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| | FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe instructed FBI lawyer [[Lisa Page]] and FBI public affairs chief [[Michael Kortan]] to work with ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Devlin Barrett on reports about sizeable campaign donations from Democrats to McCabe's wife, Jill, during her campaign for the Virginia state senate. McCabe subsequently denied he authorized the leaks, and in March 2018 was fired for lying to investigators when Lisa Page's text messages proved otherwise.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/05/new-details-about-basis-for-andrew-mccabes-firing-from-fbi-revealed.html</ref> In the interim, McCabe served as Acting FBI Director while Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Robert Mueller to head up the Russia collusion hoax investigation. | | FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe instructed FBI lawyer [[Lisa Page]] and FBI public affairs chief [[Michael Kortan]] to work with ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Devlin Barrett on reports about sizeable campaign donations from Democrats to McCabe's wife, Jill, during her campaign for the Virginia state senate. McCabe subsequently denied he authorized the leaks, and in March 2018 was fired for lying to investigators when Lisa Page's text messages proved otherwise.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/05/new-details-about-basis-for-andrew-mccabes-firing-from-fbi-revealed.html</ref> In the interim, McCabe served as Acting FBI Director while Deputy Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Robert Mueller to head up the Russia collusion hoax investigation. |
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| − | *'''October.''' FBI offers to pay Christopher Steele for work on the ''Steele dossier''. | + | *'''October.''' FBI offers to pay [[Christopher Steele]] for work on the ''Steele dossier''. |
| | <!--*Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalizes a $285 million loan with Deutsche Bank as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square. In total, the refinancing deal reportedly results in Kushner’s company receiving $74 million more than it had paid for the property in 2015, when Kushner had negotiated the purchase with Lev Leviev, an [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]]-born Israeli citizen who is one of the world’s wealthiest men. Deutsche Bank was negotiating to settle New York state regulators’ charges that it had aided a possible Russian money-laundering scheme. Eventually, the state cases were settled in December and January.--> | | <!--*Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalizes a $285 million loan with Deutsche Bank as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square. In total, the refinancing deal reportedly results in Kushner’s company receiving $74 million more than it had paid for the property in 2015, when Kushner had negotiated the purchase with Lev Leviev, an [[Uzbekistan|Uzbek]]-born Israeli citizen who is one of the world’s wealthiest men. Deutsche Bank was negotiating to settle New York state regulators’ charges that it had aided a possible Russian money-laundering scheme. Eventually, the state cases were settled in December and January.--> |
| | *'''3 October.''' Story breaks of Hillary Clinton's suggestion to murder Julian Assange.<ref>Hillary Clinton on Assange "Can't we just drone this guy" -- report https://t.co/S7tPrl2QCZ https://t.co/qy2EQBa48y</ref> | | *'''3 October.''' Story breaks of Hillary Clinton's suggestion to murder Julian Assange.<ref>Hillary Clinton on Assange "Can't we just drone this guy" -- report https://t.co/S7tPrl2QCZ https://t.co/qy2EQBa48y</ref> |
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| | *The ''Steele dossier'' was compiled on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC and formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. Steele was paid $168,000 by the Clinton campaign and DNC. Neither the initial application nor any renewals disclose or reference the Clinton campaign or DNC in funding the dossier, '''<u>although the origins of the dossier was known to the DOJ and FBI at the time. The FISA application does not mention that the FBI authorized payment to Steele for the same information'''</u> [''emphasis in original''].<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hpsci_memo_key_points.pdf</ref> | | *The ''Steele dossier'' was compiled on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC and formed an essential part of the Carter Page FISA application. Steele was paid $168,000 by the Clinton campaign and DNC. Neither the initial application nor any renewals disclose or reference the Clinton campaign or DNC in funding the dossier, '''<u>although the origins of the dossier was known to the DOJ and FBI at the time. The FISA application does not mention that the FBI authorized payment to Steele for the same information'''</u> [''emphasis in original''].<ref>https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hpsci_memo_key_points.pdf</ref> |
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| − | *The judge who authorized the warrant remains unidentified. Some speculate it may have been FBI counterintelligence investigator Peter Strzok's personal friend, Rudy Contreras. | + | *The judge who authorized the warrant remains unidentified. Some speculate it may have been FBI counterintelligence investigator [[Peter Strzok]]'s personal friend, Rudy Contreras. |
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| | *Someone from SDNY calls “Main Justice” (the DOJ National Security Division in DC) and notifies DOJ-NSD Deputy Asst. Attorney General George Toscas of the Huma Abedin/Hillary Clinton emails via the “weiner investigation”. Toscas calls Strzok cause he “wanted to ensure information got to Andy [McCabe]". Strzok told George Toscas “we know”. | | *Someone from SDNY calls “Main Justice” (the DOJ National Security Division in DC) and notifies DOJ-NSD Deputy Asst. Attorney General George Toscas of the Huma Abedin/Hillary Clinton emails via the “weiner investigation”. Toscas calls Strzok cause he “wanted to ensure information got to Andy [McCabe]". Strzok told George Toscas “we know”. |