1.Trump Asks Russia to find missing Hillary emails . "Russia, if your listening, I hope your're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." He later repeated the request to Russian hackers in a bird-brained tweet.
2.Trump fires Preet Bharara investigating Trump Tower Russia Connection. Bharara had been told after a meeting with Trump in November that he would stay on, and was investigating the Trump Tower.
3.Trump fires Sally Yates investigating Trump Russia Connection. Yates gave testimony about Russian interference. Yates warned the White House that Tramp could be black mailed by the Russians over Flynn.
4.Tramp pressures Rod Rosenstein for a fire Comey letter. Trump gave Sessions and Rosenstein a directive: to explain in writing the case against Comey.
5.Trump fires James Comey investigating Trump Russia Connection. Tramp said he already planned to fire Comey before he got a letter. "I faced great pressure because of Russia. That's taken off." "And in fact when I decided to just do it I said to myself, I said, “You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story,..." “I hope you can let this go,”
6.Trump asks Michael Rodgers to state publicly that they saw no evidence of Trump campaign collusion with Russia. Rogers was taken aback but tried to respectfully explain why he could not do so, the officials said. For one thing, he could not comment on an ongoing investigation. Rogers added that he would not talk about classified matters in public, he will discuss it in a closed hearing, out of public view.
7.Trump asks Daniel Coats to state publicly that they saw no evidence of Trump campaign collusion with Russia. Coats says he will discuss it in a closed hearing, out of public view.
8.Reality Leigh Winner leaks NSA Concluding Russia acted to harm Hillary Campaign. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that Russian election interference is “fairly well-established.” Top-Secret NSA Report Details Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election. The assessment concluded that the Kremlin ordered an extensive, multi-pronged propaganda effort “to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.”
9.Motive: Trump to return Russian spy Intel gathering Compounds. “Returning the compounds to Russian control is unjustifiable,” the senators, including Republican Lindsey Graham (S.C.). “It would both make it easier for the Kremlin to continue its intelligence operations in our own backyard and make it clear that they can avoid consequences for their actions. We strongly advise against it,” they added.
Sens. Amy Klobouchar (D-Minn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
10.The Flynn connection: Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor, discussed the Obama administration's sanctions with Russia's ambassador and "indicated that U.S. policy would change" under Trump. He then misled other officials about the discussions, and was subsequently fired weeks later when this went public.
11."There is circumstantial evidence of collusion. There is direct evidence, I think, of deception and that’s where we begin the investigation. There is certainly enough for us to conduct an investigation," he added. "The American people have a right to know and in order to defend ourselves, we need to know whether the circumstantial evidence of collusion and direct evidence of deception is indicative of more."
"Schiff is the ranking Democratic member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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