russiagate

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Russiagate may refer to several scandals and allegations:

• A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York
• 2019 allegations over Italian political party Lega accepting Russian funding
• 2023-2024 allegations that members of the European Parliament were illegally or unethically influenced by Russia

It can also refer to investigations, reports, and conspiracy theories about Russian election interference, primarily in 2016:

• Crossfire Hurricane FBI investigation (July 31, 2016, to May 17, 2017) into:
• Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections#Trump's "Russiagate hoax" claims
• Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
• Russia investigation origins counter-narrative, conservative conspiracy theories attacking such investigations
• ODNI report: Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections (published January 6, 2017)
• Inspector General report on FBI and DOJ actions in the 2016 election (released June 14, 2018)
• Mueller special counsel investigation (May 2017 to March 2019)
• Mueller report (released April 18, 2019)
• Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election (released July 25, 2019)
• Durham special counsel investigation (released May 2023)