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===Steele dossier===

===Steele dossier===

In early June 2016 FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele to begin working on the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref><!--???*'''June.''' Civilian(?) From the industry probe(?) into the (2015?) hack finds servers in two Moscow banks (what does this have to do with probe of DNC servers?) (Alfa and Sperbank) directly pinging one server in Trump Tower.--> On June 9, 2016 Rinat Akhmetshin<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> in the employ of FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze,<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]]

In early June 2016 FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele to begin working on the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref><!--???*'''June.''' Civilian(?) From the industry probe(?) into the (2015?) hack finds servers in two Moscow banks (what does this have to do with probe of DNC servers?) (Alfa and Sperbank) directly pinging one server in Trump Tower.--> On June 9, 2016 Rinat Akhmetshin<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> in the employ of FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze,<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]]

at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee memo. http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/ </ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee' memo. http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/ </ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

Throughout July, August and September of 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story of the Obama administration's operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>

Throughout July, August and September of 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story of the Obama administration's operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>