2016 United States presidential election

=== Other countries ===
{{see also|Foreign electoral intervention}}

Special Council [[Robert Mueller]] also investigated the Trump campaign's alleged ties to [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Turkey]], [[Qatar]], [[Israel]], and [[China]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Joshua |last=Keating |author-link=Joshua Keating |title=It's Not Just a "Russia" Investigation Anymore |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/mueller-investigation-spreads-to-qatar-israel-uae-china-turkey.html |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Report: Saudis, UAE funnelled millions to Trump 2016 campaign |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/report-saudis-uae-funnelled-millions-trump-2016-campaign-200225162254067.html |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=February 25, 2020}}</ref> According to ''The Times of Israel'', Trump's longtime confidant [[Roger Stone]] "was in contact with one or more apparently well-connected Israelis at the height of the 2016 US presidential campaign, one of whom warned Stone that Trump was 'going to be defeated unless we intervene' and promised 'we have critical intell[sic].{{' "}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Redacted FBI document hints at Israeli efforts to help Trump in 2016 campaign |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/redacted-fbi-document-hints-at-israeli-efforts-to-help-trump-in-2016-campaign/ |work=[[The Times of Israel]] |date= April 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Roger Stone search warrants reveal new clues — and mysteries — about 2016 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/28/roger-stone-search-warrants-assange-219908 |work=[[Politico]] |date=April 28, 2020}}</ref>

The Justice Department accused [[George Nader (businessman)|George Nader]] of providing $3.5 million in illicit campaign donations to Hillary Clinton before the elections and to Trump after he won the elections. According to ''The New York Times'', this was an attempt by the government of [[United Arab Emirates]] to influence the election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/us/politics/indictment-uae-influence.html|title=Indictment Details How Emirates Sought Influence in 2016 Campaign |date=December 5, 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref>

In December 2018, a Ukrainian court ruled that prosecutors in Ukraine had meddled in the 2016 election by releasing damaging information on Trump campaign chairman [[Paul Manafort]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/world/europe/ukraine-paul-manafort.html |title=Ukraine Court Rules Manafort Disclosure Caused 'Meddling' in U.S. Election |last=Kramaer |first=Andrew E. |date=November 12, 2018 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref>

''Voice of America'' reported in April 2020 that "U.S. intelligence agencies concluded the [[Chinese cyberwarfare|Chinese hackers]] meddled in both the 2016 and 2018 elections."<ref>{{cite news |title=China, Caught Meddling in Past Two US Elections, Claims 'Not Interested' in 2020 Vote |url=https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/china-caught-meddling-past-two-us-elections-claims-not-interested-2020-vote |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>

In July 2021, the US federal prosecutors accused Trump's former adviser [[Tom Barrack]] for being an unregistered foreign lobbying agent for the United Arab Emirates during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-barrack-trump-ally-uae_n_60f71c96e4b0158a5edaad5e?dp|title=Trump Ally Tom Barrack Charged With Secretly Working For UAE|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=[[HuffPost]]|date=July 20, 2021}}</ref> In 2022, Barrack was found not guilty on all charges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Tom |title=Trump ally Tom Barrack acquitted of foreign agent charges |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-11-04/trump-ally-tom-barrack-acquitted-of-foreign-agent-charges |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |agency=The Associated Press |date=November 4, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>