Date Event
June 16, 2015 Donald J. Trump announces his candidacy for president of the United States.
October 21, 2015 Obama administration hires Stefan Halper to spy on the Trump campaign.
November 2015 Nellie Ohr goes to work for Fusion GPS to continue the secret plot against Donald Trump.
December 17, 2015 Peter Strzok asks if the outside the U.S. spies have been set up against Trump associates.
March 18, 2016 First suggestion that Trump could or should be impeached, more than a year before he is even nominated.
March 25, 2016 Ukrainian-American operative for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Alexandra Chalupa meets with top Ukrainian officials at Ukrainian Embassy in Washington D.C. to expose ties between Trump, top campaign aide Paul Manafort, and Russia.
March 30, 2016 Ukrainian-American operative for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Alexandra Chalupa briefs DNC staff on Russia ties to Manafort and Trump.
April 26, 2016 Reporter Michael Isikoff publishes story on Yahoo News about Manafort’s business dealings with a Russian oligarch.
April 27, 2016 The BBC publishes a video titled, Why Russians Love Donald Trump.
May 3, 2016 Ukrainian-American operative for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Alexandra Chalupa emails DNC that she’ll share sensitive info about Paul Manafort offline including a big Trump component that will hit in next few weeks.
May 4, 2016 Trump becomes the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party.
June 17, 2016 Washington Post publishes front page story linking Trump to Russia: Inside Trump’s Financial Ties to Russia and His Unusual Flattery of Vladimir Putin.
June 20, 2016 – December 13, 2016 The Christopher Steele Dossier.
July 15, 2016 Trump chooses Mike Pence as his running mate.
July 19, 2016 Trump becomes the nominee of the Republican Party.
July 31, 2016 FBI Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Peter Strzok opens Crossfire Hurricane, as instructed by FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
August 4, 2016 Ukrainian ambassador to U.S. writes op-ed against Trump.
September 2, 2016 FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok text that [President Obama] wants to know everything we’re doing.
September 23, 2016 Yahoo News publishes article by Michael Isikoff about Carter Page’s July 2016 trip to Moscow.
September 23, 2016 Michael Isikoff and Yahoo News report U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser [Carter Page] and Kremlin. It is later revealed that the FBI improperly wiretapped Page for a year.
October 1, 2016 The first Carter Page FISA warrant is submitted to the FISC
November 9, 2016 Trump is elected President of the United States.
November 30, 2016 The first known unmasking request
January 12, 2017 The application for the second FISA warrant is submitted to the FISC.
January 20, 2017 Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.
January 2017 The FBI interviews Igor Danchenko and learns that the entire RussiaGate scandal is bogus, and without evidence or merit.
March 2017 Igor Danchenko is hired by the FBI as a Confidential Human Source (CHS).
April 7, 2017 The application for the third FISA warrant is submitted to the FISC.
June 29, 2017 The application for the fourth FISA warrant is submitted to the FISC.
December 9, 2019 The Horowitz report is released, detailing the DOJ/FBI/Mueller FISA abuse.
December 18, 2019 The House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald J. Trump on two articles that charge Trump with abusing power in his dealings with Ukraine and obstructing Congress in their investigation.
January 15, 2020 The House of Representatives transmits the articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial.
January 16, 2020 Senate begins impeachment trial.
February 5, 2020 The Senate votes to acquit President Trump forever on each of the two charges.
January 13, 2021 The House of Representatives votes to impeach Donald J. Trump for incitement of insurrection.
January 26, 2021 The House of Representatives transmits new articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial.
February 9, 2021 Senate begins second impeachment trial.
February 13, 2021 The Senate votes to acquit President Trump forever on the lone charge.
May 12, 2023 Special counsel John Durham concludes FBI never should have launched full Trump-Russia probe

See also: Making of a myth: Timeline of media’s role in selling ‘Trump-Russia collusion’ tale