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Sat Apr 1, 2017, 08:50 PM Apr 2017

The only 4 things you need to know about Trump and Russia

CNN)Donald Trump's Russia problem is getting worse -- and more complicated.

Questions about his campaign's alleged ties to Moscow seem to proliferate by the hour. The mushroom cloud surrounding his baseless allegations that President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower is spreading faster. The investigations have become difficult to keep track of -- and those are just the ones we know about.

But the revelation on Thursday that fired former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, who also served as a top campaign aide, was offering his testimony to Congress in exchange for legal immunity signaled a potential turning point.

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That's the news. What follows is a reminder of how we got here. It's not a timeline, but four distinct points that, if properly digested, will help put the next big scoop into its proper context.

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Vladimir Putin has some deep-seated issues with the US -- and Hillary Clinton

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Hacks! Here's what the US intelligence community says actually happened

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Trump officials and Russia talked a lot. But about what?

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Trump accused Obama of wiretapping him. That never happened. But this did...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/russia-trump-explained/index.html

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