April 6 2016, GRU Unit 26165 sent spear phishing emails to 30+ Clinton Campaign employees, directing them to a GRU-created website, disguised as the false document, “hillaryclinton-favorable-rating.xlsx.”
April 10 2016, George Papadopoulos emailed the Female Russian National, (Putin's "niece" Olga Polonskaya), and Joseph Mifsud, about a foreign policy trip to Russia.
April 11 2016, Papadopoulos emailed Polonskaya (cc’ing Joseph Mifsud) about arranging a foreign policy trip to Russia. Mifsud replied to Papadopoulos: “this is already been agreed.” “I am flying to Moscow on the 18th for a Valdai meeting, plus other meetings at the Duma.”
In 1972, Roger Stone worked in the Richard Nixon White House, learning political dirty tricks tactics. In 1977, Paul Manafort managed the campaign of Roger Stone, for President of the Young Republicans Association.
Stone utilized his political dirty tricks training as a manager of political campaigns in the late 1970’s. During this time, political operative Roger Stone was referred by colleagues as, and also referred to himself as, “the Prince of Darkness”.