Interviews and Interrogations CRJ-573

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FLYNN KEY EVENT TIMELINE

Date Event 07/19/2016 Lisa Page texts Peter Strzok “Donald Trump is an enormous d*uche”

07/21/2016 Trump accepts the GOP nomination (General Flynn joined the Trump Campaign sometime in 2015)

07/25/2016

Lisa Page texts Peter Strzok: “I can’t imagine either one of you could talk about anything in detail meaningful enough to warrant recusal,” referring to Judge Contreras. Peter Strzok replies: “Really? Rudy, I’m in charge of espionage for the FBI. Any espionage FISA comes before him, what should he do? Given his friend oversees them?”

10/15/2016 John Carlin announced his resignation on 9/27/2016 - Formally left the NSD on 10/15/2016

10/20/2016 Strzok texts “…Trump is a fucking idiot…”

11/8/2016 Trump Election Day; Gen. Flynn publishes op-ed in The Hill about Gulen

11/17/2016 President-elect Trump names Michael Flynn as his National Security Advisor

11/30/2016 DOJ issues FARA to Flynn 12/22/2016 Flynn calls multiple countries re: UN Action 12/29/2017 Flynn returns call from Kislyak in DR 01/10/2017 Passing the Baton Ceremony Jan/2017 DOJ/FBI know no basis to prosecute Flynn for Logan Act

01/12/2017

David Ignatius -- Washington Post: "According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials. . . . "

01/22/2017

General Flynn is sworn in as National Security Advisor. The Wall Street Journal reports that US counterintelligence agents have been investigating Flynn’s communications with Russian officials

01/23/2017 WP reports, “There was no active investigation on Flynn & no evidence of wrong doing U.S. officials said.”

01/23/2017

Lisa Page texts Peter Strzok: “I can feel my heart beating harder, I’m so stressed about all the ways THIS has the potential to go fully off the rails.”

01/23/2017 Multiple FBI executives meet to plan/strategize interview of Flynn so as not to alert him to investigation and to keep him “relaxed”

01/24/2017 FBI Agents interview Flynn; report to multiple people they believed Flynn

01/24/2017

Peter Strzok texts Lisa Page: “Describe the feeling, nervousness, excitement knowing we had just heard him denying it all, knowing we’d have to pivot into asking. Puzzle round and round about it. Talk about the funny details. Remember what I said that made Andy laugh and ask if he really said that.”

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01/30/2017 DOJ has internal memo--still not produced--that clears Flynn of being an "agent of Russia."

02/13/2017 Gen. Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor

02/13/2017 DOJ FARA division David Laufman calls Covington to pressure FARA filing

02/14/2017

Comey meets with Trump who "hopes" he will “let the Flynn thing go.” Comey writes memo with obstruction claim. Strzok-Page text: “Also, is Andy good with F 302?” Strzok-Page text "Launch on f 302”

02/15/2017 McCabe approves Flynn 302 03/07/2017 Covington files FARA Registration

03/31/2017 First reports allege Flynn relationship with Svetlana Lokhova - instigated by Stefan Halper

04/05/2017

The Department of Justice issues subpoena on Flynn Intel Group Inc. re: FARA registration

05/09/2017 President Trump fires James Comey

05/09/2017 Page/Strzok text: “And we need to open the case we have been waiting on now while Andy is acting.”

05/10/2017 McCabe opens obstruction investigation on President Trump 05/10/2017 Senate Intel Committee Subpoenas Flynn

05/10/2017 Page/Strzok Text: “We need to lock in [redacted]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon.”

05/11/2017 Mary McCord - Acting Assistant Attorney General - DOJ’s National Security Division leaves DOJ

05/16/2017 NYT Publishes story based on Comey’s leaked memo 05/17/2017 Robert Mueller named Special Counsel 5/23/2017

Covington receives 2 subpoenas from SSCI to FIG Inc., FIG LLC, and a narrow subpoena to Gen. Flynn

5/31/2017 Covington receives 2 subpoenas from HPSCI to Gen. Flynn and FIG LLC dated 5/25/2017

Mid June Lisa Page leaves Special Counsel and DOJ. IG notifies Mueller of text messages.

07/26/2017 FBI raids Manafort's home; searches his wife in bed at gunpoint 07/27/2017 Peter Strzok demoted 07/28/2017 The Department of Justice collects Gen. Flynn's phone and computer 10/20/2017 Rosenstein Authorizes Mueller to Target Michael Flynn Jr. 11/16/2017 General Flynn interviews with the SCO 11/17/2017 General Flynn interviews with the SCO 11/19/2017 General Flynn interviews with the SCO 11/20/2017 General Flynn interviews with the SCO 11/21/2017 General Flynn interviews with the SCO 11/22/2017 Prosecution produces Flynn 302 (final one) to Covington

11/29/2017 Extensive meeting with SCO; late in day Flynn agrees to plead to one count and continue cooperating with US

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11/30/2017

Late afternoon, prosecutors make last minute telephonic disclosure of electronic communications showing a preference for one candidate General Flynn signs plea agreement to one 1001 count for making false statements to the FBI on 01/24/2017 and signs cooperation agreement

12/01/2017 Judge Contreras takes Flynn guilty plea at 10:30 a.m.

12/02/2017 Press breaks news of Strzok Page texts, affair, and anti-Trump malice; OIG issues rare statement re investigation

12/04/2017 CNN reveals that Strzok changed wording of Comey’s Clinton speech to avoid statutory language of gross negligence

12/06/2017 Bruce Ohr demoted at DOJ

12/07/2017

News breaks that Bruce Ohr was in contact with Fusion GPS while FISA application was submitted and granted; Judge Contreras recused

12/07/2017 Judge Sullivan assigned case 02/12/2017 First Brady order entered (Dkt. 10) 12/20/2017 James Baker - FBI General Counsel - demoted and reassigned

12/23/2017 Andrew McCabe - Deputy FBI Director - announced retirement effective March 17, 2018

01/08/2018 Bruce Ohr - demoted a second time. 01/23/2018 James Rybicki - Chief of Staff to FBI Director James Comey resigns 01/29/2018 Andrew McCabe forced to Resign Acting Director Position

02/02/2018 Josh Campbell - Special Assistant to James Comey – Announced his resignation

02/08/2018 Michael Kortan FBI Asst. Director Public Affairs - Resigned - Effective 02/15/2018

02/07/2018 David Laufman - DOJ National Security Division, Deputy Asst. – announces resignation

02/09/2018 Rachel Brand - Associate Attorney General - Resigned 02/16/2018 Judge Sullivan enters Second Brady order (see Dkt. 20)

03/13/2018 Prosecution’s first Brady production includes first actual Strzok-Page texts by link to publicly available information

03/16/2018 Andrew McCabe - Deputy FBI Director - Fired

3/30/2018 Greg Bower - FBI Assistant Director for the Office of Congressional Affairs - Resigned

05/04/2018 James Baker - Senior-Most Legal Counsel at FBI- Resigned 8/10/2018 Peter Strzok Fired

12/05/2018 Bill Priestap - Assistant Director - Head of FBI Counterintelligence – announced retirement

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