Changes

Russiagate was no longer part of Hillary Clinton's political campaign directed at Trump, it was now a [[disinformation]] operation aimed at the American public, as the pre-election media coverage resonated more fully with the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in the open. The [[mainstream media]] now implied all the innuendo published about Trump and [[Putin]] was really true—there’s a document proving it. What the press corps neglected to add was that they’d been reporting the same Clinton talking points and innuendo from the same opposition research since before the election, and were now parroting the same unsubstantiated “evidence” to prove it was true.

Russiagate was no longer part of Hillary Clinton's political campaign directed at Trump, it was now a [[disinformation]] operation aimed at the American public, as the pre-election media coverage resonated more fully with the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' in the open. The [[mainstream media]] now implied all the innuendo published about Trump and [[Putin]] was really true—there’s a document proving it. What the press corps neglected to add was that they’d been reporting the same Clinton talking points and innuendo from the same opposition research since before the election, and were now parroting the same unsubstantiated “evidence” to prove it was true.

On Tuesday January 10, 2017, CNN stated President-elect Trump was briefed on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''.  An hour later Buzzfeed published the dossier. The next day, Wednesday January 11, Trump said he was not briefed on the dossier.  NBC confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed.  Fox News confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. Later that night Wednesday January 11, DNI [[James Clapper]] issued a press statement noting that he had just now briefed President-elect Trump on the dossier moments before. Clapper's press release stated, “The [[IC]] has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable," yet Clapper's intelligence community used that same dossier with no other evidence to obtain a FISA warrant for direct surveillance of the Trump campaign three months earlier. The fact the "evidence" originated as a political smear campaign from the Clinton campaign and [[Democratic party]] was never told to the [[FISA court]].

On Tuesday January 10, 2017, CNN stated President-elect Trump was briefed on the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''.  An hour later Buzzfeed published the dossier. The next day, Wednesday January 11, Trump said he was not briefed on the dossier.  NBC confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed.  Fox News confirmed Trump wasn’t briefed. Later that night Wednesday January 11, DNI [[James Clapper]] issued a press statement noting that he had only just now briefed President-elect Trump on the dossier moments before. Clapper's press release stated, “The [[IC]] has not made any judgment that the information in this document is reliable," yet Clapper's intelligence community used the same dossier, with no other evidence, to obtain a FISA warrant for surveillance on the Trump campaign three months earlier. The fact the "evidence" originated as a political smear campaign from the Clinton campaign and [[Democratic party]] was never told to the [[FISA court]].

==Russian sanctions==

==Russian sanctions==