Special counsel Robert Mueller following a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Capitol in Washington on June 21, 2017, .
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A Timeline of Michael Flynn’s Role in the Russia Probe
How Trump’s former national security adviser became caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia has reached deep into the White House with the guilty plea of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who is cooperating in the widening probe.
For months, Mueller’s investigators have been piecing together details of in-person meetings, phone calls, emails and other communication between members of Trump’s inner circle and the Russian government, both during the campaign and after Trump’s election victory.