I'll take 141 to 150
Not sure the best format to post summary. This is a copy & paste from MSword:
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Pages 141-150
This section mainly focuses on Putin & Russia’s desire to form relationships with the newly elected Trump and his team. “They appeared not to have pre-existing contacts and struggled to connect with senior officials around the president elect”. It also addresses Manafort’s meetings and plans with Russian officials.
• Manafort & Kalimnik talked about resolving disputes regarding Manafort’s previous work with Russia; specifically the Deripaska lawsuit & funds owed to Manafort for political consulting (before Trump’s election).
• After Manafort resigned from the Trump campaign, he still offered political advice. This was confirmed in e-mails, but the advice was pretty obvious, generic stuff that would be common knowledge to awake people (things like Hillary possibly blaming the Russians if she were to lose).
• Manafort met with Oganov (previously had worked at Russian embassy in US) in Madrid in 2017. He initially denied this meeting to Mueller’s office, but later confirmed it.
• Shortly after the meeting, Manafort contacted KT MacFarland (deputy national security advisor) saying that he had acquired important information regarding Cuba. There’s no evidence that anyone responded to Manafort’s offer.
• Manafort’s e-mails show he was trying to broker a Ukranian peace deal with Kalimnik. The did polls on Trump & US supporting the Autonomous Republic of Donbas. Manafort threw Trump’s name out there, but there’s no evidence of Trump’s knowledge or involvement.
• “The office has not uncovered evidence that Manafort brought the Ukraine peace plan to the Trump campaign or the Trump administration”.
• Hope Hicks got a phone call from someone claiming to be Putin on election night. She was unsure of who it was. She got an e-mail from “Putin” the following day. She & Kushner confirmed it was Putin. 5 days later Trump & Putin spoke on the phone.
• Petr Aven, A Russian national who heads Alfa-Bank, met with Putin & oligarchs to discuss protecting the bank from possible US sanctions after Trump’s election.
• George Nader (UAE employee) arranged a meeting between Dmetriev (head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) & Erik Prince (businessman with connections to Bannon, Trump Jr, & Roger Stone). Nader did not introduce Dmetriev to anyone in the Trump campaign prior to the election.
• The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has a lot of coinvestments with UAE & has ties to the Crown Prince Mohammed
• Putin said he didn’t know the people around Trump when he was elected.