issues and Prince’s recommendations regarding who should be appointed to fill 1008 key national security positions. Although Prince was not formally affiliated with the transition, Nader Grand Jury█ █ █received assurances Grand Jury█ 1009 █ █ that the incoming Administration considered Prince a trusted associate. b. Kirill Dmitriev’s Post-Election Contacts With the Incoming Administration Soon after midnight on election night, Dmitriev messaged Investigative Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ who was traveling to New York to attend the 2016 World Chess Championship. Investigative Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Dmitry Peskov, the Russian Federation’s press secretary, who was also attending 1010 the World Chess Championship. Investigative Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 1011 1012 █ Investigative Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Investigative 1013 Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ At approximately 2:40 a.m. on November 9, 2016, news reports stated the candidate Clinton had called President-Elect Trump to concede. At Investigative 1014 Technique█ █ █ Investigative Technique█ █ █ wrote to Dmitriev, “Putin 1015 has won.” Later that morning, Dmitriev contacted Nader, who was in New York, to request a meeting with the “key people” in the incoming Administration as soon 1016 as possible in light of the “[g]reat results.” He asked Nader to convey to the incoming Administration that “we want to start rebuilding the relationship in whatever is a comfortable pace for them. We understand all of the sensitivities 1017 and are not in a rush.” Dmitriev and Nader had previously discussed Nader introducing him to the contacts Nader had made within the Trump 1018 Campaign. Dmitriev also told Nader that he would ask Putin for permission to travel to the United States, where he would be able to speak to media outlets about the positive impact of Trump’s election and the need for reconciliation 1019 between the United States and Russia. Later that day, Dmitriev flew to New York, where Peskov was separately 1020 traveling to attend the chess tournament. Dmitriev invited Nader to the