Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 217 Filed 01/18/19 Page 1 of 111 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, ) Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-03501 ) JURY DEMAND Plaintiff, ) ) SECOND AMENDED v. ) COMPLAINT ) COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ) ACT (18 U.S.C. § 1030(a)) ARAS ISKENEROVICH AGALAROV; ) RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)) EMIN ARAZ AGALAROV; ) ) RICO CONSPIRACY (18 U.S.C. JOSEPH MIFSUD; ) § 1962(d)) WIKILEAKS; ) WIRETAP ACT (18 U.S.C. JULIAN ASSANGE; ) §§ 2510-22) DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC.; ) ) STORED COMMUNICATIONS DONALD J. TRUMP, JR.; ) ACT (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-12) PAUL J. MANAFORT, JR.; ) DIGITAL MILLENNIUM ROGER J. STONE, JR.; ) COPYRIGHT ACT (17 U.S.C. ) JARED C. KUSHNER; § 1201 et seq.) GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS; ) ) MISAPPROPRIATION OF TRADE RICHARD W. GATES, III; ) SECRETS UNDER THE DEFEND ) TRADE SECRETS ACT (18 U.S.C. Defendants. ) § 1831 et seq.) ) INFLUENCING OR INJURING ) OFFICER OR JUROR GENERALLY ) (18 U.S.C. § 1503) ) ) TAMPERING WITH A WITNESS, ) VICTIM, OR AN INFORMANT (18 ) U.S.C. § 1512) ) WASHINGTON D.C. UNIFORM ) TRADE SECRETS ACT (D.C. Code ) Ann. §§ 36-401 – 46-410) ) ) TRESPASS (D.C. Common Law) ) CONVERSION (D.C. Common Law) ) TRESPASS TO CHATTELS ) (Virginia Common Law) ) ) ) Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 217 Filed 01/18/19 Page 2 of 111 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TRESPASS TO CHATTELS (Virginia Common Law) CONVERSION (Virginia Common Law) VIRGINIA COMPUTER CRIMES ACT (Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-152.5 et seq.) 2 Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 217 Filed 01/18/19 Page 3 of 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page NATURE OF ACTION .................................................................................................................. 1 I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 II. OVERVIEW OF THE CONSPIRACY .............................................................................. 3 III. DAMAGES TO THE DNC ................................................................................................ 9 JURISDICTION AND VENUE ................................................................................................... 10 PARTIES ...................................................................................................................................... 11 GENERAL ALLEGATIONS ....................................................................................................... 18 IV. SEVERAL DEFENDANTS’ PRE-EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RUSSIA AND RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS PROVIDED FERTILE GROUND FOR A CONSPIRACY ............................................................................................................. 18 V. THE COMMON PURPOSE: SECURE TRUMP’S GRIP ON THE PRESIDENCY THROUGH ILLEGAL MEANS ............................................................ 21 VI. THE CONSPIRACY TO DISSEMINATE STOLEN DNC DATA TO AID TRUMP ............................................................................................................................. 24 A. Trump Announces His Candidacy For President, And Russia Begins Its Attack On The DNC’s Computer Systems ........................................................... 25 B. European Allies Sound The Alarm To U.S. Intelligence Regarding Communications Between Russians And Trump Associates ............................... 25 C. While Campaigning For President, Trump Signs A Letter Of Intent To Build Trump Tower Moscow................................................................................ 26 D. The Trump Campaign Establishes Further Ties To Russia And Russian Intelligence Agents ............................................................................................... 26 E. Russia Steals A Massive Trove Of Documents From The DNC .......................... 29 F. The DNC Discovers The Hack And Hires CrowdStrike ...................................... 31 G. Forensic Evidence Confirms Russia’s Attack On The DNC’s Network .............. 31 H. Russians Again Offer To Assist Trump—And Trump Associates Accept The Offer ............................................................................................................... 34 I. Following The Trump Tower Meeting, Russia Continues Its Hacking And Launches A Massive Public Dissemination Of Stolen DNC Documents ............. 37 J. WikiLeaks And Russian Intelligence Discuss A Plan To Use Stolen DNC Documents To Disrupt The Democratic National Convention............................. 39 K. The Trump Campaign Continues Communicating With Russian Agents And Blocks Anti-Russian Language From Being Added To The GOP i Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 217 Filed 01/18/19 Page 4 of 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Platform As WikiLeaks And The GRU Finalize Arrangement To Disrupt The Democratic National Convention .................................................................. 39 L. After The Trump Campaign Blocks Anti-Russia Language From The GOP Platform, WikiLeaks Begins Disseminating Stolen DNC Documents ................. 40 M. Trump Associates Secretly Communicate With Russian Agents And WikiLeaks As They Strategically Release Stolen DNC Documents .................... 42 N. The GRU Reaches Out To Stone About Democratic Party Turnout Models ....... 45 O. Russia Launches Another Attack On DNC Servers Housing Sensitive And Valuable Trade Secrets ......................................................................................... 46 P. Russia Continues Disseminating Stolen Documents ............................................ 50 Q. Trump Publicly Praises The Illegal Dissemination Of The Stolen DNC Data ....................................................................................................................... 50 R. Trump—And Russia—Win .................................................................................. 52 VII. THE DEFENDANTS’ CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY CONTINUED AFTER THE 2016 ELECTION .............................................................................................................. 52 VIII. RUSSIA’S CONTINUED HACKING ATTEMPTS ....................................................... 60 A. Russia Attempts To Hack The Computer Networks Of Three Midterm Candidates ............................................................................................................. 60 B. U.S. Authorities Make Clear That Russia Continues To Pose A Hacking Threat .................................................................................................................... 60 C. WikiLeaks Releases Amazon Document Compromising Security Of AWS Servers................................................................................................................... 61 D. A Source Consistent With Cozy Bear Attempts To Hack The DNC’s Computer System .................................................................................................. 61 IX. TRUMP CONTINUES TO SIDE WITH RUSSIA AND DENIGRATE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATORS .............................................................................. 61 X. THE SIGNIFICANT HARM INFLICTED UPON PLAINTIFF ..................................... 63 CAUSES OF ACTION ................................................................................................................. 65 COUNT I .......................................................................................................................... 65 COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT (18 U.S.C. § 1030(A)) (AGAINST RUSSIA) ........................................................................................... 65 COUNT II ......................................................................................................................... 67 RICO (18 U.S.C. § 1962(C)) (AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS) ....................... 67 A. The Trump Campaign Was The Racketeering Enterprise ........................ 67 B. Alternatively, And At The Very Least, The Trump Campaign Was Part Of An Association-In-Fact Enterprise ............................................... 68 C. RICO Predicate Acts ................................................................................. 69 ii Case 1:18-cv-03501-JGK Document 217 Filed 01/18/19 Page 5 of 111 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page D. RICO Damages ......................................................................................... 74 COUNT III ........................................................................................................................ 74 RICO CONSPIRACY (18 U.S.C. § 1962(D)) (AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS) ................................................................................................... 74 COUNT IV........................................................................................................................ 75 WIRETAP ACT (18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-22) (AGAINST WIKILEAKS, ASSANGE, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN, AND THE TRUMP ASSOCIATES) ..................................................................................................... 75 COUNT V ......................................................................................................................... 76 STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT (18 U.S.C. §§ 2701-12) (AGAINST RUSSIA) ........................................................................................... 76 COUNT VI........................................................................................................................ 77 DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (17 U.S.C. § 1201 ET SEQ.) (AGAINST RUSSIA) ...............................................................................