Added to the Flynn investigation timeline!
Notably the White House tried the same thing on 2/15.
**Full chronology**
Please forgive abbreviations - saves characters:
T = Trump, Cn = Clinton, Co = Comey, O = Obama, F = Flynn, M = Manafort, S = Sessions, Pc = Pence, Pg = Page, Pd = Podesta, Pu = Putin, G2 = Guccifer 2.0 (front for GRU), WL = Wikileaks, Rus = Russia, Russians etc, Ukr = Ukraine, Ukrainians etc, Y = Yates, Kk = Kislyak, Ba = Bannon, Pr = Priebus, McG = McGahn, Ku = Kushner
**Date**|**Event**
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**2016**|
12/29|O administration announces further sanctions on Rus, incl expulsion of spies.
Later, 12/29|F, on holiday, speaks to Kk five times, discusses sanctions, **says T will look favourably on no retaliation**.
12/30|Pu says no retaliatory sanctions. T tweets "Great move on delay (by V. Pu) - I always knew he was very smart!"
**2017**|
1/3|O administration signs off on rules allowing NSA to share raw SIGINT with other agencies without masking US names.
1/5|O briefed on Intel Community Ass’mt, plus synopsis of Steele Dossier. ICA concludes Rus hacked both DNC and RNC, released only DNC data, thru G2 and DCLeaks to WL and directly to public, conducted “influence campaign” (bots, trolls etc), accessed electoral thought not vote-tallying systems. Aim was to (1) damage US confidence in own democracy, (2) harm Cn and (3) assist T.
1/6|T briefed on ICA report, plus Steele Dossier synopsis.
Later, 1/6|Unclassified ICA report released.
~1/11|Erik Prince meets “close associate of Pu” in Seychelles (arranged by Zayed, F, Ku, Ba - above) to create back channel b/w US and Rus.
Before 1/20|Further efforts by O admin to widely share intel on T-Rus.
1/20|Inauguration
1/24|FBI i’views F. F lies that did not discuss sanctions with Kk in calls.
1/25|FBI sends Y “read-out” of F interview.
1/26|Acting A-G Y calls, then meets, McG, WH Counsel. Tells him that intel shows F’s story to be untrue and so he is “compromised” by Rus.
Later, 1/26|McG “immediately” briefs T, Ba, Pr.
AM, 1/27|McG meets Y, asks why it matters if one WH staffer lies to another. McG asks if can see underlying intel.
1/27|T signs “travel ban” (version 1).
PM, 1/27|T has dinner with Co, asks Co for “loyalty”.
“Late Jan”|Cohen (T’s lawyer) meets Artamenko and Sater re “peace plan” for Ukr and lifting sanctions on Rus. Cohen agrees to take plan to F.
PM, 1/30 |Y calls McG to say FBI agreed WH can see intel on F.
PM, 1/30|Y instructs DOJ staff not to defend T travel ban.
9.15pm, 1/30|Y fired.
~2/7|Cohen takes plan to F and “leaves it on desk” (“a week before F resigns”)
2/14|F resigns.
2/15|**Pr asks FBI / intel figures to call media to “knock down” NYT story of contacts b/w T assocs / Rus spies. Co and McCabe refuse, Burr, Nunes and CIA dir Pompeo do so.**
2/15|T meets with Co, asks him to end F i’gation.
“After F conversation”|T calls Co, asks when FBI will say that T not under investigation.
3/9|T attempts to call US Att’y Bharara, who tells S’ assistant can’t return call.
3/10|T / S ask Bharara (and 46 other US Attorneys) to resign. He refuses.
3/11|Bharara fired.
3/20|**Co testifies publicly re existence of Russia enquiry. T personally asks DNI and head of NSA to say no collusion exists**
5/8|T decides to fire Co, requests memos from S and Rosenstein.
5/9|T fires Co.
5/10|T meets Lavrov, Kk in Oval Office. Leaks highly classified intel.
5/17|Spec Prosecutor appointed.
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