; Whereas the Special Counsel has, to date, indicted 32 persons, including 4 Trump campaign or administration officials, as well as 25 Russian nationals and 3 Russian companies; Whereas the Special Counsel has obtained indictments against Trump Campaign National Chairman Paul D. Manafort, Deputy Campaign Chairman and Manafort business partner Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, Trump campaign official and the first National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, George Papadopoulos, Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, Alex van der Zwaan, a lawyer who lied to the FBI about his dealings with Rick Gates and was jailed for 30 days, Richard Pinedo, who has pleaded guilty to identity thefts to facilitate the Russian conspiracy, and Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian national and business associate of Paul D. Manafort; Whereas, on February 16, 2018, 13 Russian nationals connected to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll factory, including Yevgeny Prigozhin, an associate of Vladimir Putin, were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States by spreading fake news stories through United States social media; Whereas, on July 13, 2018, 12 Russian military intelligence officers were charged with hacking the Democratic National Committee, the Clinton Presidential campaign, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee using spear phishing emails and malicious software; Whereas Maria Butina, a Russian national, was indicted for unlawfully acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, for working under the direction of Alexander Torchin in furtherance of a plan backed by the Russian Foreign Ministry to co-opt influential leaders of the Republican Party and conservative organizations like the National Rifle Association and the Fellowship Foundation, which hosts the National Prayer Breakfast