Robert Mueller's Russia-Trump probe is big and complicated, but these are the threads tying it together
By Matt BevanSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Donald Trump's campaign for President and its connections to Russia has become so broad and complex that people following it closely are running out of red string and space on their giant conspiracy walls.
But all conspiracy walls have focal points. Spots where heaps of red string all tie together into a big wad. Significant moments which changed the course of the alleged conspiracy, and investigation.
Here are eight of the big ones to keep an eye on when Mr Mueller's report is released.......
....Big questions
Most investigations into political scandals begin with a central event, and go on to investigate whether public officials engaged in a cover-up.
The Mueller investigation has approached this backwards, by providing significant evidence of a cover-up without much information of what Trump and his associates are trying to hide.
Several Trump associates are set to serve prison time for lying to investigators, but it's still unclear whether anything they were trying to hide amounts to a conspiracy against the United States.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-23/key-moments-in-muellers-trump-russia-investigation/10846424
