| 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 an article 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." |
| 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. |
| 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](/2019/12/09/review-of-four-fisa-applications-and-other-aspects-of-the-fbis-crossfire-hurricane-investigation.html) 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 |
