The four people charged so far in Russia investigation
Michael Flynn
Who is he: President Trump?s former national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about his conversations with Russia?s ambassador while serving in the White House.
George Papadopoulos
Who is he: A former foreign policy adviser to the Donald Trump campaign, Papadopoulos plead guilty in October to lying to the FBI about his communications with people who represented themselves as tied to the Russian government.
Paul Manafort
Status: Indicted. Manafort is under house arrest after pleading not guilty to all charges in federal court. Prosecutors estimated in a court filing that if Manafort is found guilty of all charges, sentencing guidelines would call for him to spend 12 to 15 years in prison.
Richard Gates
Connections To Russia: After joining Manafort's firm Davis Manafort in 2006, Gates worked on deals across Eastern Europe and in Russia. In 2011, the special counsel indictment says Manafort created another firm, DMP International, and Gates became a key player in both companies. The work included multimillion-dollar investments deals with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who has close ties to the Kremlin and has been linked to organized crime.
Status: Indicted. Gates has pleaded not guilty and is under house arrest pending the outcome of the case in federal court.