The same individual stated that it was well known at IRI that Kilimnik had 867 links to the Russian government. Jonathan Hawker, a British national who was a public relations consultant at FTI Consulting, worked with DMI on a public relations campaign for Yanukovych. After Hawker’s work for DMI ended, Kilimnik contacted Hawker about working for a Russian government entity on a public-relations project that would promote, in Western and Ukrainian media, Russia’s 868 position on its 2014 invasion of Crimea. Gates suspected that Kilimnik was a “spy,” a view that he shared with 869 Manafort, Hawker, and Alexander van der Zwaan, an attorney who had worked with DMI on a report for the Ukrainian Ministry of 870 ForeignAffairs. Investigative Technique█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ b. Contacts during Paul Manafort’s Time with the Trump Campaign i. Paul Manafort Joins the Campaign Manafort served on the Trump Campaign from late March to August 19, 2016. On March 29, 2016, the Campaign announced that Manafort would serve 871 as the Campaign’s “Convention Manager.” On May 19, 2016, Manafort was promoted to campaign chairman and chief strategist, and Gates, who had been assisting Manafort on the Campaign, was appointed deputy campaign 872 chairman. Thomas Barrack and Roger Stone both recommended Manafort to candidate 873 Trump. In early 2016, at Manafort’s request, Barrack suggested to Trump 874 that Manafort join the Campaign to manage the Republican Convention. Stone had worked with Manafort from approximately 1980 until the mid-1990s through various consulting and lobbying firms. Manafort met Trump in 1982 875 when Trump hired the Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly lobbying firm. Over the years, Manafort saw Trump at political and social events in New York City