4. Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest a. CNI and Dimitri Simes Connect with the Trump Campaign b. National Interest Hosts a Foreign Policy Speech at the Mayflower Hotel c. Jeff Sessions’s Post-Speech Interactions with CNI d. Jared Kushner’s Continuing Contacts with Simes 5. June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower a. Setting Up the June 9 Meeting i. Outreach to Donald Trump Jr ii. Awareness of the Meeting Within the Campaign b. The Events of June 9, 2016 i. Arrangements for the Meeting ii. Conduct of the Meeting c. Post-June 9 Events 6. Events at the Republican National Convention a. Ambassador Kislyak’s Encounters with Senator Sessions and J.D. Gordon the Week of the RNC b. Change to Republican Party Platform 7. Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak a. Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador’s Residence b. Senator Sessions’s September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak 8. Paul Manafort a. Paul Manafort’s Ties to Russia and Ukraine i. Oleg Deripaska Consulting Work ii. Political Consulting Work iii. Konstantin Kilimnik b. Contacts during Paul Manafort’s Time with the Trump Campaign i. Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign ii. Paul Manafort’s Campaign-Period Contacts iii. Paul Manafort’s Two Campaign-Period Meetings with Konstantin Kilimnik in the United States c. Post-Resignation Activities B. Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts 1. Immediate Post-Election Activity a. Outreach from the Russian Governmen b. High-Level Encouragement of Contacts through Alternative Channels 2. Kirill Dmitriev’s Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration a. Background b. Kirill Dmitriev’s Post-Election Contacts With the Incoming Administration c. Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles