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:*In defending Steele's credibility to the FISA court the FBI had posited an innocuous explanation for the September 23, 2016 Yahoo News article, based on the assumption that Steele had told the FBI the truth about his press contacts. The FBI then vouched for him twice more, using the same rationale, in subsequent renewal applications filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in April and June 2017. However, public reports, court filings, and information obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee indicate that Steele not only provided dossier information to the FBI, but also to numerous media organizations prior to the end of his relationship with the FBI in October 2016. In Steele's sworn court filings in litigation in London, he admitted that he {{quotebox|"gave off the record briefings to a small number of journalists about the pre-election memoranda [i.e., the dossier in late summer/autumn 2016] In another sworn filing in that case, Steele·further stated that journalists from "the New York Times, the Washington Post, Yahoo News, the New Yorker, and CNN" were "briefed at the end of September 2016 by [Steele] and Fusion at Fusion's instruction." The filing further states that Steele "subsequently participated in further meetings at Fusion's instruction with Fusion and the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Yahoo News, which took place mid-October 2016." According to these court filings, "the briefings involved the disclosure of limited intelligence regarding indications of Russian interference in the US election process and the possible co-ordination of members of Trump's campaign team and Russian government officials."}} In his interview with the Committee, Glenn Simpson of FusionGPS confirmed this account by Steele and his company as filed in the British court. The first of these filings was pUblicly reported in the U.S. media in April 2017, yet the FBI did not subsequently disclose to the FISC this evidence that would suggest that Steele had lied to the FBI. Instead the application still relied on his credibility prior to the October media incident. The FBI received similar information from a Justice Department official, [[Bruce Ohr]], who maintained contacts with Simpson and Steele about their dossier work, and whose wife [[Nellie Ohr]] also worked for Fusion GPS on the Russia project.

:*In defending Steele's credibility to the FISA court the FBI had posited an innocuous explanation for the September 23, 2016 Yahoo News article, based on the assumption that Steele had told the FBI the truth about his press contacts. The FBI then vouched for him twice more, using the same rationale, in subsequent renewal applications filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in April and June 2017. However, public reports, court filings, and information obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee indicate that Steele not only provided dossier information to the FBI, but also to numerous media organizations prior to the end of his relationship with the FBI in October 2016. In Steele's sworn court filings in litigation in London, he admitted that he {{quotebox|"gave off the record briefings to a small number of journalists about the pre-election memoranda [i.e., the dossier in late summer/autumn 2016] In another sworn filing in that case, Steele·further stated that journalists from "the New York Times, the Washington Post, Yahoo News, the New Yorker, and CNN" were "briefed at the end of September 2016 by [Steele] and Fusion at Fusion's instruction." The filing further states that Steele "subsequently participated in further meetings at Fusion's instruction with Fusion and the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Yahoo News, which took place mid-October 2016." According to these court filings, "the briefings involved the disclosure of limited intelligence regarding indications of Russian interference in the US election process and the possible co-ordination of members of Trump's campaign team and Russian government officials."}} In his interview with the Committee, Glenn Simpson of FusionGPS confirmed this account by Steele and his company as filed in the British court. The first of these filings was pUblicly reported in the U.S. media in April 2017, yet the FBI did not subsequently disclose to the FISC this evidence that would suggest that Steele had lied to the FBI. Instead the application still relied on his credibility prior to the October media incident. The FBI received similar information from a Justice Department official, [[Bruce Ohr]], who maintained contacts with Simpson and Steele about their dossier work, and whose wife [[Nellie Ohr]] also worked for Fusion GPS on the Russia project.

*David Ignatius of the ''Washington Post'' publishes illegal leak of unmasked details of [[Michael Flynn]]'s phone call with the Russian Ambassador obtained by FISA warrant. "What did Flynn say, and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions?" Ignatius asked. "The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about 'disputes' with the United States."<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-in-trump-russia-probe-was-it-all-about-the-logan-act/article/2642434</ref> [[Susan Rice]] “unmasked” Flynn’s name and it was leaked to Ignatius.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/326331-how-obamas-white-house-weaponized-the-media-against#.WNvlVh1HfDU.twitter</ref> The leaking of the unmasked identity of a US citizen's name gathered in a foreign intelligence operation is a [[criminal]] and [[civil rights]] violation.<ref>https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/3216</ref>  

*David Ignatius of the ''Washington Post'' publishes illegal leak of unmasked details of [[Michael Flynn]]'s phone call with the Russian Ambassador obtained by FISA warrant. "What did Flynn say, and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions?" Ignatius asked. "The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about 'disputes' with the United States."<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-in-trump-russia-probe-was-it-all-about-the-logan-act/article/2642434</ref> Susan Rice “unmasked” Flynn’s name and it was leaked to Ignatius.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/326331-how-obamas-white-house-weaponized-the-media-against#.WNvlVh1HfDU.twitter</ref> The leaking of the unmasked identity of a US citizen's name gathered in a foreign intelligence operation is a [[criminal]] and [[civil rights]] violation.<ref>https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/3216</ref>  

*Inspector General (IG) [[Michael Horowitz]] begins review of Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Dir. and others for [[conflict of interest]] in the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary Clinton email probe]] and whether McCabe should have been recused.<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-01-12%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20et%20al%20-%20Review%20of%20Clinton%20Investigation%20Process.pdf</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/doj-oig-investigation.jpg</ref> McCabe, who assisted in writing the bogus Benghazi talking points for Susan Rice and oversaw the whitewashing of Hillary's email investigation, is married to a candidate for the Virginia state Senate who took $700,000 from [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s PAC while the FBI’s investigation of Clinton's emails was ongoing. McAuliffe simultaneously with Clinton was under FBI investigation for pay-to-play schemes involving a Chinese businessman.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref> McAuliffe ran [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] which was marred by a foreign influence peddling scheme known as [[Chinagate]]. McAuliffe was [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary's 2008 campaign manager]].  

*Inspector General (IG) [[Michael Horowitz]] begins review of Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Dir. and others for [[conflict of interest]] in the [[Hillary Clinton email scandal|Hillary Clinton email probe]] and whether McCabe should have been recused.<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-01-12%20DOJ%20OIG%20to%20CEG%20et%20al%20-%20Review%20of%20Clinton%20Investigation%20Process.pdf</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/doj-oig-investigation.jpg</ref> McCabe, who assisted in writing the bogus Benghazi talking points for Susan Rice and oversaw the whitewashing of Hillary's email investigation, is married to a candidate for the Virginia state Senate who took $700,000 from [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s PAC while the FBI’s investigation of Clinton's emails was ongoing. McAuliffe simultaneously with Clinton was under FBI investigation for pay-to-play schemes involving a Chinese businessman.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1294661.html</ref> McAuliffe ran [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996 presidential campaign]] which was marred by a foreign influence peddling scheme known as [[Chinagate]]. McAuliffe was [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary's 2008 campaign manager]].  

:*Byron York states that the Bruce Ohr emails raise a clear question of whether Christopher Steele was working, directly or indirectly, with [[Oleg Deripaska]] at the same time Steele was compiling the dossier — and whether the Justice Department, along with Simpson and Fusion GPS, was part of the project. Given Deripaska's place in the Russian power structure, what that means in the big picture is unclear.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/emails-show-2016-links-among-steele-ohr-simpson-with-russian-oligarch-in-background</ref>

:*Byron York states that the Bruce Ohr emails raise a clear question of whether Christopher Steele was working, directly or indirectly, with [[Oleg Deripaska]] at the same time Steele was compiling the dossier — and whether the Justice Department, along with Simpson and Fusion GPS, was part of the project. Given Deripaska's place in the Russian power structure, what that means in the big picture is unclear.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/emails-show-2016-links-among-steele-ohr-simpson-with-russian-oligarch-in-background</ref>

*Fifteen minutes after inauguration, Susan Rice emails herself with non-contemporaneous notes of January 5, 2017 meeting.

*Fifteen minutes after inauguration, Susan Rice emails herself with non-contemporaneous CYA memo covering January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting.

*'''21 January.''' [[Steve Bannon]] calls Carter Page,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/carter-page-steve-bannon-fbi-communications-398992</ref> bringing Bannon, and all Bannon's contacts and communications, under FISA surveillance under the "two hop" rule. Bannon at this time holds the position of White House Strategist.

*'''21 January.''' [[Steve Bannon]] calls Carter Page,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/08/carter-page-steve-bannon-fbi-communications-398992</ref> bringing Bannon, and all Bannon's contacts and communications, under FISA surveillance under the "two hop" rule. Bannon at this time holds the position of White House Strategist.