re: Active timeline of events that lead to Mueller and WHAT to expect now that it's over

March 2016
House auditors noticed some purchases for computer equipment were broken into multiple parts below $500, and left off the House inventory. Some of this equipment was delivered to the Awan brothers' house.[3]

February 2, 2017
The Sergeant-at-Arms briefed top staffers for members of Congress that the U.S. Capitol Police was conducting an active criminal investigation into the actions of five IT House employees — four men and a woman — who were being investigated allegations of procurement scam and violating the House IT network rules. Subsequently, it was also revealed to the general public that there was an ongoing investigation. These five employees were barred from the computer networks at the House of Representatives.

Later Awan, his wife, Hina Alvi, his two brothers and his friend were named as the five IT staffers being investigated. Given the suspected violations, most of the congress members terminated Awan's services, Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz from Florida, however, continued to employ Awan in an advisory role.

March 5, 2017
The FBI and Capitol Police stopped Awan's wife, Hina Alvi, at Washington Dulles International Airport. They did not make an arrest and allowed her and her three children to get on the flight to Lahore.

July 24 /25, 2017
The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police arrested Awan at Dulles Airport. He had previously purchased a ticket to Lahore, Pakistan, with a return flight in January 2018. Awan was arraigned the following day and pleaded not guilty to one count of bank fraud. He was ordered to surrender his passports, abide by a curfew, and wear a GPS device. Wasserman Schultz fired Awan on July 25 after learning about his arrest.

August 17, 2017
A federal grand jury, convened in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, indicted Awan and his wife on four counts, including conspiracy, making false statements, bank fraud, and unlawful monetary transactions. They were charged with conspiring to obtain home equity loans for $165,000 and $120,000 from the Wright Patman Congressional Federal Credit Union in Oakton, Virginia and transferring the money to Pakistan. In January 2017 the couple had wired $283,000 from Alvi's credit union checking account to two individuals in Faisalabad. The indictment made no mention of an investigation related to procurement theft.

September 1, 2017
Awan pleaded not guilty to all of these charges