16. Michael Flynn (Former National Security Advisor) – Resigned
16.1. Relationship with Russia
5/2016 – “It was extremely odd that he showed up in a tuxedo to the Russian government propaganda arm’s party,” one former Pentagon official told me.” - Source
11/2/2016 - Flynn, like Trump, seems to defend Putin from being called a killer. Source(Video)
11/21/2016 - Flynn seemingly has a relationship with Putin., was paid to speak in Russia Source
12/23/2016 - Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, partnered this year with a controversial technology company co-run by a man once convicted of trying to sell stolen biotech material to the Russian KGB espionage agency. Source
1/23/2017 - Trump adviser had five calls with Russian envoy on day of sanctions. Source
3/2/2017 – Flynn along with Kushner met with Russian envoy at Trump tower. Source
3/15/2017 - Flynn was being investigated by the FBI as recently as December. Source
3/24/2017 - Republicans and Democrats are demanding more information about connections between President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and several foreign entities – including the Kremlin-backed media outlet RT. Source
3/30/2017 - Flynn offers to testify in Exchange for Immunity. Source
3/30/2017 - Flynn’s lawyer put out a statement saying “He has a story to tell” …
3/31/2017 - US intelligence officials had serious concerns about Michael Flynn’s appointment as the White House national security adviser because of his history of contacts with Moscow and his encounter with a woman who had trusted access to Russian spy agency records. Source
4/1/2017 - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn initially failed to tell the government ethics office and the White House about recent speaking fees he received from three Russia-connected firms. Source
4/25/2017 - The Turkish man who gave Mike Flynn a $600,000 lobbying deal just before President Donald Trump picked him to be national security adviser has business ties to Russia. Source
4/25/2017 - President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser did not properly disclose payments from Russia and may have broken the law according to the House Oversight Committee. Source
4/27/2017 - House Oversight publishes documents related to Flynn. Source
5/8/2017 - Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News. Source
5/10/2017 - Federal prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records, as part of the ongoing probe of Russian meddling in last year’s election, according to people familiar with the matter. Source
5/16/2017 - Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Tuesday shot down the White House’s efforts to downplay the severity of her warnings about former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Claims Russians had real leverage over Flyn… Source
5/18/2017 - Conversations between Flynn and Kislyak accelerated after the Nov. 8 vote as the two discussed establishing a back channel for communication between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that could bypass the U.S. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations. Source
5/19/2017 - Russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with former Trump adviser retired Gen. Michael Flynn and believed they could use him to influence Donald Trump and his team. Source
5/22/2017 - Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, misled Pentagon investigators about his income from companies in Russia and contacts with officials there when he applied for a renewal of his top-secret security clearance last year. Source
5/22/2017 - The top two leaders of the Senate intelligence committee are leaving the door open to holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress after President Trump’s former national security adviser said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena. Source
5/30/2017 - Mr. Flynn will start to turn over records demanded by Senate investigators from two companies that he controlled, as well as some personal documents as soon as next week. Those records had been subpoenaed by the Senate. Source
6/7/2017 - during Michael Flynn’s brief White House tenure, the retired general advocated for the expansion of a relatively narrow military communications channel—one meant to keep U.S. and Russian pilots safe from one another—to see if the two nations could jointly fight the so-called Islamic State. Source
6/20/2017 - Senior officials across the government became convinced in January that the incoming national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had become vulnerable to Russian blackmail. At the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence — agencies responsible for keeping American secrets safe from foreign spies — career officials agreed that Mr. Flynn represented an urgent problem. Yet nearly every day for three weeks, the new C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo, sat in the Oval Office and briefed President Trump on the nation’s most sensitive intelligence — with Mr. Flynn listening. Source
16.2. Extensive look at Resignation
2/9/2017 – Officials claim Flynn discussed sanctions with Russia before Trump took office. Source
2/10/2017 – Story breaks that Flynn supposedly may have discussed sanctions with Russia. Source
2/13/2017 - 3PM EST Kellyane Conway states Trump has “Full confidence” in Flynn. Source
2/13/2017 - 10PM EST- Story breaks that The White House was warned by Yates in late Jan about Flynn communication with Russia and could be vulnerable to blackmail. Source
2/13/2017 - 11PM EST - Flynn resigns amidst Russia call Scandal. Source
2/14/2017 – Story breaks that Trump knew for weeks that Flynn lied and didn’t say anything. Source
2/16/2017 - Flynn denied discussing sanctions in FBI interview, however, "Senior Justice and intelligence officials who have reviewed the phone call thought Flynn’s statements to Kislyak were inappropriate, if not illegal, because he suggested that the Kremlin could expect a reprieve from the sanctions."Source
2/16/2017 - Flynn changed stories to FBI but no charges expected. Source
3/11/2017 - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn paid an ex-FBI agent at the center of one of Hillary Clinton’s email scandals as part of his lobbying work, newly filed financial disclosures show. Source
10/18/2016 - Ex-F.B.I. Official Acknowledges Role in New Clinton Email Controversy. Source.
3/16/2017 - Mike Flynn was paid by Russia’s top cybersecurity firm while he still had top-secret-level security clearance. Source
3/16/2017 - Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was paid more than $67,000 by Russian companies before the presidential election, according to documents released Thursday by a Democratic congressman. Source
3/24/2017 - National inquirer very oddly throws Flynn under the bus and claims he is a “Russian spy”. Source
3/24/2017 - Ex-CIA Director: Mike Flynn and Turkish Officials Discussed Removal of Erdogan Foe From U.S. Source
3/25/2017 - CNN analyst: Sources say Mike Flynn may have turned on Trump. Source *She has since emphasized this is not confirmed
11/17/2016 - Turkish Client Paid Trump Adviser Michael Flynn’s Company “Tens of Thousands” of Dollars for Lobbying. Source
1/18/2017 - Flynn attended a breakfast at Trump Hotel in Washington with Turkey FM Çavuşoğlu along with Nunes. Source
3/9/2017 - Donald Trump was unaware his former national security adviser Michael Flynn was working as a “foreign agent” when he gave him the job, according to his press secretary. Source
3/8/2017 – Flynn admits to being an “agent of a foreign government” and actively working as a lobbyist for Turkey. Source
3/9/2017 - Pence claims he was not aware and had only heard reports as they surfaced Thursday in interview with Fox. Source
3/10/2017 – Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent Pence a letter on November 18 requesting more information about the potential conflicts of interest posed by Flynn’s lobbying work. Source
3/10/2017 - The White House has confirmed the president’s transition team was informed before Inauguration Day that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn might need to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department. Source
3/11/2017 - Flynn Disclosed Working as a Foreign Agent to Trump Team Twice. Source
5/17/2017 - Michael T. Flynn told President Trump’s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign. Source
5/17/2017 - Flynn stopped military plan Pro-Putin Erdogan opposed after being paid as its foreign agent. Source
5/31/2017 - Flynn had worked on a pro-Erdogan documentary as part of his paid work as a foreign agent for Turkey. The Unseen film footage appears to represent the core of the Flynn Intel Group’s $530,000 work on behalf of TurkeySource