for the b7C attorney proffer. FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) b7E -l of l- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 05/12/2017 On May 3, 2017, b5 I was interviewed at his place of b7c employment. Also oresent during the interview was financial investigator I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing agent and the nature of the the following information: b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Investigationon 05/03/2017 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) b7E File# Date drafted 05/05/2017 I I b6 by b7C This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?43 53 - 1 of 7 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 09/27/2018 On February 5, 2018, SAI I Special Counsel Prosecutor (SCP) Andrew Weissmann, and SCP Brian Richardson interviewed at the b6 Special Counsel's offices. was represented by counsel. Before the b7C start of the interview, was advised that the interview was voluntary and that lying to federal investigators was against the law. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing the following information: b6 b7C Genesis of the Skadden Report and Initial FARA Review I Iwith GREG CRAIG andl I by CRAIG orl I an b6 independent report about the prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko. The project b7C involved an analysis of Tymoshenko's prosecution under Western legal standards. This was looking at the FARA law. b6 b7C Investigationon 02/05/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) File# Datedra?ed 02/08/2018 b6 b?7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not 5.4 to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) 106 b7C UNCLASSIFIED WE Interview ofl I ,On 02/05/2018 Jh? 2 of 7 land/or Ispoke to Iwho had more experience with FARAJ agreed that FARA. b6 b7C did not apply to the commission of an independent report. no recollection of any discussions about PR work related to the b6 that if lobbying the media had been described in b7C the request for legal review, he would have examined the question more deeply. Writing and Releasing the Report Not everyone was on the same page with regards to legal opinions in the report. It was difficult to understand Ukrainian law and Skadden needed to conduct interviews. drafting b6 the Skadden Report and as such he knew about the interviews they were b7C conducting. Skadden was able to get transcripts from most of Tymosehnko's trial but not all, so they relied on the interviews and documents supplied by Tymosehnko. Additionally, the transcripts required translation which created a bottleneck in the process. The final report did not mention that full transcripts of the trial were never received. no recollection of outreach to the New York Times prior to the b6 release of the report. b7C After a number of inaccurate news stores about the report. Others at Skadden were frustrated a collective desire to set the record straightb7C UNCLASSIFIED (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview Of ,On 02/05/2018 Page 3 of 7 There was not a clear understanding of Ukrainian law on the part of Skadden. The nature of the Prime Minster's powers was likewise not clearly understood. At one point in time, Skadden had requested general standards of Ukrainian law but what they received was not helpful. The report would look at due process standards under a Western legal framework. There was no effort made in the report to resolve factual disputes, only whether or not Tymoshenko had substantiated her claims. The report found that Tymoshenko had not substantiated her claims of selective prosecution. Skadden knew that selective prosecution charges would be scrutinized. Comments from the government were passed through PAUL MANAFORT but did not come directly from hearing name and that he was working for the Government of Ukraine Skadden received comments from or others. These comments came through MANAFORT and Skadden was told that they were from Ukraine. Some comments were in English, and others were either in Russian or not recall whether comments came from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the President, or someone else. did not know RICHARD GATES or KONSTANTIN KILIMNIK. that MOJ was the client for the reportb7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b6 b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview ofl I ,On 02/05/20l8 ,Page 4 of 7 did not recall information about wires, fees or sources of be funds. understand, however, that part of their payment came b7C from MOJ, and part came from someone else with a lot of money who was associated with Russia or Ukraine. b6 did not recall any discussions about the source of funds and fees b7C being included in the report. I Iheard about a "Project 2" related to Ukraine work. He did not recall, however, what he thought it was at the time. At b6 the time of the "Project 2" involved Skadden b7c providing consultancy related to due process for a retrial of Tymoshenko. b6 b7C not recall a media rollout planb7C UNCLASSIFIED /7?E'eae? b6 (Rev 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f (U1 7 E656) Interview Of ,On 02/05/2018 ,Page b'7C b7E b6 b7C b?b7C UNCLASSIFIED H?pege? FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview Of b6 b7C b7E ,On 02/05/2018 b7C There had been a discussion about CRAIG responding to the news that and CRAIG. not recall responses on behalf of Skadden. did not recall sending the report to media or NGO's. He likewise did not recall any outreach to Albright or Durbin. anticipated more questions about the substance of the report. Both and Tymoshenko's side had routinely lied about what happened in the trial. US accounts of the trial had been inaccurate. Kyiv Post reports seemed to be the most accurateb7C (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f E868) Interview Ofl I ,On took the position that report vindicated them. 02/05/20l8 Page not recall discussions regarding Ukrainian law experts. 7 of 7 CRAIG conveyed that nobody in the West knew what Tymoshenko's trial was about and wanted to get information out. Early on, there had been a conversation with CRAIG about what would happen if the report reached a negative conclusion. CRAIG responded that Ukraine had been beaten up so much at that point that anything would be better than its current status. Furthermore, the report if they wished. Ukraine was the client and they could choose not to publish The Ukrainian officials did not understand the concept of an independent report and offered comments and feedback on the report. not recall making distinctions among officials at the time. Some of the comments were insistent and argumentative, reflecting a part of the report and identifying why it was wrong. CRAIG would receive the comments and Comments were evaluated based on merit. Some comments were related to characterizing conclusions in different ways. VAN DER ZWAAN was more receptive to the GoU's requests to soften the report's CRAIG was in the middle between the two. Skadden could only share drafts of the report with were no perceived privilege issues related to sharing the report with him. Distinctions between MANAFORT and were not considered. understood MANAFORT worked with the Ukrainian government so there In interviews, CRAIG would ask questions whilel laptop was used in some interviews interviews. did not recall taping any At the conclusion of the a farewell dinner that included two Ministry of Justice officials, a translator, and a guitar knickknacks from his hosts, including a plastic clock that broke immediately. Everyone at the dinner gave a toastb7C 1?73 -1 of 2- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/19/2018 On May 10th 2018 10:00 AM, at the office of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's legal counsel, Perkins Coie, 700 Thirteenth Street Northwest, Suite 600, Washington, District of Columbia b5 Date of Birth (DOB) 137?: Iwas interviewed by employees of the Special Counsel's Office. In attendance were Perkins Coie Attorneyl I Perkins Coie Attorneyl I Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agentl I Federal Bureau of Investigation Management and Program ISpecial Counsel Attorney Jessica Romero, Special Counsel Attorney Lawrence Rush Atkinson V, and Special Counsel Attorney Heather Alpino. After being advised of the identity of the interview agents, and purpose of the the following: contracted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee b6 temporarily during b7c I While contracted to the Iworked on the main floor of the located at 430 South Capitol St Southeast, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003. During the Summer of 2016, the and Democratic National Committee (DNC) shared a floor of the building. Imainly worked in a cubicle on the main floor, I although he did work from home on occasion. There was another person in charge of thel team, who was comprised of persons. b6 b7C did not work from home much, but did recall a day that the entire District of Columbia Metro system shut down and much of the office had to work from worked from home toward the end of his contract with the While working at worked on a few different projects, two of 23C these projects used the Vertica server, hosted at the DNC, that contained voter polling information. The person that managed the Vertica server was Investigationon 05/10/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) by b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4333 - b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) b1-SM-2589105 Interview Ofl I ,On 05/10/2018 Eng 2 of 2 b6 b7C order to access the Vertica server, . would have to log into the DNC Virtual Private Network (VPN). b6 VPN credentials were different from his credentials to access b7C the Windows domain. also recollected that there was two factor authentication via a smart phone application. There was also another credential for the Vertica server that began with not recall the rest of the username. stated that as far as he knows, the Vertica system was only comprised of a production server and had no testing or staging instances. assigned a laptop running Microsoft Windows by the but b5 it remained in the office at all times. As he was a contractor, he was not b7c permitted to take his work assigned laptop home, whereas employees of the were permitted to do not share his work computer with any other employees. When working from home, he would use his personal not recall connecting via Remote Desktop Protocol to any or DNC computers from home through the was not assigned a smart phone by the but believed that he may have had the Microsoft Outlook application installed on his personal phone to access his email. b6 b7C not recall any sus icious emails arriving in his inbox during ha I b7C the summer of 2016. However, did recall an episode where the personl may have clicked on a spear?phishing email in April 2016. At that time, Technical Support came rushing in. does not recall the man's name, only that he worked in political support. When asked if he recalled stated that he b6 recognized the name and may have interacted with her in regards to b7C He believed that helped with administrative tasks. When asked if he recalled stated that he did not be b7C recognize her name. b7E - 1 of 1 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/19/2017 Larry Krantz was interviewed over the telephone on 07/17/2017 at b6 approximately 12:41pm by Special Agent After being b7C advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview, KRANTZ provided the following information: (U) Larry Krantz informed writer that he met with Anatoli Samochornov who informed Krantz of his situation and his previous interactions with writer. Samochornov had elected to retain Krantz as his counsel. Krantz is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who had previously worked with Andrew Weissman. Krantz currently works with the law firm Krantz?Berman, located in Manhattan, New York. His office tele hone number b5 his cellular telephone number At the time of the call, b7C Krantz was not in his office and if the Special Counsel needed to reach him they could call his cellular telephone. Investigationon 07/14/2017 at New York, New York, United States (Phone) File# Date drafted 07/18/2017 b6 b'7C by 13713 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4332 IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) FEDE -1 of 2- RAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION b7E Dateofentry 02/21/2018 . . . b6 date of birth (DOB) was interViewed b7C telephonically on February 1, 2018 via contacting his cellular telephone number After being advised of the identity of interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview. Agentl was present for the end portion of the interview. prov1ded the following information: Mas asked who he has spoken with from the DONALD J. TRUMP Presidential Campaign (Campaign) since he was previously interviewed on :3 . . . August 11, 2017. said he talks to Iperiodically and has talked to KEITH KELLOGG once since that time. saw KELLOGG at a White House veterans signing ceremony. exchanged text messages with COREY LEWANDOWSKI congratulating LEWANDOWSKI on his book. as seen STEVE BANNON but could not recall if that was before or after I Iin August or September b6 2017. BANNON asked b7C I Itold BANNON he would entertain the idea. recalls one of aides attending the meeting, as well. did not recall the aide's name but described himl I I did not recognize from the campaign. also attended the meeting with BANNON. offered to check his records regarding the specific date of the meeting and explained it was right before BANNON was fired. was asked about and whether was discussed at . b6 the meetin . stated he met ears a and did not come . . . b7A up in the meeting With BANNON. as asked if he recalled talking to b7C anyone in the cam ai about hidn't recall ever coming up whilel Iwas involved in the campaign. is not in contact with 02/01/2018 2n Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b3 File# Datedrafted 02/05/2018 b5 by b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E (U) Telephonic interview of 02/01/2018 ,On 02/01/2018 2 Of 2 was asked about GEORGE NADER. Xplained that NADER's name b6 came up at the meeting with BANNON and met with NADER. BANNON had b7C askedl Ito meet with NADER and recalls a business deal that came but did not recall the details. said nothing ever happened from the potential business deal but they did have phone calls after the meeting. Iwas asked if NADER ever mentioned did not recall talking aboutl Ithought it was just NADER and I recalls hearing from someone thatl b6 doing business again but does not recall who told him that or the b7C details. was asked if he had any other meetings with NADER. thought he remembered running into NADER at a luncheon Idoesn't recall where the luncheon was or who was b6 there but thinks it was probably related to another potential business b7C deal. it might have been in Washington, D.C. at the coffee shop in the Trump Hotel. Ithinks he was at the lunch to meet some business people wanted to introduce to. thought this was last fall and nothing came of that bus1ness deal either. UNCLASSIFIED FBK ism-127m?4334 IUD-302 Glev.5-8-10) -l of l- b7E FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry date of birth (DOB) After being adVised of the was interviewed at telephone number identities of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: were very interested and involved in the investigation of the 2012 Benghazi attack. wanted to raise awareness of the upcoming trial of Khattala for his role in the Benghazi attack. met with Steve They discussed the Khattala trial and the role that Qatar's Bannon Bannon. support for the Muslim Brotherhood played in the Benghazi attack. said that George Nader could help with these issues. Bannon arranged a breakfast meeting between and Nader. had breakfast with Nader the next day. Nader spent the first thirty or more minutes of the breakfast explaining how great he Nader mentioned the names of many people with which he had Nader said that he attended a cannot remember if was. contacts. Nader mentioned Erik Prince. meeting in the Seychelles with Prince and MBZ. Nader said what the Seychelles meeting was about, ongoing dispute that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia had with not recall Nader mentioning that a Russian was at the Nader ended breakfast by saying he would set up a meeting but it may have been the meeting. between had a lunch meeting with Nader andl ho discuss an was arranging. does not upcoming seminar or panel event that recall for certain but the event may have focused on the BenghaZi attack, 02/13/2018 b7C Qatar support of the Muslim Brotherhood or other regional issues. and two other guys arrived at the end of the lunch to pitch their did not attend the event because of a scheduling conflict. work. Investigation on File 02/02/2018 Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) at Date drafted by 02/02/2018 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b3 b6 b7C b7E b7E - 1 of 9 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/09/2017 136 I b7C date of birth (DOB was interviewed on August 11. 2017 at his business address at Icellular telephone number . After being advised of the identity of interviewing Agentsl land the nature of the interview4 Iprovided the following information: Background On the morning of Aucust 11, 2017, at approximately 9:00a contactedl via telephone to inquire about his b6 availability. Iagreed to meet the interviewing agents at his office b7C at 11:00am. Earlier that day, after hearing from the investigating agentsJ Ifrom a Washington Post reporter, CAROL LEONNIG, phone numberl I who indicated she was doing an article about a Trump campaign meetingl Iwas at and wanted to ask if he had any comments. thought the timing was odd since we had just contacted him right before that call and he has not been contacted by reporters in a while. b6 indicated that he had been friends with Chris Stevens who died in b7c BenghaziJ korked with the Benghazi Committee and lhad been at a meetingl Iattended and asked_ Fif he would be interested in joining the campaign. I Ihad known or a couple years prior to becoming involved in the campaign. They knew each other throughl kold send in his resume. linitially said no, but later submitted his resume in approximately February 2016 and interviewed with SAM CLOVIS in Washington, D.C. shortly after. a Non?Disclosure Agreement (NDA) from the campaign and signed it shortly after. had a copy of the NDAI expressed concerns about violating the NDA by talking with investigators. Foreign Policy Team Investigationon 08/11/2017 at Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States (In Person) 1:116:35 Date drafted 08/21/2017 136 b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4335 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of on 08/11 /2017 ,On 08/11/2017 Eng indicated that there were two different versions of the Foreign Policy team, including the original group and then a later reconstituted The original team had 8 members, including 3 or 4 who were not Only 4 members of the original group were retained for the group. announced. reconstituted group. recalls meeting the second foreign policy team at Trump Tower in New York. lrecalls there were two press releases disclosing the This group was also announced in the press and included MICHAEL and KT MCFARLAND and totaled about 16 members. initial group and thinks the second group met in early October. In the original foreign policy team, there were several retired military members including KEITH KELLOGGJ The other members were PAPADOPOULOS and CARTER PAGE. thinks served in the U.S. Navy. IWATID PHARES, GEORGE and PAGE may have the campaign, CLOVIS was co?chair of the committee, COREY LEWANDOWSKI was the campaign advisor and HOPE HICKS handled communications. TRUMP was his own a policy advisor for the campaign and had previously given a Vice 0 the Citizen's had not met TRUMP when as a member of the foreign policy team. Commission on Benghazi. was announced The team tried to meet weekly with whoever could make the meetings. It was hard to get together because they were spread out. was in and would sometimes call in. The headquarters for the first VA and the second team was headguartered in Trump in D.C. The campaign also rented space at a law firm near the Senate they could also team was in Alexandria, Tower. Sometimes they would meet at use for meetings. JEFF SESSIONS would not meet in his office for campaign related SESSIONS was head of the foreign policy/national security team and was TRUMP's head advisor, kind of like the chair of the The original eight team members reported to SESSIONS. In meetings. committee. theory, they reported to TRUMP as advisors but in reality they more reported to SESSIONS. CLOVIS had a different role as co?chair and had The team would inform CLOVIS but he didn't come to all the meetings and largely deferred to SESSIONS. more to do. J.D. GORDON worked as a "staffer" to SESSIONS. GORDON acted as Executive Secretary for day?to?day campaign matters. 2 of 9 GORDON had b7C Fain-gmz'irm-4337 b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) lnterv;ew of on 08/11 Cm?mm?mufFDGOZd?/2017 ,On 08/11/2017 3 Of 9 his own space in the campaign's Alexandria office. GORDON handled a lot of the communications for the team. GORDON was never announced as one of TRUMP's advisors even though he wanted to be and thought he would be. GORDON was a writer and was tasked with press coordination and reviewing op?ed pieces, especially before the campaign hired a formal press coordinator. KELLOGG andI khe most out of the members of the foreign policy team. talked to CLOVIS more than SESSIONS. CLOVIS would work with b3fore participated in a potentially hostile interview, like an interview. When PAUL b6 MANAEORT came in, CLOVIS and MANAFORT were like co?chairs. MANAFORT b7C handled finances and shared duties with LEWANDOWSKI. Eventually, TRUMP stopped acting as the chair and MANAEORT pushed LEWANDOWSKI out. MANAEORT's job was to link the campaign and the Republican National Committee. LEWANDOWSKI left the campaign before the Republican National Convention (RNC) but was still involved in it from outside the campaign. MANAFORT was fired after the RNC but does not know why. Campaign TRUMP did not really use titles. He focused on the people instead of their titles. CLOVIS was involved in the campaign the whole time but his role ebbed and flowed and he mainly operated out of Iowa. CLOVIS was TED CRUZ's Iowa campaign manager but then flipped to TRUMP. CLOVIS worked with LEWANDOWSKI to win in New Hampshire and then came on board with the campaign. never met or talked to MANAFORT. MANAFORT may have started b6 working with the campaign in May 2016. MANAFORT and LEWANDOWSKI shared a b7C role in the campaign and CLOVIS took a backseat to them. MANAEORT was supposed to work on the Hill and with the Republican National Committee to mend fences. LEWANDOWSKI didn't have political connections to communicate with the establishment like MANAFORT did. Manafort, Papadopoulos and Page b6 b7C was concerned about MANAFORT due to his ties to foreign actors. MANAFORT had lingering law suits and was only bad news because he had too much baggage. MANAFORT was likely fired because of his connections to lawsuits and other baggage, including dealings (Unknown met or spoke with MANAFORT but thinks if anyone was going to be uncooperative about the investigation it would be MANAFORT. UNCLASSIFIED /-F-eUe- FBK b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E (U) Interview of on 08/11 Cm?mm?mufFDGOZd?/2017 ,On 08/11/2017 4 Of 9 mentioned that PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS also concerned him because b6 they both came across as naive, motivated by self?interest and concerned b7C with overseas finances. They were involved in energy and dealing with Russian businessmen. CLOVIS told PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS to stop but both of them went ahead and did what they were going to do anyway. PAPADOPOULOS in particular wanted to arrange meetings in London with relatives of PUTIN. told CLOVIS this would only lead to trouble and potentially result in violations of the Logan Act. In approximately March b6 or April 2016, CLOVIS agreed and tried to "shut it down." PAPADOPOULOS b7C had sent emails to the team suggesting meeting with PUTIN's relatives. He may have mentioned it in a meeting but heard about it in an email. Around April 2016 is when PAPADOPOULOS emailed the group about the Russian meetings. CLOVIS sent an email indicating "not now" but didn't shut PAPADOPOULOS down. told CLOVIS they should not pursue this and does not know how it was relayed back to PAPADOPOULOS. PAPADOPOULOS went ahead with some meetings in London and spoke to the press. He was slammed in the British media for saying something controversial, so he was told to cease and desist. Of all the people in the PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS were the only ones b6 trying to establish contact with Russians. Nobody on the team was b7C interested in meetings or outside engagement regarding Russia. PAGE gave a speech in Russia and PAPADOPOULOS pushed forward with his meetings. Eventually, PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS were no longer included in team emails. PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS were not present much at the D.C. meetings. saw PAPADOPOULOS about 2 or 3 times. PAPADOPOULOS was based out of Loncon. He would fly in from London. He was present for a b6 b7C couple meetings in the beginning but then faded away. PAGE faded away after the RNC. PAGE came under FBI investigation and "went bananas". He wrote a letter to COMEY about divesting himself from Gazprom. This was probably in the August timeframe and PAGE had a lower profile after this. PAGE talked about "establishing better relations with Russia" in meetings and during his speech in July. PAGE attended at least one meeting at law office to tell the team he was leaving the campaign. thinks these were attempts by PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS to show how important they were. They were naive and they were not getting paid, so they were doing their own business even though it wasn't compatible with b6 the campaign. They eventually stopped coming to meetings and were pushed b7C aside. PAPADOPOULOS was the first to go, fading away from the campaign until showing up at the RNC, where he was ostracized. PAPADOPOULOS was UNCLASSIFIED Hess FBK (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) on 08/11 /2017 ,On shut down by CLOVIS not recall how he got shut down, communicated his co Interview of 08/ll/20l7 ,Page whether it was an email or a phone call. to CLOVTS via email and based on response believes CL shut PAPADOPOULOS down on meeting with Russian officials. th believes that GORDON als CLOVIS that may have been in April or May. informed PAPADOPOULOS not to pursue meetings with Russia. counsel PAPADOPOULOS about trying to arrange meetings. PAGE sent an email saying he was leaving the campaign and he sen letter formally removing himself from the campaign. PAGE had a mee speech in Russia, where he allowed people to think PAGE was TRUMP's hand man. unsure how PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS got on the campaign. time, the campaign direction was to get to a better relationship wi 5 of 9 ncerns OVIS inks 0 ad to a ting or right? At that th Russia but PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS were an embarrassment the way they were pursuing Russia. did not elaborate on where that direction from. thought it was a conflict of interest for PAGE and PAPADOPOULOS to push Russia relations because of their energy busin ties and a potential violation of the Logan Act? a gut these guys were not leading the campaign in the right direction. asked if anyone on the campaign team wanted them to move forward wi these Russian no one wanted them to move The campaign could have publicly fired PAGE and PAPADOPOU prevent them from representing the campaign but instead the campaig forward. publicly disassociated itself from them. wanting them to move forward with their Russian contacts. The first foreign policy speech for the campaign was in Washingt C. PAPADOPOULOS was shut down before this and PAGE was shut down a doesn't know whether PAPADOPOULOS would be coope They both overplayed their hand, this event. and PAGE is pretty naive. would have been more successful by now. In TRUMP's world it is ok if jobs aren't filled. TRUMP makes a statement and his people are to execute Policy is top? down. ame ess eeling hen th LOS to is not aware of anyone on, D. fter rative otherwise they it. PAPADOPOULOS and PAGE may have thought they were doing what TRUMP not recall if PAGE ever met TRUMP but does not think he did. Gordon, Phares and Sessions GORDON wanted a job with the administration but never got one. is not aware of anyone assisting GORDON with the GOP platform at the RNC. GORDON worked a lot with PHARES and did b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) /2017 ,On Interview of on 08/11 08/11/2017 ,mg SESSIONS. team. Everyone wanted to talk to someone on the Foreign Policy SESSIONS would get calls and task them to PHARES or GORDON. 6 of 9 SESSIONS was meticulous about not doing campaign work from his Senate office. office. SESSIONS was very scrupulous, recused himself. It would have been out of line of his Senate duties. It's a policy issue, so it had to be done. Kellogg and as active RNC. close. events. second National Security team. campaigning. supporting TRUMP, said KELLOGG does not have any ties to Russia. had worked for KELLOGG, KELLOGG would sub for ELYNN if could not make it to ELYNN told the team he business to wrap up and then he KELLOGG wa in the media initially and became more active after the so the two of them were was eventually named as a member of spoke at the RNC and then did spoke as a retired military member ELYNN did not have any Ru not as a campaign guy. At the RNC, SESSIONS never would have had a campaign meeting in his Senate but TRUMP doesn't understand why SESSIONS not could not fill the position because he had the some ssian connections but was working with a company to provide security for the Olympic games in Japan. frequentl3 after the election regarding staffing. spoke with a couple times before the election and more leaving is likely texted around the time that was pushed out of the does not have a current job in the administration. last administration. did not have any Russian connections. second National Security team and attended a meeting they York. recall any mention of Russia at the meeting in NY. was not aware of any Russian connections. recruited surrogates for the campaign. was also on the ad in New does not thought advised PAGE to cease and desistb7C b6 b7C (Rev. 05-08-10) b?7E (U) Interview of on 08/11 Cm?mm?mufFDGOZd?/2017 ,On 08/11/2017 7 Of 9 did not have any Russian connections. was more attuned to the Republican National Committee because of his political b6 and failed to enter Virginia politics. He was b7C also on the transition team. andl Iopted to drop the campaign to work on the transition team after TRUMP's nomination. Other Campaign Members and Details STEPHEN MILLER, a former SESSIONS staffer, was a policy adviser then and still is. He writes speeches and stayed with the campaign until the end, along with HOPE HICKS. does not remember meeting JOHN MASHBURN but remembers the b6 name. He was one of MANAEORT's guys. thought GORDON worked for b7c MASHBURN. The paid members of the campaign were LEWANDOWSKI, HICKS, and MILLER. expressed his thoughts on by saying that getting fired for b6 taking a call on a Sunday afternoon is not right. b7C Republican National Convention (RNC) During the RNC, there was a simultaneous State Department function going on at Case Western Reserve, both events being held in Cleveland. SESSIONS spoke at the State Department event as the featured b6 speaker there for his speech. It was hard to say if b7C SESSIONS was there as a senator or a Trump advisor but he did speak about and left the event. does not recall a handshake between SESSIONS and the Russian Ambassador. GORDON and PHARES also spoke at the event as part of a panel. There was a reception tied to the event but did TRUMP's foreign policy. SESSIONS was mobbed when he came off the stage not attend the reception. SESSIONS attended the RNC but not many people from the foreign policy team had badges. recall if PHARES was at the b6 RNC but thinks was. SCHMITZ was there but through the Maryland b7C delegation and not the media at the event. GORDON was at the RNC and was assigned to work on the platform. GORDON got there a week early. His expenses were paid early on but then his trip was self?funded. When asked who decided that GORDON would be involved in the platform, indicated RICK DEARBORN and MANAEORT would have made that decision. Transition Team and Administration UNCLASSIFIED Hege- FBK i?gtv1278}?4392 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of on 08/11 Cm?mm?mufFDGOZd?/2017 ,On 08/11/2017 8 Of 9 on the transition team between RONALD REAGAN and GEORGE BUSH. There were two transition teams for TRUMP. The transition team starts right after the RNC and you can't be on both the campaign and transition team at the same time. stayed on the campaign team. The next transition team starts after the election. TRUMP only had 25 paid staff to get the nomination. After the b6 b7C b7E b6 b7C nomination, there were probably 75. never an official member of the team. He went to the inauguration and then went back to work. has been interviewed for a job with the current administration but does not work with the current administration at this time. TRUMP's hardest supporters were shut out of the administration by the Republican National Committee establishment because of a deal cut with PRIEBUS who brought his own personnel guy in to the administration. They had many favors to repay the Committee. TRUMP gave PRIEBUS a chance but PRIEBUS didn't get the healthcare bill passed. March 31, 2016 MEeting was shown a photograph labeled "National Security Meeting and "Washington DC March 31 2016". to recognize the photo and said that was the first time he met TRUMP. The meeting was supposed to take place at a law office and the team was supposed to keep the meeting quiet, but word got out. The location was changed that morning and TRUMP decided to meet at the Trump Hotel, which was still under construction. It was a two hour meeting and was lead by SESSIONS. PAGE did not attend the meeting. named everyone in the photo that he recognized and also listed people in attendance who are not in the photo as follows: From photo raph around table - JEFF SESSIONS, J.D. GORDON, GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS, An unnamed business man, DONALD TRUMP, WALID PHARES, KEITH KELLOGG, Unknown Person, Unnamed Nuclear Expert, Unnamed Congressman from Florida who is on the Veterans Affairs Committee, Unnamed SESSIONS staffer At the meeting but not included in photograph SAM CLOVIS, RICK DEARBORN, STEPHEN MILLER, HOPE HICKS, COREY LEWANDOWSKI SESSIONS did a lead?in on the Foreign Policy issues at the not recall if PAPADOPOULOS discussed Russia at this meeting. PAPADOPOULOS said something "stupid." statements during the meeting were more about energy than Russia but he might have mentioned Russia as it relates to energy. This meeting was the first time met PAPADOPOULOS. had previously talked to the team via b7C UNCLASSIFIED Eleve- FBK b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7c b7E (U) Interview of on 08/11 Continuation of FD-302 of 2 0 1 7 On Page email. During the meeting, they discussed nuclear proliferation and Supreme Court matters. STEPHEN MILLER was writing a lot of the issues. There was also talk about NATO. did not recall PAPADOPOULOS or others talking about meeting with be . . . b7C Russ1ans at this meeting. Russia was asked if anyone on the team was assigned to establish b6 communications with Russia, to which his response was no. I I b7A was asked if anyone on the team talked about Russia having the DNC emails. His response was that they had not. He explained Russia is a b6 competitor not an enemy. b7C Other than previously discussed, could not recall other discusSions with the campaign about meeting with the Russians. b6 b7C McCain and DNC Theory b6 b7C UNCLASSIFIED ,LF-ese- FBK - 1 of 5 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 11/02/2017 DOCUMENT RESTRICTED TO CASE PARTICIPANTS This document contains information that is restricted to case participants. date of birt? Isocial security account numbed Iwas interviewed telephonically by FBI Special Agent b6 I [Sid Special Counsel Prosecutor Kyle Freeney. Present on b7C the phone forl lwas and After being advised of the identities of the interviewing parties and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: was advised that the interview was voluntary and if he chose to answer questions he needed to be honest in his responses as lying to an FBI agent could constitute a federal crime. 136 b7C I The loan origination team communicates b5 with brokers and borrowers to bring in loans. This team does some b7C preliminary underwriting to determine if the loan fits into S3 Capital's model. The team then brings loans to for review. the details of the loan and if he "likes" the loan, he b6 issues a term sheet and obtains a deposit from the borrower. Once a b7C deposit is obtained, summarizes the loan and presents it to the investment committee. Once approved by S3 Capital's investment committee, "lawyers get involved" in the due diligence and underwriting process to close the loan. In the initial underwriting process, looks at the value of the 23C land and/or property as well as, the projected value of the project if it Investigationon 10/02/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) File# Date drafted 10/06/2017 b6 b?7C This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278}?4395 b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 10/02/2017 2 Of 5 is a development. also considers the loan to cost or loan to value which needs to be less than 75%. Since S3 Capital is an asset?based lender, is primarily concerned with the collateral. considers some factors related to the borrower during the underwriting process, however, the factors considered and the importance of those factors varies depending on the complexity of the project. For he example, if the project is a ground up take a b7C close look at the borrower's track record and the general contractor's track record. if the loan is simply a refinance on an already existing house, would not focus on the borrower other than to run them for credit, bankruptcies, OFAC and Patriot Act searches. S3 Capital is a commercial lender, but did not know why and did :30 not know what that meant. I Iknew S3 Capital did not lend on primary residences, but he did not know why. I Ibelieved S3 Capital did lend against secondary residences if they were held in the name of a business entity. S3 Capital would only lend to business entities and not individuals, but he did not know why. 174 Jobs Lane brought in the loan on 174 Jobs Lane, Bridgehampton (Jobs ESC I borrower needed $3.5 million quickly for an investment in Los Angeles. the borrower needed to close in l? 2 weeks and only needed the funds for a short duration. b6 Generally, S3 Capital's loans are for a minimum duration of 6 months b7C and maximum of 12 months. this borrower wanted a shorter term. b6 b7C The use of proceeds is relevant to S3 Capital. S3 Capital's loans are expensive and they want to know why the borrower needs to money. Tni ially, the borrower on this loan was Paul Manafort. The only time spoke with Manafort was after the loan was paid in full and 23C Manafort needed an interest statement for his CPA. b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b?7C b7E Interview ,On 10/02/2017 Eng 3 Of 5 b6 b7C did not consider debt to income ratio relevant for this loan and he did not look into the borrower's debt and/or income. focused on the value of the property. Approximately 90% of S3 Capital's loans are personally guaranteed. Even when an individual is a personal guarantor, the only due diligence done on them is a litigation search, OFAC and Patriot search, credit check and review of real estate owned. The personal guarantor's income, assets and liabilities were not particularly relevant to S3 Capital. b6 read in the media that Manafort worked for the Trump Campaign. b7c was shown a document identified by SPRUCE 00106, which was a Certification of Commercial Loan. was familiar with :30 this document as it was part of the loan documents. The document was an acknowledgement by the borrower that they knew the loan was a commercial loan and not a personal residential loan. directed to a portion of the first paragraph which read, the proceeds of the following described not for personal, b6 family, household, farming or agricultural purposes but are for business b7C and commercial purposes only." not know why this was important to S3 Capital. Ithought this may have to do with regulations on S3 Capital as a commercial lender. b6 b7C was asked if S3 Capital knew the borrower was going to use the b6 proceeds of this loan for personal reasons, would that have affected their b7C decision to lend. did not know. was directed to a portion of the first paragraph which read, b6 "Neither borrower, nor any principals of Borrower, nor Guarantor shall b7C reside at the property that is the subject of the above loan." did not know why this provision was there. thought the questions about use of proceeds and occupancy should EEC be directed to S3 Capital's legal counsel. was asked for his b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-SOZof IInterview ,011 10/02/2017 ,Page 4 Of 5 understanding of these guidelinesI I I ktated that he knew the property could not be a b5 b7C primary residence.I believed this had something to do with the fact that S3 Capital was not regulated as a personal mortgage lender. was shown a document identified by SPRUCE 00097 SPRUCE b5 00102. familiar with this document. This is an extension letter which is signed in case the loan reaches maturity and the borrower wants to extend for an additional 2 months. was directed to paragraph (ii) which read, "Borrower and Guarantor shall each have suffered no material adverse financial b6 that S3 Capital may not agree to extend the loan b7C if the borrower had any type of financial problems. The borrower?s funding. financial roblems were not necessarily relevant to the initial loan not explain why this was. was shown a document identified by SPRUCE 00314 SPRUCE 00319, which is a Form 1003 Loan Application. I Iwas familiar with the b6 document. b7C S3 Capital collects the schedule of real estate owned for every loan. For this particular loan, it was not that relevant as the loan was not for construction. was shown a document identified by SPRUCE 00320. was b5 b7C familiar with this document hrepares an internal memo like this one for each loan funded. The purpose of this document is to summarize the loan for the bank which provides S3 Capital with credit lines. that S3 Capital has credit lines at Bank of the b6 Internet Federal (BOT). Once S3 Capital funds a loan, they send the loan details to B01 and conducts their own underwriting. If approved the loan, they reimburse S3 Capital up to 65% of the loan amount from the credit line. BoI's underwriting conditions are similar to S3 Capital's except their loan to value, or loan to cost ratio thresholds are lower. did not know why required this internal memo as part of be b7C their underwriting process. The format of the memo, to include the paragraph headings were provided by the information contained in this internal memo from the internet and from and did not get this information from the borrower directly. b6 (Rev, 05-08-10) b7C b7E Interview ,On 10/02/2017 5 Of 5 b6 b7C believed this was due to cutting and pasting from a previous memo. Regarding the borrower's use of proceeds, Inever confirmed this directly with the borrower, the borrower?s attorneyl I b6 Regarding the reason for coming to S3 Capital, [was told by b7C Ithat the borrowerl I land they were already in conversations with conventional lenders who would take out S3 Capital's loan in a couple months. shown a document identified by SPRUCE 00089 SPRUCE b6 b7C 00091. documents. was familiar with this document as it was part of the loan was referred to paragraph 7 which read, "Borrower and Guarantor shall notify Lender immediately if Borrower or Guarantor discovers that any representations made by the Borrower or Guarantor to Lender in this Certificate or any information Borrower or Guarantor have furnished to Lender or any other party pursuant hereto with respect to the Loan is or has become incorrect or incomplete in any material respect." understood this to mean that the borrower had to notify S3 Capital if anything changed or was incorrect. S3 Capital would not know if the borrower was untruthful or incomplete in their representations. S3 Capital relied on the truthfulness of the borrower. FBI'ii-gmiz'my-4300 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 5 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 01/03/2019 Jared Corey Kushner, date of birth was interviewed at the Law Offices of Winston Strawn, 1700 Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20006. The interviewers were Senior Assistant Special Counsels Andrew Goldstein, Andrew Weissmann and Zainab Ahmad; FBI Special Agent b6 b7C FBI Intelligence Analyst and FBI Forensic Accountantl Present representing Kushner were and I I SASC Goldstein advised Kushner that the interview was being conducted under the same terms as the prior interview. SASC Goldstein advised Kushner that it was a crime to lie during the interview. SASC Goldstein explained that answering a question with don't recall," when you do recall, is a lie. After being advised of the identities of the interviewers and the nature of the interview, Kushner provided the following informationper b'7A Investigationon 12/19/2018 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b6 12 20 2018 File Date drafted b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Jared Kushner 12.19.2018 3011 12/19/2018 ,Page per 1:01119120-12781-4403 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Jared Kushner 12.19.2018 ,011 12/19/2018 ,Page b7E per FBK New (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Interview of Jared Kushner 12.19.2018 3011 12/19/2018 ,Page 4 of 5 b5 per b6 b'b'7C I b5 per I FBIii-gmizi?m-MIE b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Interview of Jared Kushner 12.19.2018 On 12/19/2018 5 of 5 ,Page b7A b7C FBK b7E -l of l- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/07/2017 b5 per On August 1, 2017, Supervisory Special Agentl Iinterviewed I 136 Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe regardingl b7C IMcCabe provided the following information: b5 per b5 per Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 07/31/2017 at Person) b6 File# Date drafted 08/04/2017 by it and ?5 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; to be distributed outside your agency. FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 1 - WORN FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Daedkmq 11/06/2017 DOCUMENT RESTRICTED TO CASE PARTICIPANTS This document contains information that is restricted to case participants. LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE This information is the property of the FBI and may be distributed to state, tribal, or local government law enforcement officials with a need?to?know. Further distribution without FBI authorization is prohibited. Precautions should be taken to ensure this information is stored and/or destroyed in a manner that precludes unauthorized access. b5 per On November 3, 2017 11/03/2017 zu Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (Phone) b7A b7C Fi1e# Datedra?ed 11/03/2017 ME by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside oura enc . -1 of 11- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) Dateofentry 09/12/2017 Kathleen Troia McFarland, date of birthI I b6 social security account number telephone numbersI I b7C home) I home) was interviewed by SAI SSRJ Iin her home atI I Also present for a substantial portion of the interview wasI attorneyI I telephone numbersI (cell) I I(office direct line). After the agents identified themselves and briefly described the purpose of the interview, they explained to McFarland the potential criminal consequences of lying to the FBI in the course of an investigation under 18 U.S.C. 1001. McFarland acknowledged that she understood and then brought up the case of Martha Stewart. McFarland then provided the following information: b5 Per b5 Per W/Heeo- 08/29/2017 I INew York, United States (In Person) b6 b7A Datedrafted 08/30/2017 b7C b7E File by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 119931 EYSPM 1 3 b7A 1073 Masse- K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 Jag Per DOJXOIP b6 b7C b5 Per FBK i?gmi EYE-4414 ya; q: (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-302 of K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 b7A b7E ,Page Per (Rev 05-08-10) . .. Con?nuationofFD_302 of K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 ,Page b7A b7E Per b7A b7E FD-302a(Rev. 05-08-10) W/rreae ContinuationofFD-3020f K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 ,Page b7C (Rev 05-08-10) 33 ContinuationofFD-302 of K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 b7A b7E ,Page Per W/Heae? (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-302 of K.T. McFarland interview meat-1e- ,On 08/29/2017 ,Page b7A b7E FBIii-gcvizi?m-?l?lg (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-302 of (UH-Pegge- K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 ,Page b7A b7E Per FBIu-gmzm;-4423 (Rev 05-08-10) WW ContinuationofFD-302 of K.T. McFarland interview vw'f?w ,On 08/29/2017 b7A b7E 9 of 11 b5 Per ,Page Per b7A .. .. 1372 5.2: (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 ,Page Per (Rev 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-302 of K.T. McFarland interview ,On 08/29/2017 b7A b7E ,Page 11 of 11 b5 Per b5 Per b'7E FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - 1 of 2 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 02/04/2019 b6 On 01/25/2019 Special Agent and Supervisory b7C Special Agentl Iinterviewedl I kSubject Premises). resides atl and he provided phone numberl Iwas located at the Subject Premises where the FBI executed a search warrant. SA was not under arrest and he could leave the Subject Premises at any time. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the the following informationb?7C Investigationon 01/25/2019 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) Dmemmkd 01/28/2019 b6 by b7C b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. b6 (Rev. 05-08-10) b7C b7E ContinuationofFD-3020f Interview of ,On 01/25/2019 ,Page b7C Post?Search and SSA were present for this portion of b6 the interview] b7C At the completion of the search, SA b6 b7C FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -l of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/01/2017 vaicki was interviewed by The Director?s Chief of Staff James E. Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) regarding inventory matters be related to former Director James Comey. Rybicki provided the following b7c informationb7C Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/18/2017 at Person) 136 File# I Date drafted 05/21/2017 b7C b7E by Hey-Mes This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agency. (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) James Rybicki Six Documents ,On 05/18/2017 2 of 2 ,Page per b7E -l of l- rq3-302 Glev.5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/07/2017 b5 per interviewed the FBI Director?s Chief of On 07/31/2017, SSA b6 Staff, James Rybicki, I IRybicki provided the following informationb7C Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investi ationon 07/31/2017 at Person) b6 b7c Hm# Dmemmkd 08/04/2017 b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its 278}?447 i to be distributed outside your agency. b7E -1 of 1- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 07/19/2017 I Idate of birth was interviewed over the telephone on 07/14/2017 at approximately 10:03am by Special Agent I After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the the following information: writer that he was not at home. At the timemeet with a lawyer who may represent hinn stated reporters were at his house again that mornin . Additionally, that when Agents first metl Ion Wednesday b6 evening, 07/12/2017, As a result, he would like to meet with Agents today at b7C approximately 1:00me Iwould call Agents at approximately 11:30am to finalize their afternoon meeting and discuss his meeting with the attorney. United States (Phone) Investigation File# Datedrafted 07/19/2017 b6 b7C by b7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 1 2 78}'4474 - 1 of - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 05/26/2017 Scott N. Schools, Associate Deputy Attorney General, direct office telephonel I government mobilel was interviewed at his place of employment at the U.S. Department of Justice?s Robert F. Kennedy Building, located at 950 Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Also present for this interview was FBI Supervisory Special Schools requested this interview prior to a scheduled interview with Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein. Having provided him with the identities of the interviewing agents, Schools provided the following b6 b7C information: The U.S. Department of Justice was concerned that some of the material to be discussed with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein fell within one or more privileges that may be exercised by the White House. Schools was attempting to discuss this matter with the newly established Special Counsel?s Office to be led by Robert Mueller b5 Per Schools requested the concurrence of interviewing agents to attend the interview of Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein for the purpose of guiding Rosenstein on the issue of privilege, and interviewing agents expressed no objection. Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/23/2017 at Person) b3 File# Datedrafted 05/25/2017 b7E by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. FII -l of 25- FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) b5 . 5 b7C Mm FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Daedkmq 03/19/2018 (U) JEFFERSON BEAUREGARD SESSIONS Attorney General of the United States, was interviewed at Patriots Plaza I, 395 Street SW, Washington, DC 20546 by Special Agent (SA) 52% SAI I Senior Counselor to the Special Counsel James L. Quarles, and Senior Assistant Special Counsel Andrew Goldstein. Accompanying SESSIONS was his attorneyI After being advised of the identities of the interviewing officials and the nature of the interview, SESSIONS provided the following information: (U) SESSIONS was advised it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the course of an investigation, which he acknowledgedDistrict Of Columbia, United States (In Person) 01/17/20l8 zu Washington, File# I I Datedrafted 01/18/2018 by EEJ This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not distributed outside your agency. FBI (igw i 2? a) _4?4?a I 1372 (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng Per 1303/0113 (U) SESSIONS thought the CFR was very clear and and it was apparent he should recuse. It would be a "very thin" argument to say it did not apply to him I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) Mm (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng March 2, MCGAHN called SESSIONS and relayed that he (MCGAHN) had spoken to President TRUMP about the possibility of SESSIONS recusing b5 Per himself, and TRUMP was not happy. I SESSIONS recalled at least two calls with MCGAHN that day. b5 Per impression of TRUMP's reaction, based on the calls with the White House, was that TRUMP was very upset with SESSIONS and did not think he had done his duty as the Attorney General. b5 Per (U) At Mar?a-Lago later in the week of the recusal, TRUMP and SESSIONS spoke at the side of another meeting and TRUMP contrasted SESSIONS with [former Attorneys General] ERIC HOLDER and BOBBY KENNEDY. TRUMP also Emmi/Am I I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) mag/momma- (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng 4 of 25 b5 Per suggested that SESSIONS could "un?recuse" from the investigation. TRUMP thought if SESSIONS was in charge, the investigation would notl Ispin out of control. While HOLDER and KENNEDY had been criticized, they had developed a strategy to help the President where SESSIONS had notFBK (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard b7E Emmi/mesme- 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page Per ?53m b3 b6 b7C b7E I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng $.33 b3 b6 b7C b7E (U) Following a briefing in the Oval Office on February 14, 2017, TRUMP indicated he wanted to speak to COMEY alone, so SESSIONS left the Oval Office with evervone else. I b5 Per SESSIONS was one of the last to leave the room. (U) SESSIONS said COMEY's June 2017 testimony about the events leading up to the private meeting with TRUMP were "pretty accurate." b5 Per COMEY told SESSIONS he did not want to be alone with TRUMP b5 Per b5 Per Wm (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard Wm ,On 01/17/2018 ,Page I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng 2017 (U) On May 3, 2017, SESSIONS was at the White House for a meeting with TRUMP, MCGAHN, b5 Per asked how testimony that day went. I ITRUMP was "hot" ab5 Per SESSIONS because SESSIONS was recused. I ISESSIONS responded he had no choice but to recuse and it was a mandatory move, not a discretionary one. I IA Chinese leader had said to TRUMP he was sorry TRUMP was under investigation, and TRUMP took that as a Signal that his authority was undermined by the investigation. b5 Per (Rev. 05-08-10) WW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard 3011 01/17/2018 b7E ,Page SESSIONS knew TRUMP was very upset with COMEY but he did not think he had made a decision to terminate COMEYPer Emmi/#9301214 FBK 1912161 278}-4485 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard WW 3011 01/17/2018 I b7E ,Page 10 of 25 b5 Per TRUMP said COMEY should be removed and asked and opinionsPer ROSENSTEIN said the b5 Per Russia investigation was not the basis of his recommendation so Russia should not be mentioned. Mm (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 ,Page b7E Per Per (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard b7E MW 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page FBIii-gwizi?m?Mag 1:72 (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng Per (U) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL: (U) The day the Special Counsel was appointed, SESSIONS was in the Oval Office with TRUMP, PENCE, and HUNT for the purpose of conducting FBI Director interviews. b5 Per left and got on the phone with ROSENSTEIN. ROSENSTEIN told SESSIONS he had appointed ROBERT MUELLER as Special Counsel for the Russia investigation. I SESSIONS had to go tell TRUMP about it. (Rev. 05-08-10) WW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page b7E 14 of 25 b5 Per ITRUMP said something like b5 Per you were supposed to protect me." b5 Per I At some point, SESSIONS sa b5 Per id he would resign and left the Oval Office. b5 Per I ISESSIONS gave the resignation letter to TRUMP. TRUMP put it in his pocket I ITRUMP asked SESSIONS if he wanted to stay, and SESSIONS responded it was up to TRUMP. They went back and forth like that two or three times and SESSIONS finally said he wanted to stay but it was still up to TRUMP. TRUMP said he wanted SESSIONS to stay. b5 Per I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) WW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng some point in time in the summer of 2017, after the Special Counsel was appointed, TRUMP called SESSIONS at home and asked again if SESSIONS would un?recuse himself. b5 Per . ITRUMP wanted to know if SESSIONS could un?recuse himself so he could investigate and prosecute The gist of the discussion was TRUMP wanted SESSIONS to un?recuse from "all of it." SESSIONS listened but did not respond substantively to TRUMP. b5 Per b5 Per M/m (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard b7E MW 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page FBI'ii-gmz'my-MQB (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard b7E WW 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page (Rev. 05-08-10) b7E (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard MW 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page FBK 1912161 278}-4495 (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 ,Page Per (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard 3011 01/17/2018 b7E ,Page Per I I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng Per SESSIONS and KISLYAK spoke for a few minutes. SESSIONS did not recall anything of real substance during the conversation with KISLYAK, but he and KISLYAK may have said some things about U.S./Russia relations. SESSIONS believed he and KISLYAK would have exchanged pleasantries they both shared at the time about improving U.S./Russia relations. I Meyer-m- I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) WW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ,On 01/17/2018 Eng 23 Of 25 b5 Per (U) The next time SESSIONS recalled meeting KISLYAK was on September 8, 2016. b5 Per (U) Present for the September 8, 2016 meeting with KISLYAK was SESSIONS, LUFF, Colonel PETE LANDRUM, and one of staffers. b5 Per KISLYAK indicated to SESSIONS that the Russian government was responsive to the overtures TRUMP had laid out during his campaign. SESSIONS felt like he was doing the TRUMP campaign a service by meeting with foreign Ambassadors, including KISLYAK. b5 Per After the U.S. Presidential election, CNI invited SESSIONS to a meeting with KISLYAK, which SESSIONS previously discussed. In addition to SESSIONS, the German Ambassador, the Governor of Alabama, and one other Ambassador were invited to the meeting. However, SESSIONS was in New York and was unable to attend. b5 Per SO SESSIONS believed the foreign Ambassadors came to him for information about TRUMP and hoped SESSIONS would pass along information to TRUMP. WW (Rev. 05-08-10) (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard b7E MW 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page FBK 1912161 I b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) MW (U) Interview of Jefferson Beauregard ContinuationofFD-SOZof Sessions 3011 01/17/2018 ,Page 25 of 25 b5 Per b5 Per FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) - of 16 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 12/19/2017 ALEX VAN DER ZWAAN (VAN DER ZWAAN), date of birth was interviewed at EEC the Office of the Special Counsel, Washington, DC. Present for the interview were FBI Special Agent : and Special Counsel Attorney Andrew Weissmann. Also resent were VAN DER attorneys VWliam Schwartz, Laura Grossfield Birger, andI: with the law firm Cooley LLP. After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the Proffer, VAN DER ZWAAN provided the following information: VAN DER ZWAAN was advised his participation in the Proffer was voluntary. VAN DER ZWAAN was also advised that he needed to be truthful in his answers and lying to a Federal agent could constitute a Federal crime. Additionally, the terms of the proffer agreement were explained to VAN DER ZWAAN, which he and his attorney signed and is attached hereto as a 1A. VAN DER ZWAAN stated some of his prior statements to the FBI/Special Counsel were knowingly false. In particular. statements made about the last time he spoke with RICK GATES (GATES) and In prior statements, VAN DER ZWAAN stated he last spoke to GATES in May 2016 Likewise, VAN DER ZWAAN stated in his prior interview he last spoke to in 2015. VAN DER ZWAAN, however, spoke to both :31, GATES and Iin September 2016 concerning the UkraineI I b7C I ISpecifically, VAN DER ZWAAN stated on or about September 7, 2016I he received a call from GATES on VAN DER ZWAAN cid not recall the subject or content of the conversation but remembered GATES telling him to contact oncerning Ukraine. After the call, GATES sent VAN DER ZWAA hocuments via the app ViberI I One of the [documents was a preliminary criminal complaint from Ukraine. VAN DER ZWAAN did not remember seeing his name or DER ZWAAN called and recorded the conversation. After speaking withl he called and made a partial be recording of the conversation also.I I b7A b7C A few days later, VAN DER ZWAAN spoke to GATES and recorded the conversation also. VAN DER ZWAAN did not recall any additional conversations witrI: after September 2016b7A DER ZWAAN recalled speaking to GATES again later in 2016 but described the conversation as we Investigationon 12/01/2017 at Washington, District Of Columbia, United States (In Person) b?7C by b'7E This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 278)?45 1 b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 2 of 16 Page I IVAN DER ZWAAN did not have any 136 additional contact With PAUL MANAFORT (MANAFORT). b7c b6 b7A b7C b6 b'7A b7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b7A b'7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 3 of 16 Page b6 b'7A b7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b' I b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 4 of 16 Page Other Recorded Communications b6 b'7C b6 b7C b6 b?Other Omissions b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 5 of 16 Page b6 b?7C b6 b7C b6 b7C Moonlighting/Freelance Legal Work b6 b7C FBK 19m1278}4523 b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 6 of 16 Page b'7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 ,Page 7 of 16 b6 b?b7C FBK 19m1278}4525 (Rev. 05-08-10) Con?nua?onofFI?SOZof (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,011 12/01/2017 ,Page 8 of 16 b7E b6 b7C Emails b7A b7C 7832-4525 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 9 of 16 Page b6 b7A b7C Final Report b6 1375 b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b6 b7C FBK 19m1278}4527 b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 10 of 16 Page b?7C b6 b7C b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 11 of 16 Page b6 b7C b6 b?7C b6 b7C b6 b?7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 ,Page Non-Produced or Destroyed Documents b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7A b7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 13 of 16 Page b6 b?7C b6 b7A b7C Hand Written Notes b6 b7C b6 b?7A b?7C i b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 14 of 16 Page b6 b?7A b?7C b6 b7C Media Communications b6 b6 b?7C b6 b7C b6 b?7C b7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 15 of 16 Page b6 b7C b6 b7A b7C b6 b'7C b6 b7C b6 b?7C FBK 199561 EYE-4533 I b?7E (Rev. 05-08-10) ContinuationofFD-3020f (U) Proffer of Alex Van Der Zwaan ,On 12/01/2017 16 of 16 Page b6 b7A b7C b6 b7C FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 1- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dateofentry 08/01/2017 Supervisory Special Agent (SSA), FBI Director Protection Detail, was interviewed by SSA regarding former Director James Comey's travel on the evening of May 10, 2017. the following information: Comey, accompanied by members of his staff departed Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) atl I Comey and staff arrived at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), atl I Comey accompanied by members of his rotection detail traveled directly to his residence and arrived Comey was taken directly to his residence after arriving at DCA and at no time re?entered FBI Headquarters space. Staff members who accompanied Comey on the return trip from LAX to DCA: Special Assistant to the Director Special Assistant to the Director SSA Special Agent (SA) SA Electronic Technician Pilot Pilot Washington District Of Columbia, United States (In Investigationon 05/11/2017 at Person) Hm# Dmemmkd 05/14/2017 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its to be distributed outside your agencyb7C b7E