Instant Alert: Here's a timeline of Trump and his team's efforts to curtail the Russia investigation

MANAGE SUBSCRIPTIONS   |   UNSUBSCRIBE   |   VIEW ONLINE   Here's a timeline of Trump and his team's efforts to curtail the Russia investigation by Michal Kranz on Feb 3, 2018, 10:08 AM Advertisement Over the past year, indications that President Donald Trump may have obstructed or attempted to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation has steadily grown.  The recent news that Trump attempted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller sometime in June is but the latest in a steady stream of revelations since January of last year that suggest that the president sought to control — and often curtail — the scope and direction of the investigation.  The next few weeks may prove to be vital to Mueller's probe — the special counsel is looking to interview both Trump and his former chief strategist Steve Bannon about the details of former FBI director James Comey's firing in May and former White House chief strategist Michael Flynn's contacts within the administration. Here's a timeline of actions Trump has taken so far, and their surrounding events, that his critics use to make the case he obstructed justice, along with incriminating events committed by those he reportedly sought to protect:  SEE ALSO: FBI agent Peter Strzok didn't want to join Mueller's team because he didn't think he would find anything 'big' on Trump and Russia December 22, 2016: Flynn asked then-Russian ambassador to the US Sergei Kislyak to delay a vote on a United National Security Council resolution. The UN vote was on a resolution condemning Israel for its continued construction of settlements in the West Bank. The vote went ahead and passed, however, as the US abstaining from the vote. Source: Business Insider December 29, 2016: Flynn spoke again with Kislyak, this time asking Russia to refrain from retaliating against sanctions the US imposed that day. Kislyak told Flynn that Russia had complied with that request soon after their conversation. Source: Business Insider January 24, 2017: Flynn lied to the FBI when they interviewed him. Flynn sat down with FBI investigators without a lawyer, and didn't inform anyone in the White House about the interview. The White House only found out about the meeting when former acting attorney general Sally Yates informed officials two days later. Source: Business Insider See the rest of the story at Business Insider   Share the latest business news with your network:    Email sent to: nguyenvu1187.love5@blogger.com   |   Manage your email preferences   |   Unsubscribe Terms of Service   |   Privacy Policy Business Insider. 150 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011