*'''June 2016''' Fusion GPS hires Christopher Steele.
*'''June 2016''' Fusion GPS hires Christopher Steele.
*'''June 20''' Steele completes the first of seventeen sections of the dossier.
*'''June 20''' Steele completes the first of seventeen sections of the dossier.
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*'''July 14''' Media accuses Trump campaign of revising Ukraine plank in the Republican platform in the first major attack focusing on alleged Russian ties.
*'''July 19''' Second section of dossier completed.
*'''July 19''' Second section of dossier completed.
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*'''Aug. 30''' House Democratic leaders ask FBI to investigate Trump's Russia ties.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/30/politics/democrats-fbi-request-donald-trump-russian-hacking-investigation/index.html House Dems to FBI: Probe alleged Trump-Russian ties on hacking]</ref>
*'''July 26 to Sept. 14''' Dossier sections 3 to 13 completed
*'''July 26 to Sept. 14''' Dossier sections 3 to 13 completed
*'''Oct. 3 to Oct. 19''' Sections 14 to 17 completed.
*'''Oct. 3 to Oct. 19''' Sections 14 to 17 completed.