reporter: turns out sessions had communicated with sergei kislyak, the russian ambassador to the united states. it s good to be with you. reporter: march 2017, sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation. they said since i had involvement with the campaign i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. reporter: may 9th, 2017 a startling development. a bombshell at the white house. reporter: trump fired fbi director james comey, the man charged with overseeing the investigation. what s more, trump told nbc news he was considering the russia investigation when he was deciding whether to fire comey. i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. reporter: may 17th, rod rosenstein addresses mueller as the special counsel and with each passing month, the
march, 201. sessions recused himself from overseeing the investigation. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. may 9, 2017, a startling development. a bombshell at the white house. trump fired fbi director james comb y, the man charged with overseeing the investigation. what s more, trump told nbc news he was considering the russia investigation when he was deciding whether to fire comey. i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a mad made-up story. may 17, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announces the appointment of robert mueller as the special counsel. and with each passing month, the investigation moved closer to trump associates. october, 2017, paul manafort, and his business partner, and former trump deputy campaign
each passing month, the investigation moves closer to trump associates. october 2017, paul manafort and his business partner and former trump deputy campaign chairman rick gates are indicted on charges of conspiracy and money laundering. gates later pleaded guilty to two counts and became a cooperating witness in the investigation. manafort was tried, convicted and sentenced to a total of 7.5 years in prison. trouble for trump reached his innermost circle. donald trump has the next president of the united states of america. december 2017 former national security advisor michael flynn pleads guilty to lying to the fbi regarding his conversations with him and agrees to cooperate with the mueller probe. i feel badly for general flynn. he led a strong life and i feel very badly. february 2018, mueller
should not be involved in any campaign investigation. reporter: may 9th, 2017, a startling development, a bombshell at the white house says trump fired fbi director james comey. the man charged with overseeing the investigation. once more, trump told nbc news he was considering the russia investigation when he was deciding whether to fire comey. i said, you know this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. reporter: may 17th, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announces the appointment of robert mueller as the special counsel. with each passing month,th month, it moved closer to his associates, chain chairman rick gates and paul manafort are indicted on conspiracy and money laundering, gates later pled guilty to two counts and became
wanted that data to go to two pro-russian ukrainian oligarchs who owed him money. how concerning is that to you? it s deeply concerning. this is why we have to make sure that bob mueller investigation is able to continue to proceed in a fashion where he can continue to collect the facts and connect that with the applicable law and then eventually present those conclusions to the department of justice, to congress and to the american people. with every passing day, every passing week, every passing month, the circumstances around the 2016 campaign and the possible conspiracy that seems like it may have existed between russian spies and some high level members of the trump campaign to sell out our democracy grows stronger. that s deeply troubling for the republic, for the democracy and for a significant number of american people. giuliani tells reuters, the president won t answer anymore