We're all my children at a light born in the city, but steady striving to do right.

My people are warriors, all we know is to fight.

Pringed, they see God and everything got right to you.

Be post-election and transition period contacts.

Trump was elected president on November 8, 2016.

Beginning immediately after the election, individuals connected to the Russian government

started contacting officials on the Trump campaign and transitioning through multiple channels.

One time through Russian Ambassador Kislyak, and in other times through individuals who sought

reliable contacts through US persons not formally tied to the campaign or transition team.

The most senior levels of the Russian government encouraged these efforts.

The investigation did not establish that these efforts reflected or constituted coordination

between the Trump campaign and Russia in its election interference activities.

One immediate post-election activity.

As soon as news broke that Trump had been elected president, Russian government officials

and prominent Russian businessmen began trying to make inroads into the new administration.

They appeared not to have preexisting contacts and struggled to connect with senior officials

around the president elect.

As explained below, those efforts entailed both official contact through the Russian embassy

in the United States and outreaches sanctioned at high levels of the Russian government through

business rather than political contacts.

A, outreach from Russian government.

At approximately 3am on election night, Trump campaign press secretary Hope Hicks received

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