Revelations that former national security adviser Mike Flynn may have broken the law by earning or accepting money from foreign sources without getting prior approval from the Department of Defense puts him back in the center of the ongoing investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 elections.

To help understand the controversy around Flynn, here is a partial timeline illustrating some of the key points and dates that will figure into the investigations as they proceed.

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