These are the key names that keep coming up in the Trump-Russia investigation

The Senate and House Intelligence Committees are conducting investigations (the latter of which has been called into question), and the FBI is in conducting its own probe to determine whethe Trump's team had any contact with Russian officials during the election, and whether the two sides coordinated to undermine Hillary Clinton's candidacy.

Here are the key names to follow in the Trump-Russia investigations:

Michael Flynn, Trump's former national security adviser

After some early criticism over his speech at a 2015 gala honoring state-sponsored news agency Russia Today in Moscow, former national security adviserMichael Flynn came under scrutiny after then-Attorney General Sally Yates warned the White House that he had "

Flynn resigned from his role as Trump's national security adviser on February 13, after reports emerged

Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman

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collaborated with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser

Kushner has volunteered to be interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee about his December meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and, later, with the

Carter Page, Trump's former foreign policy adviser

Carter Page, an early foreign policy adviser to Trump's campaign, traveled to Moscow in July 2016 to speak at the New Economic School.

There, he criticized US foreign policy and allegedly met with Igor Sechin,

Roger Stone, Trump's former political consultant

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone volunteered to be interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee after he admitted to speaking privatey with a hacker who has since been linked back to Russia.

The hacker, Guccifer 2.0, claimed responsibility for hacking into the DNC computer network last spring. Stone told Business Insider earlier this month that he exchanged emails with the shadowy figure.

Devin Nunes, House Intelligence Committee Chairman

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes is currently under fire for bypassing his committee members to brief the president on confidential intelligence reports he says came from a secret source on White House grounds.

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Adam Schiff, top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee

Sergey Kislyak, Russia's Ambassador to the US

Sergey Kislyak's communication with Trump campaign surrogates Michael Flynn and Jeff Sessions ultimately forced Flynn to resign and for Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into Trump's Russia ties.

Kislyak also met with Jared Kushner and Flynn at Trump Tower in December, and organized a meeting between Kushner and the CEO of a sanctioned Russian bank later that month.

Rex Tillerson, US Secretary of State

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson first met Putin back in 1999 while he was the CEO of Exxon Mobil.

Tillerson subsequently struck a $3.2 billion deal with Russia's state-owned oil company Rosneft and was awarded Russia's Order of Friendship medal by Putin in 2013.

With the Trump-Russia investigation underway, Tillerson's past dealings with Russian officials have come under scrutiny, particularly at his Senate confirmation hearings.

James Comey, FBI director

FBI Director James Comey confirmed during aon March 21 that the bureau is examining whether there was any coordination between Trump associates and Russia during the campaign.

Democrats roundly criticized Comey for the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.

These are the key names that keep coming up in the Trump-Russia investigation

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