was running this. he was holding that conference at donald trump's washington, d.c., hotel, of course, because, of course, he was. he had put over half $1 million into the pocket of trump's first national security adviser, but that guy got fired. so why not start putting money directly into donald trump's pocket through his hotel? that was may 2017. if may 2017 rings a bell for you as an important time, that's probably because just four days before that turkish lobbying conference got under way at trump's hotel, robert mueller was appointed special counsel to look into the russian attack on the 2016 election and any potential involvement by the trump campaign. not to mention all related matters. well, here's what we now know as of today. apparently that turkish businessman, the guy who paid mike flynn to lobby for the turkish government, after robert mueller was appointed, that guy's lawyers contacted mueller. contacted the special counsel's