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Line 498: − ===September 2016=== − Using a series of intermediaries, the DNC and Hillary for America (Clinton campaign) pald a research firm to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump and his ties with Russia. FusionGPS (fusion) is the trade name of a Washington, D.C.-based company that conducts research primarily on behalf of corporate clients. Marc Elias, chair of Perkins Coie's election law practice who represented the DNC and the Clinton campaign, hired Fusion in Spring 2016 and paid Fusion $1 million to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump. Fusion subsequently hired former British Secret Intelligence Service officer Christopher Steeie for $160,000 to obtain information on candidate Trump via a Russia-based primary subsource and numerous sub-sub-sources network who were purported to be current and former Russian government officials. The information Steele collected was reported back through a series of memos to Fusion and Perkins Coie. Steele produced sixteen − memos, which comprise what has become known as the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2028, pp. 111-112.</ref> − − By the end of September 2016 - in addition to Fusion and Perkins Coie - Steele provided the information in the ''Steele dossier'' to the [[DOJ]], [[Department of State]],<ref>"Former State Department official [redacted] has stated publicly that, over a period of approximately two years, he provided over "100 of Steele's reports with the Russia experts at the State Department," including Assistant Secretary of State [[Victoria Nuland]]. In Septemberer 2016, Winer was personally briefed by Steele on the dossier, and shared a two-page summary with Nuland, who ensured that Secretary of State [[John Kerry]] was made aware of Steele's information. Additionally, [redacted] received from Clinton associate [redacted] information collected by an individual named [redacted] [[Cody Shearer|Shearer]] which, "alleged the Russians had compromising information on Trump of a sexual and financial nature." Winer shared [redacted]r information with Steele, who provided it to the FBI. [redacted], "Devin Nunes is investigating me. Here's the truth.," ''Washington Post'', Feb. 8, 2018; Susan B. Glaser, "Victoria Nuland: The Full Transcript." ''POLITICO'', Feb. 5, 2018; Appendix G. The Committee believes that additional State Department officials were aware of Steele's efforts in 2016." Footnote 4, p. 113, HPSCI ''Russian Active Measures in the 2016 Election'', March 22, 2018.</ref> numerous press outlets, and the FBI. − − Marc Elias of Perkins Coie recalled personally being briefed by Christopher Steele on his findings during a late September or early October meeting and formed the impression that "the Fusion folks thought it was important that Mr. Steele hear from me directly that I was aware of his work and was appreciative."<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, p. 90.</ref> − ---- − The Obama DOJ's illegal FISA warrant on Carter Page was built on an echo chamber of Hillary Clinton's opposition research among journalists, law enforcement and the intelligence community - all reinforcing each other with the manufactured allegations of the ''Steele dossier''. Michael Isikoff’s September 23, 2016 ''Yahoo News'' article, provided by Christopher Steele, was used to corroborate the Obama DOJ's evidence to the FISA court, which likewise was provided by Christopher Steele. − ---- − *'''2 September.''' Lisa Page wrote about preparing talking points for Dir. James Comey because “[[POTUS|potus]] wants to know everything we’re doing.”<ref>https://theblacksphere.net/2018/02/fbi-text-message-potus-wants-know-everything/</ref> The text raises questions about the extent of Obama’s personal involvement in on ongoing FBI investigation.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-texts-obama-wants-know-everything-we-re-doing-n845531</ref> − − *FBI releases documents in the terminated Hillary Clinton email investigation under the [[Freedom of Information Act]].<ref>https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-documents-in-hillary-clinton-e-mail-investigation</ref><ref>http://wordpress.redirectingat.com/?id=725X1342&site=theconservativetreehouse.wordpress.com&xs=1&isjs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scribd.com%2Fdoc%2F322860635&xguid=&xuuid=588a6ed7067ae07312dcf83a11d9c228&xsessid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconservativetreehouse.com%2F2018%2F02%2F08%2Fmike-is-out-michael-p-kortan-quits-fbi%2F&pref=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2F&xtz=420</ref> The release includes interviews (FBI form 302). Some details from the July 2, 2016 (302) interview with Hillary Clinton is intentionally withheld.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/322860731/Clinton-FBI-Emails-File-2?ad_group=725X700959X044dae4a90d5eb36212ea25ed72daf15&campaign=Skimbit%2C+Ltd.&content=10079&irgwc=1&keyword=ft750noi&medium=affiliate&source=impactradius</ref> − − *Stephan Halper initiates unsolicited contact with George Papadopoulos by email. Halper offers Papadopoulos $3,000 to write a policy paper on issues related to Turkey, [[Cyprus]], [[Israel]] and the Leviathan natural gas field. Halper offers to pay for Papadopoulos’s flight and a three-night stay in London. − − *'''8 September.''' Congress discovers that Paul Combetta of Platte River Networks who wiped Hillary Clinton's email server with BleachBit was granted immunity by the DOJ.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2016/09/22/how-reddit-ruined-the-hillary-clinton-campaign/ </ref> − − *'''10 September.''' Strzok texts Lisa Page: {{Quotebox|“there are VERY inflammatory things in the 302s we didn’t turn over to [Congress]…that are going to come out in FOIA and absolutely inflames Congress. I’m sure Jim [Baker] and Trisha [Trisha Beth Anderson] and Dave [Laufmen] and Mike [Kortan] are all considering how things like that play out as they talk amongst themselves.”}} − − *"302s" is a reference to Hillary Clinton's July 2, 2016 FBI interview withheld from Congress; Strzok is admitting that a group at the highest levels of the FBI including himself, James Baker, Trisha Anderson, Lisa Page, and others conspired to withhold information from the September 2, 2016 release of Hillary Clinton's FBI interview from Congress and the American people. − − *'''13 September.''' Paul Combetta of Platte River Networks appears before a Congressional oversight committee and invokes the [[Fifth Amendment]] privilege against self-incrimination, refusing to testify.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-23/hillary-emailgate-how-one-twitter-user-proved-intent-fbi-missed-after-months-investi </ref> − − *'''14 September.''' Office of the Director of National Intelligence announces that no Intelligence Community-wide damage assessment into Secretary Clinton’s email practices would be conducted in violation of Intelligence Community Directive ICD 732. ODNI ignores all subsequent [[FOIA]] requests. − − *'''16 September.''' CNN reports CIA Dir. John Brennan voted for the presidential candidate of the [[Communist party]] - an organization dedicated to the violent overthrow of the [[United States]] government<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/841</ref> - in the immediate aftermath of the [[Vietnam war]] before he joined CIA.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote/</ref> − − *'''21 September.''' ''Daily Mail'' publishes interview with 15 year old and her father alleging she had an online sexual relationship with [[Anthony Weiner]] beginning 23 January 2016. FBI New York Field office, led by Preet Bhahara, issues Weiner [[subpoena]] for his electronic devices shortly after. − − *'''22 September.''' In motion to dismiss class action lawsuit brought by Sanders supporters, DNC lawyers argue plaintiffs knew that the DNC was biased toward Clinton over Sanders when they donated, so therefore how could they have been duped if they already knew.<ref>http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/dnc-files-scathing-rebuttal-wants-fraud-lawsuit-filed-by-bernie-backers-thrown-out/</ref> − − *'''23 September.''' Michael Isikoff of ''Yahoo News'' publishes an article which Christopher Steele leaked to Isikoff and several other media outlets at the direction of [[FusionGPS]], which focusing on Carter Page's July 2016 trip to Moscow. The law firm of Perkins Coie hosted a meeting with Steele and FusionGPS where the matter was discussed. The ''Yahoo News'' article was cited as if it were independent corroboration of the ''Steele dossier'' in the DOJ's October 2016 FISA application. − − *Congress was briefed on the contents of the ''Steele dossier'' by the FBI, not Steele or Fusion GPS, according to a Fusion GPS-sourced story by Michael Isikoff for Yahoo! News.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> − − *'''26 September.''' Carter Page resigns from Trump campaign. − − *Obama administration files mandatory quarterly compliance report with the FISA court with key omissions.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/349542716/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order-President-Obama-Spying-on-Political-Enemies?irgwc=1&content=10079&campaign=Skimbit%2C%20Ltd.&ad_group=725X700959X1f9f116a5537f6a9a28958a63ea180de&keyword=ft750noi&source=impactradius&medium=affiliate</ref> − − *DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) begins setting up Dir. [[Mike Rogers]] of the [[NSA]] to take the fall for the DOJ-NSD unlawful conduct. − − *'''27 September.''' Head of DOJ National Security Division, John P Carlin resigns in the wake of the NSA compliance officer's investigation of the FISA Act 702(17) (About Queries) violations, i.e. illegal domestic spying and data collection on US persons by the Obasma administration,<ref>https://youtu.be/CIJGH9RS2Fc</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-justice-departments-national-security-division-to-step-down/2016/09/27/59cb95c4-84e6-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.639ad0793c2d</ref> and replaced by DOJ-NSD Principle Deputy Asst. Attorney General [[Mary McCord (DOJ)|Mary McCord]]. It was specifically John Carlin’s responsibility to ensure a valid legal basis for the FISA application submitted to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). Carlin's resignation takes effect in a few weeks. − ---- − *'''28 September.''' On Capital Hill for a day of testimony, FBI Dir. James Comey [[perjury|perjurors]] himself before the House Governmental Affairs Oversight Committee. In response to a question from Rep. Ratcliffe, Comey testified his decision not to recommend prosecution of Hillary Clinton came after her 2 July interview with the FBI. Subsequent internal FBI documents reveal Comey decided against recommending prosecution more than six weeks earlier, while the investigation was still in progress.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/01/james-comey-may-have-committed-perjury-chaffetz-says</ref> − {{Quotebox|Mr. RATCLIFFE. ...If there was ever any possibility that something Hillary Clinton might have said on July 2 could have possibly resulted in criminal charges that might possibly have resulted in a trial against her relating to this classified information, well, then, to use your words, Director, I don’t think that there is any reasonable prosecutor out there who would have allowed two immunized witnesses central to the prosecution proving the case against her to sit in the room with the interview, the FBI interview, of the subject of that investigation. <br><br>And if I heard you earlier today, in your long career, I heard you say that you have never had that circumstance. Is that—did I hear you correctly? <br><br>Mr. COMEY. That is correct, but—— <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Okay. And I never have either, and I have never met a prosecutor that has ever had that. <br><br>So, to me, the only way that an interview takes place with the two central witnesses and the subject of the investigation is if the decision has already been made that all three people in that room are not going to be charged. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. Can I respond? <br><br>Mr. RATCLIFFE. Yes. Please. <br><br>Mr. COMEY. I know in our political lives sometimes people casually accuse each other of being dishonest, but if colleagues of ours believe I am lying about when I made this decision, please urge them to contact me privately so we can have a conversation about this. <br><br>All I can do is to tell you again, the decision was made after that, because I didn’t know what was going to happen in that interview...<ref> − [https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjudiciary.house.gov%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F114-91_22125.pdf%3Ffref%3Dgc%26dti%3D158028727907294&h=ATPoKhbdjYgraEMzI5tXw7b9qJ5bNXpaJDgnxKgy4gSp4G5hewfV31hRR6DB-dyJ3_3-C6gk-G63C486UxMct8CG6_6O6z11jpVIhVL7onBqxxDXLMtXf8rxrEGqeBh0Tjvh5QHOCgw OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 page 88 PDF]</ref>}}That same day in response to questions from the House Judiciary Committee about an ongoing [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation, Comey said "our standard is we do not confirm or deny the existence of investigations." − ---- − *Andrew McCabe becomes aware Anthony Weiner's attorney has turned over Clinton/Abedin emails to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), [[Preet Bharara]]. The emails in question appear to be an "insurance policy" Weiner held as leverage to force Hillary Clinton to bail him out should he get into trouble. − − *McCabe informs Strzok and does nothing for more than three weeks. − − *Strzok to Lisa Page text message: {{quotebox|“Got called up to Andy [McCabe]’s earlier ...hundreds of thousands of emails turned over by [[Anthony Weiner|Weiner]]’s atty to [DOJ Southern District of New York] sdny, includes a ton of material from spouse [ [[Huma Abedin]] ]. Sending team up [to New York] tomorrow to review... this will neverend...”<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/senior-fbi-agents-knew-of-new-clinton-emails-from-anthony-wieners-laptop-weeks-before-congress-was-informed-report/article/2647765</ref>}} − ---- − *'''30 September.''' Perkins Coie, the surrogate law firm acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC, makes a payment of $144,643.46 to FusionGPS. − − *Inspector General presentation alleged [[Awan investigation|Imran Awan]] and his family members were logging into the servers of members who had previously fired him, funneling data off the network, and that evidence “suggests steps are being taken to conceal their activity.” Shortly after the IG report came out in September 2016, the Caucus server — identified as prime evidence in the cybersecurity case — physically disappeared. No official body has ever publicly provided any information about the case.<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/20/ig-pakistani-mystery-man-imran-awan/</ref> − − *'''September.''' Christopher Steele admitted to Assoc. Dep. Attorney General [[Bruce Ohr]] he "was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president," according to Ohr and FBI documents. In the same period Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, was employed by FusionGPS to assist in writing the ''Steele dossier''. Bruce Ohr's relationship with Steele and FusionGPS was concealed by the DOJ and FBI from the FISA court. − − *[[Oleg Deripaska]] was approached by three FBI agents in New York; at least one agent had worked with Deripaska on the aborted effort to rescue Robert Levinson. The agents posited a theory that [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump's campaign]] was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election. {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent Adam Waldman. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch </ref>}} − − Show quoted text − Show quoted text
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*[[Oleg Deripaska]] was approached by three FBI agents in New York; at least one agent had worked with Deripaska on the aborted effort to rescue Robert Levinson. The agents posited a theory that [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump's campaign]] was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election. {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent Adam Waldman. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch </ref>}}
*[[Oleg Deripaska]] was approached by three FBI agents in New York; at least one agent had worked with Deripaska on the aborted effort to rescue Robert Levinson. The agents posited a theory that [[2016 Trump campaign|Trump's campaign]] was secretly colluding with Russia to hijack the U.S. election. {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent Adam Waldman. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch </ref>}}
===September 2016===
===September 2016===
Using a series of intermediaries, the DNC and Hillary for America (Clinton campaign) pald a research firm to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump and his ties with Russia. FusionGPS (fusion) is the trade name of a Washington, D.C.-based company that conducts research primarily on behalf of corporate clients. Marc Elias, chair of Perkins Coie's election law practice who represented the DNC and the Clinton campaign, hired Fusion in Spring 2016 and paid Fusion $1 million to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump. Fusion subsequently hired former British Secret Intelligence Service officer Christopher Steeie for $160,000 to obtain information on candidate Trump via a Russia-based primary subsource and numerous sub-sub-sources network who were purported to be current and former Russian government officials. The information Steele collected was reported back through a series of memos to Fusion and Perkins Coie. Steele produced sixteen
Using a series of intermediaries, the DNC and Hillary for America (Clinton campaign) pald a research firm to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump and his ties with Russia. FusionGPS (fusion) is the trade name of a Washington, D.C.-based company that conducts research primarily on behalf of corporate clients. Marc Elias, chair of Perkins Coie's election law practice who represented the DNC and the Clinton campaign, hired Fusion in Spring 2016 and paid Fusion $1 million to conduct opposition research on candidate Trump. Fusion subsequently hired former British Secret Intelligence Service officer Christopher Steeie for $160,000 to obtain information on candidate Trump via a Russia-based primary subsource and numerous sub-sub-sources network who were purported to be current and former Russian government officials. The information Steele collected was reported back through a series of memos to Fusion and Perkins Coie. Steele produced sixteen