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Working on a timeline of events. If anyone cares to read, suggested edits welcome. A work in progress.
January 8, 2016 – The Obama administration announces an alliance with tech companies—including Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter—to block the recruitment of Americans to Islamic extremist groups.
April 3 — the world first heard a new term, “Panama Papers,” referring to millions of confidential documents that were leaked from a Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca. The Panama Papers reveal details of how some of the globe’s richest people funnel their assets into secretive shell companies set up in lightly regulated jurisdictions.
May 3 and 4 2016 Cruz, the. Kasich drop out, and Trump is presumptive nominee.
May 25 – An audit by the State Department Inspector General finds that Hillary Clinton violated directives from the department in her use of a private email server for government business during her time as Secretary of State. The Inspector General says that Clinton did not request approval to use the private server, and that such a request would have been denied because of security risks.
June 7 – The final major state primaries are held for the 2016 presidential election, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump emerging as the presumptive nominees for the Democratic and Republican races, respectively.
June 10 — President Obama formally endorses Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
June — Carter Page was invited to the symposium in by an unnamed doctoral student at Cambridge who knew Halper.
June 27 – Famous tarmac meeting between former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton.
July 1 — Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces that she will leave it up to the FBI to decide whether to bring charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as Secretary of State.
July 2 – Hillary interviewed by FBI regarding email matter.
July 6 — After FBI Director James Comey recommends against indicting Hillary Clinton, Attorney General Lynch announces that the federal investigation of Clinton will be closed with no charges.
July 8 – Despite the conclusions of the FBI and attorney general, the State Department reopens its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.
July 11-12 — The informant approached Carter Page at a Cambridge symposium on the U.S. presidential election in London.
July 18–21 – The Republican National convention is held in Cleveland, Ohio with Donald Trump accepting the nomination.
July 22 — Democratic National Committee emails began to be released by Wikileaks.
July 25–28 – The Democratic National Convention is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Hillary Clinton accepting the nominatio
July 31 — FBI officials have said they began investigating the Trump administration. Beginning of “Crossfire Hurricane”?
August – Text message between Page and Stryozk about the “insurance policy.”
September — Revealed that Clinton’s former State Department chief of staff and her attorney, Cheryl Mills; Clinton aide and lawyer Heather Samuelson; and John Bentel, who ran the State Department’s information resources management office when Clinton served as secretary were given immunity.
October ? — Anthony Wiener laptop seized, files found.
October 28 – FBI Director James Comey informs Congress that the bureau has chosen to reopen its investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server after discovering some emails that, while not from Clinton herself or withheld during the investigation, may be “pertinent” to the investigation.
November 6 – In a second letter to Congress, FBI Director James Comey announces that the newest investigation of emails related to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server had not changed the conclusion the FBI reached in July.
November 8 — Donald Trump is elected as the 45th President of the United States.
December 9 — The CIA tells U.S. legislators that the United States Intelligence Community has “high confidence” that Russia conducted operations during the 2016 presidential election to assist Donald Trump in winning the presidency.
December 19 — The Electoral College elects Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, with 304 electoral votes cast for Trump versus 227 for Hillary Clinton.
December 29 – The Obama administration imposes sanctions against the leaders of the Russian intelligence agency GRU and expels 35 Russian operatives from the United States in response to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
January 20, 2017– Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.
January 24 – FBI interviews Michael Flynn
February 13 – Michael Flynn reigns
March 4 — Trump posts a series of tweets where he accuses his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, of wiretapping him during the 2016 elections.
May 9 — James Comey, the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was dismissed by U.S. President Donald Trump.
May 17 – SC Robert Mueller begins investigation to examine Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, including exploring any links or coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government, “and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation”,and any other matters within the scope of 28 CFR 600.4 – Jurisdiction.