--- title: Trump Campaign Had 18 Undisclosed Russia Contacts: Report description: Citing unnamed current and former U.S. officials, Reuters says the contacts took place in the last 7 months of 2016's presidential race. canonical: https://time.com/4783889/trump-russia-contacts-campaign/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T09:57:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:59:18.460Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Campaign Had 18 Undisclosed Russia Contacts: Report og:description: The report is being made by Reuters, citing unnamed U.S. officials og:url: https://time.com/4783889/trump-russia-contacts-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4343891bd8d2b7fb/6988cdd6ab6d77711a6ae287/ap_17130603950688.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: United States Russia og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Campaign Had 18 Undisclosed Russia Contacts: Report twitter:description: The report is being made by Reuters, citing unnamed U.S. officials twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4343891bd8d2b7fb/6988cdd6ab6d77711a6ae287/ap_17130603950688.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Aides Had '18 Undisclosed Contacts' With Russians During the Presidential Campaign, Report Says by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 18, 2017 9:57 AM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, next to Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, next to Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergei Kislyak at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 10, 2017.AP by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff May 18, 2017 9:57 AM CUT The news agency Reuters says that it has been told by current and former U.S. officials that Michael Flynn and other Trump campaign advisers had contact with Russian officials, or those “with Kremlin ties,” in the form of [at least 18 phone calls or emails](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106 "undefined") during the last seven months of 2016’s presidential election. The unnamed officials are said by Reuters to be “familiar with the exchanges,” which were previously undisclosed but are now being reviewed by the FBI and the Senate and House intelligence committees. According to Reuters, six of the exchanges were between Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S., and Flynn. The news agency says its sources did not see evidence of wrongdoing or collusion in the communications “reviewed so far,” but speculated that their disclosure could put president Donald Trump under even greater pressure to provide a fuller account of “interactions with Russian officials and others with links to the Kremlin” during the presidential race. 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