Thread by @shelbyholliday

**Timeline thread**

A quick look at the events surrounding Manafort's AUGUST 2, 2016 meeting with Konstantin Kilimnik, a man the gov't assessed to have had ties to Russian intelligence in 2016. Manafort's plea deal has now been voided bc of lies he told regarding that meeting.

JULY 27, 2016: Trump says he has "nothing to do with Putin" and says it's probably not Russia hacking Clinton's emails. Then, he calls on Russia to find Clinton's missing emails:

**worth watching the full clip

JULY 28, 2016: Rudy Giuliani tells a radio show host that "the Russians have those emails, they have had them for some time."

Again, worth listening to the clip: mikeonline.com/former-mayor-r…

JULY 29, 2016: Kilimnik emails Manafort a cryptic message about "Black Caviar" and says that he had an important message to deliver in person. Manafort responds and suggests they meet Tuesday (Aug 2).

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

JULY 31, 2016: the FBI initiates counterintelligence investigation apnews.com/7efeb46349e440…

Also that day, Stone emailed Jerome Corsi and said that Ted Malloch should go see WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange justice.gov/file/1124706/d…

AUGUST 2, 2016: Jerome Corsi emails Stone, appears to have insight into WikiLeaks' plans: “Word is friend in embassy (Assange) plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I’m back (in August). 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.”

justice.gov/file/1124706/d…

AUGUST 2, 2016: Manafort, Gates & Kilimnik meet @ Grand Havana Room, which happens to be in Kushner's building.

They allegedly discuss a Ukrainian Peace Plan (which many believe means "lifting Russian sanctions") & Manafort hands over private polling data documentcloud.org/documents/5731…

AUGUST 4, 2016: Roger Stone emails Sam Nunberg and says "I dined with my new pal Julian Assange last nite," referring to August 3rd. (He later tells WSJ the email was a joke.) wsj.com/articles/roger…

(The email was a reply to Nunberg sending polling data that had Trump losing)

AUGUST 5, 2016: Stone writes a Breitbart column: "Dear Hillary: DNC Hack Solved, So Now Stop Blaming Russia."

In the following days, Stone makes multiple claims of contact with Julian Assange. We've documented some of them here: wsj.com/video/mueller-…

AUGUST 9, 2016: Julian Assange, in an interview, floats the conspiracy theory that Seth Rich leaked DNC emails...


Roger Stone tweets "Whistleblower Julian Assange at @wikileaks confirms Seth Rich ties to DNC heist by @HillaryClinton . Eat it"

AUGUST 19, 2016: Manafort steps down from the Trump campaign after various publications report on his ties to pro-Russian Ukrainians
apnews.com/20cfc75c82eb4a…

Two days later, Stone tweets: "Trust me, it will soon the Podesta's time in the barrel. #CrookedHillary"