on february the 14th, sean spicer says trump asked flynn to resign because of an erosion of trust. also, the same day, february 14th, valentine's day this year, according to james comey's june testimony, that's the day that president trump asked james comey not to investigate michael flynn. february 16th, you'll remember that now famous press conference, president trump discusses flynn's resignation and says, quote, flynn is a fine person. what he did wasn't wrong. he did not give flynn a direct i have -- directive to talk to russia. march 31st of this year, donald trump says flynn should ask for immunity and calls the russia investigation a witch hunt. may 9th of this year, president trump fired james comey as fbi director. little -- about eight or nine days later, may 18th, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein named robert mueller the special counsel. jump ahead to last friday,