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What [[Nixon]] contemplated - misuse of the FBI and CIA against domestic opponents - but failed to accomplish yet was nevertheless forced from office, Obama achieved beyond anyone's wildest expectations. The post-[[Watergate]] reform [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] to supervise [[Executive Branch]] power was systematically and wantonly circumvented to harass political opponents in an attempt to dictate the outcome of the [[2016 presidential election]], and [[blackmail]] the winner with illegally gathered evidence should the Obama coterie of conspirators fail.

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To paraphrase [[Adam Schiff]], the American people are too stupid to understand. According to the FISA court, Obama's illegal domestic surveillance, FISA abuse, and intimidation of journalists critical of Obama has been occurring since at least 2011.<ref>A September 21, 2010 internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at “global intelligence” company Stratfor claims Obama’s then-White House adviser [[John Brennan]] is targeting journalists. https://web.archive.org/web/20120925054433/http://wikileaks.org:80/gifiles/docs/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html ~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/05/22/wikileaks-stratfor-e-mail-brennan-behind-witch-hunt-of-journalists-reporting-leaks/ "Brennan is behind the [[witch hunt]]s of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources,” writes one Stratfor official to another. The email continues: “Note — '''There is specific tasker from the [White House] to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda''' (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode…” "The Wonder Boys” refers to the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA). Credit:[[Sharyl Attkisson]]. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref>

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To paraphrase [[Adam Schiff]], the American people are too stupid to understand. According to the FISA court, Obama's illegal domestic surveillance, FISA abuse, and intimidation of journalists critical of Obama has been occurring since at least 2011.<ref>A September 21, 2010 internal email entitled “Obama Leak Investigations” at “global intelligence” company Stratfor claims Obama’s then-White House adviser [[John Brennan]] is targeting journalists. https://web.archive.org/web/20120925054433/http://wikileaks.org:80/gifiles/docs/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html https://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2013/05/22/wikileaks-stratfor-e-mail-brennan-behind-witch-hunt-of-journalists-reporting-leaks/ "Brennan is behind the [[witch hunt]]s of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources,” writes one Stratfor official to another. The email continues: “Note — '''There is specific tasker from the [White House] to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda''' (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode…” "The Wonder Boys” refers to the [[National Security Agency]] (NSA). Credit:[[Sharyl Attkisson]]. https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1210665_obama-leak-investigations-internal-use-only-pls-do-not.html</ref>

==2016 election year==

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*'''4 January.''' '''Wednesday.''' '''''Intelligence Community Assessment'' (ICA) report completed''', both classified and public versions. Some earlier reports refer to it as the ''Joint Assessment Report'' or JAR. Congressional investigators later found portions of Brennan's ICA "did not employ proper analytic tradecraft" and "deviated from established CIA practice."<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', HPSCI, March 22, 2018, pp. 46-47.</ref> Brennan attached two pages of sexual innuendo from the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' to the assessment.

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*'''5 January.''' '''Thursday Morning.''' FBI Director James Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the DNC refused multiple requests to examine their servers after allegations of hacking.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313555-comey-fbi-did-request-access-to-hacked-dnc-servers</ref> As of August 2018, the FBI still never examined the servers to see if any hacking indeed took place. DNC continues to deny FBI ever made any requests.<ref>https://youtu.be/m9mHQJkuSpA</ref> Trump tweets, "The Democratic National Committee would not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia.”<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/817166353266262016?lang=en</ref> Trump sends follow-up tweet, "So how and why are they so sure about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers? What is going on?”<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/817168818539757568?lang=en</ref> Comey additionally lied to Congress in a classified setting about the true origins of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://youtu.be/D44gRhEvxr8</ref>

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*'''5 January.''' '''Thursday Morning.''' FBI Director James Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the DNC refused multiple requests to examine their servers after allegations of hacking.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/313555-comey-fbi-did-request-access-to-hacked-dnc-servers</ref> As of August 2018, the FBI still never examined the servers to see if any hacking indeed took place. DNC continues to deny FBI ever made any requests.<ref>https://youtu.be/m9mHQJkuSpA</ref> Trump tweets, "The Democratic National Committee would not allow the FBI to study or see its computer info after it was supposedly hacked by Russia.”<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/817166353266262016?lang=en</ref> Trump sends follow-up tweet, "So how and why are they so sure about hacking if they never even requested an examination of the computer servers? What is going on?”<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/817168818539757568?lang=en</ref> Comey additionally lied to Congress in a classified setting about the true origins of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://youtu.be/D44gRhEvxr8</ref>

*'''Afternoon.''' '''Oval Office meeting to frame the President-elect.''' Obama, Biden, Rice, Yates, Clapper, Brennan and Comey in attendance. Rice sent a CYA email to herself about a secret [[Oval Office]] meeting where the ''[[Clinton-Steele dossier]]'' is discussed;<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/152579d488a740b2a8d39fbe2f34506d</ref><ref>https://apnews.com/a82309544e9e465fa2ad4f83e5a48540</ref> (the email was written and sent to herself 15 minutes after Trump was sworn in on Jan. 20):<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-graham-uncover-unusual-email-sent-susan-rice-herself-president-trump-s </ref> {{Quotebox|"On January 5, following a briefing by [[IC]] leadership on Russian hacking during the 2016 Presidential election, [[President Obama]] had a brief follow-on conversation with FBI Director [[Jim Comey]] and Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]] in the Oval Office. [[Vice President Biden]] and I were also present. President Obama began the conversation by stressing his continued commitment to ensuring that every aspect of this issue is handled by the Intelligence and law enforcement communities "by the book". The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia. [Redacted section] The President asked Comey to inform him if anything changes in the next few weeks that should affect how we share classified information with the incoming team. Comey said he would."<ref>https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-02-08%20CEG%20LG%20to%20Rice%20(Russia%20Investigation%20Email).pdf</ref>}}At the conclusion of the briefing, Obama asks Sally Yates and James Comey to remain. Together with Susan Rice, this is where the “by the book” CYA comment comes into play. The 90-day surveillance period under the FISA warrant would have had just a bit over two weeks left to run — it was set to expire just as Trump was to take office. (Reporting suggests that there may also have been a FISA warrant on Paul Manafort around this time.) The Obama administration was therefore confronting a deadline if the FISA warrant was to be renewed while Obama was still in power. The officials in the meeting would need to figure out how the investigation could continue despite the fact that its central focus, Trump, was about to be sworn in as president. Rice’s “by the book” bunkum is transparent: Obama officials claimed to adhere to a book that forbade consultations between political leaders and investigators. But here they were consulting. So Rice tried to cover the tracks in her email: She revises history such that the consultation morphs into a mere friendly reminder that Obama wanted everything done by the book.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/susan-rice-email-president-obama-russia-investigation/</ref>

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*'''11 January.''' Trump responds to Obama IC bosses smears on Twitter: {{quotebox|"I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with [[Fake news|FAKE NEWS]]. A sorry state! … Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to ‘leak’ into the public. One last shot at me. Are we living in [[Nazi Germany]]?”<ref>http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-intel-20170111-story.html</ref>}} Trump states that he was not briefed on the full contents the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' or its origins. NBC News independently verifies Trump's account,<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/moscow-rejects-report-donald-trump-ties-total-hoax-n705586</ref> as does FOX News.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/11/trump-was-not-given-any-summary-russian-claims-about-compromising-info-source-says.html</ref>

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*DNI Clapper issues press release stating that he only now, not days earlier on January 6, discussed the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' with Trump.<ref>~~http~~://archive.is/Y2fbA</ref>

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*DNI Clapper issues press release stating that he only now, not days earlier on January 6, discussed the ''Clinton-Steele dossier'' with Trump.<ref>https://archive.is/Y2fbA</ref>

*[[Jake Tapper]] of CNN reports that '''government sources confirm it was the wrong "Michael Cohen" in Prague''',<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/jaketapper/status/819187673961287681</ref> further debunking the ''Steele dossier''. Quick observers note the wrong 'Michael Cohen' in the ''Steele dossier'' could only be the result of a mistaken and illegal FISA 702 search query.<ref>https://youtu.be/BTZjoxiEpkQ</ref> Cohen becomes specifically targeted - if the 'Michael Cohen in Prague''' narrative unravels, the entire anti-Trump operation and [[FISA abuse]] scandal are exposed.

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*The UK ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' reported that "the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus." ''The Guardian'' further stated unconfirmed reports claim a warrant was obtained in October.<ref>~~http~~://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/guardian-fbi-asked-warrant-monitor-trump-aides</ref>

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*The UK ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' reported that "the FBI applied for a warrant from the foreign intelligence surveillance (Fisa) court over the summer in order to monitor four members of the Trump team suspected of irregular contacts with Russian officials. The Fisa court turned down the application asking FBI counter-intelligence investigators to narrow its focus." ''The Guardian'' further stated unconfirmed reports claim a warrant was obtained in October.<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/01/guardian-fbi-asked-warrant-monitor-trump-aides</ref>

[[File:Schindler Jan 12.png|right|350px|thumb|Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA headquarters. The 20 Committee originated with British counter-intelligence during World War II, known as the XX Committee, or Double Cross Committee. It used the "Double Cross system" of compromising foreign agents and getting them to feed false information back home (hence the objective of a counter-intelligence investigation ''is not'' to make arrests or bring indictments). Participation by Americans today represents joint American-British counter-intelligence against a common enemy throughout the Cold War all the way back to Hitler. Trump was viewed as a threat to the [[NATO]] alliance for demanding NATO allies shoulder their share of the cost burden.]]

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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.

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*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>

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*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>https://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>

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*[[Adam Lovinger]] was was working in the [[Office of Net Assessment (ONA)]] as a strategist. His position within the specialized think tank required a top-level security clearance. Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA’s use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy." Lovinger wrote an October 2016 email to ONA’s new director, James H. Baker (DOD) who had recently been appointed by Obama’s Defense Secretary. From Lovinger’s October 2016 email: {{quotebox|“the moral hazard associated with the Washington Headquarters Services contracting with [[Stefan Halper]].”<ref>https://www.vetr.com/posts/5000196251-Pentagon-Whistleblower-Demoted-After-Exposing-Millions-Paid-To-FBI-Spy-Halper-Clinton</ref><ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/search/?q=stefan+halper&sort=date_desc</ref>}} Halper {{quotebox|"was being used by [[Net Assessment]] to go out essentially and engage with foreign government officials. As a contractor that’s totally illegal.”<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2018/08/16/stefan-halper-pentagon-outrageous/</ref>}} Halper had been awarded $1.06 million in contracts through five payments beginning in 2012.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/keyword_search/halper%252C%2520stefan</ref> Lovinger was invited by General Michael Flynn to serve as a Senior Director on the White House Security Council, along with [[Ezra Cohen-Watnick]]. On that same day, James H. Baker (DOD) filed four separate charges against Lovinger.<ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Lovinger-v.-DOD-complaint-01914-2.pdf</ref>

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*[[Adam Lovinger]] was was working in the [[Office of Net Assessment (ONA)]] as a strategist. His position within the specialized think tank required a top-level security clearance. Lovinger had grown increasingly concerned over the ONA’s use of outside contractors, due in part to the “problem of [[cronyism]]” and a growing “revolving door policy." Lovinger wrote an October 2016 email to ONA’s new director, James H. Baker (DOD) who had recently been appointed by Obama’s Defense Secretary. From Lovinger’s October 2016 email: {{quotebox|“the moral hazard associated with the Washington Headquarters Services contracting with [[Stefan Halper]].”<ref>https://www.vetr.com/posts/5000196251-Pentagon-Whistleblower-Demoted-After-Exposing-Millions-Paid-To-FBI-Spy-Halper-Clinton</ref><ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/search/?q=stefan+halper&sort=date_desc</ref>}} Halper {{quotebox|"was being used by [[Net Assessment]] to go out essentially and engage with foreign government officials. As a contractor that’s totally illegal.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/08/16/stefan-halper-pentagon-outrageous/</ref>}} Halper had been awarded $1.06 million in contracts through five payments beginning in 2012.<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/#/keyword_search/halper%252C%2520stefan</ref> Lovinger was invited by General Michael Flynn to serve as a Senior Director on the White House Security Council, along with [[Ezra Cohen-Watnick]]. On that same day, James H. Baker (DOD) filed four separate charges against Lovinger.<ref>http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Lovinger-v.-DOD-complaint-01914-2.pdf</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]].

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*Inspector General also begins looking into allegations of FBI misconduct in the Hillary Clinton email scandal. The IG will review allegations that DOJ “policies or procedures were not followed in connection with, or in actions leading up to or related to” Dir. Comey’s July 2016 announcement that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would not be charged in her use of a private email server while secretary of state. This investigation uncovered the conspiratorial Strzok-Page txt msgs exchange.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/doj-provides-congress-with-hundreds-of-texts-between-peter-strzok-and-lisa-page/article/2643321</ref>

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*'''13 January.''' Chuck Ross of the ''Daily Caller'' identifies '''FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, and Glenn Simpson its founder is the same group that lobbyied on behalf of the [[Kremlin]] in July 2016 for efforts to repeal Russian sanctions''',<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. The defrauded complaintant referred to Simpson, who was hired by the Clinton campaign and DNC as "a professional smear campaigner.” “Glenn Simpson knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences.”<ref>Ross's article expounds: The main proponent of that law, a British-American businessman named Bill Browder, tells DC..."Glenn Simpson’s job was to knowingly and dishonestly change the narrative of how Sergei Magnitsky came to die from murder to natural causes, and to change the narrative that Sergei Magnitsky was a criminal and not a whistleblower," ... Magnitsky, who helped Browder investigate many of the corrupt Russian firms, was arrested in Nov. 2008 and accused of engaging in fraud and tax evasion.

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*'''13 January.''' Chuck Ross of the ''Daily Caller'' identifies '''FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, and Glenn Simpson its founder is the same group that lobbyied on behalf of the [[Kremlin]] in July 2016 for efforts to repeal Russian sanctions''',<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/13/exclusive-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier-is-linked-to-pro-kremlin-lobbying-effort/</ref> remove the name “Magnitsky” from the Global Magnitsky Act, delay the bills passage, and cast doubt on the Justice Dept.’s version of events prior to the passage of the Magnitsky Act. The defrauded complaintant referred to Simpson, who was hired by the Clinton campaign and DNC as "a professional smear campaigner.” “Glenn Simpson knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences.”<ref>Ross's article expounds: The main proponent of that law, a British-American businessman named Bill Browder, tells DC..."Glenn Simpson’s job was to knowingly and dishonestly change the narrative of how Sergei Magnitsky came to die from murder to natural causes, and to change the narrative that Sergei Magnitsky was a criminal and not a whistleblower," ... Magnitsky, who helped Browder investigate many of the corrupt Russian firms, was arrested in Nov. 2008 and accused of engaging in fraud and tax evasion.

Magnitsky was tortured for months in a Russian prison and deprived of medical treatment, all in order to elicit a false confession that he and Browder were engaged in fraud and tax evasion, Browder has alleged. After Magnitsky’s health deteriorated, he was transferred to another jail. There, the lawyer was allegedly beaten with blunt objects by prison guards. He died on Nov. 16, 2009 at the age of 37.

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Soon after his friend’s murder, Browder began lobbying American lawmakers — Maryland Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] and Arizona Sen. John McCain, in particular — to pass a law that would provide a mechanism to punish Kremlin-linked Russian criminals.

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~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref> Ross stated that part of Simpson’s work involved passing stories to his deep network of [[journalism]] contacts in order to undermine the [[law]].

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https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref> Ross stated that part of Simpson’s work involved passing stories to his deep network of [[journalism]] contacts in order to undermine the [[law]].

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*Obama signs Executive Order removing US Attorney [[Dana Boente]] from the line of succession to be acting Attorney General placing Sally Yates in his stead.<ref>~~http~~://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref>

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*Obama signs Executive Order removing US Attorney [[Dana Boente]] from the line of succession to be acting Attorney General placing Sally Yates in his stead.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/10/trump-executive-order-obama-justice-department-succession/97752898/</ref>

*'''14 January.''' Former Clinton era DOJ Inspector General Michael Bromwich welcomes Inspector General Michael Horowitz's investigation of Andrew McCabe and the DOJ. Bromwich later is hired as McCabe's attorney. Bromwich writes in a ''WaPo'' op-ed:{{Quotebox|The announcement by the Justice Department’s inspector general that his office will look into FBI Director James B. Comey’s handling of Hillary Clinton’s emails reopens painful questions about the 2016 election, but it is also welcome news. The country needs this — an objective, independent and thorough investigation of issues that have roiled the country for months and continue to stir heated debate. The investigation will address allegations that Comey violated established Justice Department and FBI policies and procedures in his July 5, 2016, public announcement concerning the Hillary Clinton email investigation. And it will explore allegations that Comey’s Oct. 28 and Nov. 6 letters to Congress, which jolted the presidential election — and may have changed its outcome — were improper. The impact of Comey’s actions can never be definitively known. But it is important, for the Justice Department and for the country, to obtain a detailed accounting of what happened and why; to assign blame where it is warranted; and to understand how similar situations can be prevented. In addition to looking into the actions of the FBI director regarding the email investigation, the probe will look into whether the FBI’s deputy director [McCabe] should have recused himself from the investigation because of his wife’s political involvement; whether a high-ranking Justice Department official or others improperly disclosed non-public information to both the Clinton and Trump campaigns; and whether the timing of the FBI’s election eve Freedom of Information Act disclosures relating to Bill Clinton’s 2001 pardon of [[Marc Rich]] was based on inappropriate considerations.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-investigation-of-james-comey-is-exactly-what-the-country-needs/2017/01/14/83a558b0-da97-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html?utm_term=.5ac388d812cc</ref>}}

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*'''18 January.''' ''McClatchy News Service'' headlined a story that the FBI, the CIA, the National Security Agency, the [[Justice Department]], the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and representatives of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) collaborated for months in an investigation of Donald Trump, according to two anonymous sources.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article127231799.html#storylink=cpy</ref>

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*Adam Lovinger received a letter from Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter citing “Lovinger’s exceptional performance on collaborative net assessment with the Government of India.” In that same review, James H. Baker (DOD) disagreed, noting, “I do not endorse the characterization set forth in the employee input (that) Adam performed successfully.” Baker assigned two officers to investigate Lovinger, [[ONA]] Chief of Staff Cmdr. Anthony Russell (USCG) and Marine Lt. Col. Brian Bruggeman.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/30/exclusive-dod-inspector-general-opens-probe-into-alleged-retaliation-by-obama-holdover/</ref>

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*Adam Lovinger received a letter from Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter citing “Lovinger’s exceptional performance on collaborative net assessment with the Government of India.” In that same review, James H. Baker (DOD) disagreed, noting, “I do not endorse the characterization set forth in the employee input (that) Adam performed successfully.” Baker assigned two officers to investigate Lovinger, [[ONA]] Chief of Staff Cmdr. Anthony Russell (USCG) and Marine Lt. Col. Brian Bruggeman.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/30/exclusive-dod-inspector-general-opens-probe-into-alleged-retaliation-by-obama-holdover/</ref>

*After months of demonizing [[Wikileaks]] as a [[KGB]] mouthpiece, Barack Obama commutes the sentence of WikiLeaks hero [[Chelsea Manning]].

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*Strzok/Lisa Page exchange messages: {{Quotebox|Lisa Page - I can feel my heart beating harder, I’m so stressed about all the ways THIS has the potential to go fully off the rails. Strzok - I know. I just talked with John, we’re getting together as soon as I get in to finish that write up for Andy [McCabe] this morning. I reminded John about how I told Bill [Priestap] and '''the entire group''' that we should wait 30 to 60 days after the inauguration to change how we were managing this stuff. As it is, he went ahead, and everything is completely falling off the rails. I think our stuff is good on our cases, but I have no hope or understanding about what they’re doing on Jen [Palmieri]'s side of the house.}} [[Palmieri]] is the Clinton campaign Communications Director. Palmieri took the lead in promoting the Russia [[collusion]] hoax.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/24/the-clinton-campaign-warned-you-about-russia-but-nobody-listened-to-us/?utm_term=.878951661e2c </ref>

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*'''24 January.''' Mike Flynn interviewed by FBI agents [[Peter Strzok]] and Joe Pientka at the White House.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> Strzok files FBI Form 302 interview report claiming Flynn did not lie. 302 report is later altered by Andrew McCabe to imply Flynn did lie so Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] could prosecute Flynn to make him "flip" in the bogus [[Trump-Russia investigation]].<ref>"The FD-302 is an FBI testimonial document (I drafted thousands of them during a quarter-century career with the bureau) designed to capture facts that report or summarize interviews with subjects of, or witnesses to, events in an investigation. Investigative journalist Sara Carter has reported that FBI sources maintain the FBI’s deputy director under Comey, Andrew G. McCabe, may have asked FBI agents to alter or change their findings in their 302s"~~http~~://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/375557-3-questions-inspector-general-must-answer-regarding-investigation-of-fbi</ref>

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*'''24 January.''' Mike Flynn interviewed by FBI agents [[Peter Strzok]] and Joe Pientka at the White House.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> Strzok files FBI Form 302 interview report claiming Flynn did not lie. 302 report is later altered by Andrew McCabe to imply Flynn did lie so Special Counsel [[Robert Mueller]] could prosecute Flynn to make him "flip" in the bogus [[Trump-Russia investigation]].<ref>"The FD-302 is an FBI testimonial document (I drafted thousands of them during a quarter-century career with the bureau) designed to capture facts that report or summarize interviews with subjects of, or witnesses to, events in an investigation. Investigative journalist Sara Carter has reported that FBI sources maintain the FBI’s deputy director under Comey, Andrew G. McCabe, may have asked FBI agents to alter or change their findings in their 302s"https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/375557-3-questions-inspector-general-must-answer-regarding-investigation-of-fbi</ref>

*''Business Insider'' reports that U.S. intelligence agencies had been investigating people in Trump's presidential campaign throughout the campaign season.<ref>Bertrand, Natasha (January 24, 2017). [http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-advisers-russia-investigation-2017-1 A look at the scope of the intelligence community's investigations into Trump's ties to Russia]. ''Business Insider''. Retrieved April 1, 2017.</ref>

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*''Politico'' reports “Federal workers turn to encryption to thwart Trump...Whether inside the Environmental Protection Agency, within the Foreign Service, on the edges of the [[Labor Department]] or beyond, employees are using new technology … to organize letters, talk strategy, or contact media outlets and other groups to express their dissent...Fearing for their jobs, the employees began communicating incognito using the app Signal shortly after Trump’s inauguration...[T]he goal is to “create a network across the agency.” This may be an effort to evade Congressional oversight.

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*''Politico'' reports 5 House IT staffers, including 3 brothers later identified as Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan, and two their wives were relieved of access to House computers and had been under criminal investigation since late 2016.<ref>~~http~~://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staffers-investigation-equipment-234586</ref> While full details were not disclosed, subsequently it was learned they managed office information technology for Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee handling matters on war and [[terrorism]].<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/#ixzz4b5enE6c9</ref> It was also learned later Imran Awan worked for ex-DNC Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]],<ref>http://observer.com/2017/02/imran-awan-democrat-debbie-wasserman-schultz-criminal-investigation/</ref> had access to her iPad and password,<ref>

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*''Politico'' reports 5 House IT staffers, including 3 brothers later identified as Abid, Imran, and Jamal Awan, and two their wives were relieved of access to House computers and had been under criminal investigation since late 2016.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staffers-investigation-equipment-234586</ref> While full details were not disclosed, subsequently it was learned they managed office information technology for Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee handling matters on war and [[terrorism]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/04/exclusive-house-intelligence-it-staffers-fired-in-computer-security-probe/#ixzz4b5enE6c9</ref> It was also learned later Imran Awan worked for ex-DNC Chair [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]],<ref>http://observer.com/2017/02/imran-awan-democrat-debbie-wasserman-schultz-criminal-investigation/</ref> had access to her iPad and password,<ref>

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~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/n</ref> took $100,000 in cash from an Iraqi company,<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/exclusive-house-dem-it-guys-in-security-probe-secretly-took-100k-in-iraqi-money/</ref> and was a suspect in the leaking of DNC emails to Wikileaks. Despite verbose allegations of "Russian hacking," the DNC never allowed the FBI to examine its servers to determine if indeed the DNC had been hacked, or did the leaks come from an inside source.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/</ref> The suspects may have been involved in a leak of information that lead to the ambush and death of Navy SEAL William Ryan Owen.<ref>

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https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/n</ref> took $100,000 in cash from an Iraqi company,<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/20/exclusive-house-dem-it-guys-in-security-probe-secretly-took-100k-in-iraqi-money/</ref> and was a suspect in the leaking of DNC emails to Wikileaks. Despite verbose allegations of "Russian hacking," the DNC never allowed the FBI to examine its servers to determine if indeed the DNC had been hacked, or did the leaks come from an inside source.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/09/suspect-in-house-it-security-probe-also-had-access-to-dnc-emails/</ref> The suspects may have been involved in a leak of information that lead to the ambush and death of Navy SEAL William Ryan Owen.<ref>

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http://www.americanow.com/story/society/2017/02/06/muslim-spy-ring-linked-navy-seals-death</ref> Furthermore, because the suspects were [[Muslim]],<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-01/house-democrats-delayed-dismissal-it-staff-hackers-because-they-were-muslim-american</ref> their activities were covered up and they were not fired til after the death of Owen. Even then, they were initially relieved of duties without their names being released, two weeks later fired,<ref>~~http~~://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staff-criminal-investigation-234714</ref> and three weeks after that in a series of press leaks identified as prime suspects in what the media called the "Russian hacking" scandal.

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http://www.americanow.com/story/society/2017/02/06/muslim-spy-ring-linked-navy-seals-death</ref> Furthermore, because the suspects were [[Muslim]],<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-01/house-democrats-delayed-dismissal-it-staff-hackers-because-they-were-muslim-american</ref> their activities were covered up and they were not fired til after the death of Owen. Even then, they were initially relieved of duties without their names being released, two weeks later fired,<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/house-staff-criminal-investigation-234714</ref> and three weeks after that in a series of press leaks identified as prime suspects in what the media called the "Russian hacking" scandal.

*'''3 February.''' '''[[Adam Waldman]] meets with [[Bruce Ohr]] to discuss immunity safe passage deal for [[Julian Assange]].'''<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/382554805/OhrWaldman-Text-Messages</ref>

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*Russian tech mogul named in the ''Steele dossier'' files defamation lawsuits against BuzzFeed in the U.S. and Christopher Steele in the U.K. over the dossier’s claims he interfered in U.S. elections.

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*Paul Irving, the House’s top law enforcement officer in the [[Awan investigation]], wrote in a letter to the Committee on House Administration that soon after it became evidence, the Awan's external server went “missing." The letter continued: {{Quotebox|“Based upon the evidence gathered to this point, we have concluded the employees are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems.”<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2018/07/02/awan-memo-server-vanished/</ref><ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2018/07/03/awan-cybersecurity-not-charged/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push</ref>}}

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*Paul Irving, the House’s top law enforcement officer in the [[Awan investigation]], wrote in a letter to the Committee on House Administration that soon after it became evidence, the Awan's external server went “missing." The letter continued: {{Quotebox|“Based upon the evidence gathered to this point, we have concluded the employees are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/02/awan-memo-server-vanished/</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/07/03/awan-cybersecurity-not-charged/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push</ref>}}

*'''6 February.''' Trump blames ‘Obama people’ for leaking details of calls with foreign leaders.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/02/06/trump-blames-obama-people-for-leaking-details-of-calls-with-foreign-leaders/</ref>

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/us/flynn-is-said-to-have-talked-to-russians-about-sanctions-before-trump-took-office.html</ref> based on illegal FISA surveillance.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/09/11/a_labyrinth_of_anti-trump_leaks_upon_anti-trump_leaks.html</ref>

[[File:800px-Defense.gov photo essay 120724-D-BW835-236.jpg|right|335px|thumb|National Security Advisor Gen. Mike Flynn, Rice's successor. Flynn was fired from the Obama administration because he saw the jihadis as an enemy rather than Russia. Trump brought him back. Flynn's civil rights were violated by Obama's spy apparatus and was an early victim of Obama's efforts to sabotage Donald Trump. With Flynn's resignation went hopes for a ''raprochament'' with Russia. An arms race or hot war with Russia, Iran, and North Korea is now a possibility, unless President Trump can "drain the swamp" of Obama holdovers among the 15,000 strong national security establishment and Intelligence Community (IC).]]

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*'''11 February.''' National Security aide to National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is denied a security clearance, in effect, the '''CIA exercising [[veto]] power over the President's management of national security''' affairs. The action was unprecedented and without cause. Reports say the CIA did not like the aide's attitude toward the agency.<ref>The artcle continues: "Since no one can take part in the formulation or execution of foreign or defense policy without a high-level security clearance, vetoing the president’s people by denying them clearances trumps the president....the persons who thus took for themselves the prerogative that the American people had entrusted to [President Trump] at the ballot box, chances are 100 percent that they will use that prerogative ever more frequently with regard to anyone else whom they regard as standing in the way of their preferred policies, as a threat to their reputation, or simply as partisan opponents... undermin[ing] nothing less than the self-evident heart of the [[United States Constitution:Article II|Constitution’s Article II]]: The president is the executive branch. All of its employees draw their powers from him and answer to him, not the other way around." ~~http~~://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/cia-insults-trump/</ref> “They believe this is a hit job from inside the CIA on Flynn and the people close to him," because the aide "believes that the CIA doesn’t run the world.”<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319073-top-flynn-aide-rejected-for-key-security-clearance-report</ref>

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*'''11 February.''' National Security aide to National Security Advisor Michael Flynn is denied a security clearance, in effect, the '''CIA exercising [[veto]] power over the President's management of national security''' affairs. The action was unprecedented and without cause. Reports say the CIA did not like the aide's attitude toward the agency.<ref>The artcle continues: "Since no one can take part in the formulation or execution of foreign or defense policy without a high-level security clearance, vetoing the president’s people by denying them clearances trumps the president....the persons who thus took for themselves the prerogative that the American people had entrusted to [President Trump] at the ballot box, chances are 100 percent that they will use that prerogative ever more frequently with regard to anyone else whom they regard as standing in the way of their preferred policies, as a threat to their reputation, or simply as partisan opponents... undermin[ing] nothing less than the self-evident heart of the [[United States Constitution:Article II|Constitution’s Article II]]: The president is the executive branch. All of its employees draw their powers from him and answer to him, not the other way around." https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/15/cia-insults-trump/</ref> “They believe this is a hit job from inside the CIA on Flynn and the people close to him," because the aide "believes that the CIA doesn’t run the world.”<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/319073-top-flynn-aide-rejected-for-key-security-clearance-report</ref>

*'''12 February.''' The ''Observer'' reports a Senior [[Department of Defense]] official saying since January 20, we’ve assumed that the Kremlin has ears inside the SITROOM".<ref>http://observer.com/2017/02/donald-trump-administration-mike-flynn-russian-embassy/</ref>

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*Ezra Klein interview with Evelyn Farkas published on [[Vox]]. Farkas goes on the record with some background on her participation in the [[conspiracy]].<ref>~~http~~://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/16/14630856/evelyn-farkas-trump-russia-flynn</ref>

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*Ezra Klein interview with Evelyn Farkas published on [[Vox]]. Farkas goes on the record with some background on her participation in the [[conspiracy]].<ref>https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/16/14630856/evelyn-farkas-trump-russia-flynn</ref>

*Obama-era Treasury official, Katherine Bauer, in written testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, acknowledged that “under the Obama administration … these [ [[Project Cassandra]] Hezbollah-related ] investigations were tamped down for fear of rocking the boat with [[Iran]] and jeopardizing [[Iranian nuke deal]].”<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4329058-Katherine-Bauer-testimony-to-the-House-Committee.html</ref>

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*Kucinich says Intelligence Community and the owner of the ''Washington Post'' are trying to influence US foreign policy.<ref>[http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/2017/02/kucinich_intelligence_leaks_point_to_possible_trap_set_by_washington_post ]</ref>

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*'''19 February.''' [[Breitbart]] reports Obama's Organizing for Action, formerly [[Organizing for America]], partners with the [[Soros]]-funded Indivisible Project to disrupt the Trump agenda.<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/19/obamas-organizing-action-partners-soros-linked-indivisible-disrupt-trumps-agenda/</ref> Indivisible provides online training for the 'Resistance' movement.<ref>https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web/#header-chapter-four</ref> Indivisible claims to follow the Tea Party model rather than the [[Occupy Wall Street]] or [[Riots during the Obama Administration#Baltimore|Black Lives Matter]]; however the Tea Party is not known to have focused on rudeness and violence.

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*'''19 February.''' [[Breitbart]] reports Obama's Organizing for Action, formerly [[Organizing for America]], partners with the [[Soros]]-funded Indivisible Project to disrupt the Trump agenda.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/19/obamas-organizing-action-partners-soros-linked-indivisible-disrupt-trumps-agenda/</ref> Indivisible provides online training for the 'Resistance' movement.<ref>https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web/#header-chapter-four</ref> Indivisible claims to follow the Tea Party model rather than the [[Occupy Wall Street]] or [[Riots during the Obama Administration#Baltimore|Black Lives Matter]]; however the Tea Party is not known to have focused on rudeness and violence.

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*'''20 February.''' ''Daily Caller'' reports in 2009 the Awan brothers operated a Northern Virginia car dealership, with Abid as its day-to-day manager. The dealership received a $100,000 loan that was never repaid from Dr. Ali Al-Attar, a former Iraqi politician who fled the US on tax charges and who reportedly has links to [[Hezbollah]].<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/congressional-computer-admins-in-criminal-probe-owed-money-to-hezbollah-connected-fugitive/</ref>

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*'''20 February.''' ''Daily Caller'' reports in 2009 the Awan brothers operated a Northern Virginia car dealership, with Abid as its day-to-day manager. The dealership received a $100,000 loan that was never repaid from Dr. Ali Al-Attar, a former Iraqi politician who fled the US on tax charges and who reportedly has links to [[Hezbollah]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/02/21/congressional-computer-admins-in-criminal-probe-owed-money-to-hezbollah-connected-fugitive/</ref>

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*'''21 February.''' '''John McCain suspected of having access to the content of President Trump’s private, classified telephone calls''' with world leaders. Analysis of McCain’s public statements by White House officials believe the senator has inside knowledge of a number of President Trump’s telephone conversations. Officials believe McCain is sharing this sensitive information with colleagues and mainstream media journalists in a clandestine campaign to damage Trump’s presidency before it has a chance to succeed.<ref>http://truepundit.com/exclusive-white-house-fingers-john-mccain-as-media-leak-believes-u-s-senator-eavesdropped-on-trumps-classified-phone/</ref> McCain, like John Brennan, was deeply involved in weapons transfers to jihadis who formed the Islamic State.

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:*There are more than 15,000 congressional staff on Capitol Hill; four of the 500 highest-paid House staffers are Awans. Median salary for legislative assistants is $43,000 annually; Imran Awan has collected $1.2 million in salary since 2010, and his brother Abid and wife Hina Alvi were each paid more than $1 million. Imran first came to Capitol Hill in 2003 and Abid joined him in 2005. Imran’s wife Hina Alvi was added to the payroll in 2007, while Abid’s wife, Natalia Sova, appeared in 2011. In 2014 the youngest brother, Jamal, was added to the payroll in 2014 at the age of 20 with a salary of $160,000.

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*'''2 March.''' '''[[Tash Gauhar]] involved in Sessions recusal discussions''';<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/tash-recusal.jpg</ref> Sundance remarks {{quotebox|the DOJ/FBI lawyer at the heart of the Clinton-email investigation; the DOJ/FBI lawyer hired by [[Eric Holder]] at his firm and later at the DOJ; the DOJ/FBI lawyer who was transferred to the Clinton probe; the DOJ/FBI lawyer at the epicenter of the Weiner laptop issues, the only one from MYE who spoke to New York; the DOJ/FBI lawyer who constructs the FISA applications on behalf of Main Justice;…. just happens to be the same DOJ/FBI lawyer recommending to AG Jeff Sessions that he recuse himself.}}

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:*''[[Washington Post]]'' reports the inquiry focused on contacts Sessions had “while serving as Mr. Trump’s [[foreign policy|foreign-policy]] adviser in the '''spring''' and summer of 2016,”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/03/02/daily-202-trump-s-russia-headache-gets-worse-as-sessions-struggles-to-spin-undisclosed-meetings/58b745cae9b69b1406c75d1b/?utm_term=.9c99288fff07</ref> implying (a) surveillance occurred on a U.S. Senator,<ref>http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/nsa-whistleblower-nsa-spying-on-and-blackmailing-high-level-government-officials-and-military-officers.html</ref> and (b) surveillance may have occurred without a warrant.

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*'''Comey testifies''' to a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee that, '''while Flynn may have had some honest failures of recollection during his FBI interview, Strzok who questioned him concluded that he did not lie'''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-information-1512172863</ref><ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/fbi-not-expected-to-pursue-charges-against-flynn/index.html</ref>

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*'''Comey testifies''' to a closed session of the House Intelligence Committee that, '''while Flynn may have had some honest failures of recollection during his FBI interview, Strzok who questioned him concluded that he did not lie'''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-information-1512172863</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/fbi-not-expected-to-pursue-charges-against-flynn/index.html</ref>

:*Ranking Democrat Vice-Chair of the House Intelligence Committee [[Adam Schiff]] says Comey is withholding information from Congressional Overseers. Lindsey Graham says, "Somebody is leaking this crap. It's putting people like me in a terrible spot."<ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-02/house-committee-accuses-fbi-of-withholding-information-about-russia-probe</ref>

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*'''6 March.''' Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. '''Grassley inquires of the FBI's plan to pay FusionGPS''' operative for spying on Trump during the campaign, sparking questions of Obama administration’s use of federal authorities for political gain.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/fbi-plan-pay-ex-spy-trump-intel-during-campaign-sparks-questions-obama-admin’s</ref><ref>https://nobsopus.blogspot.com/2017/05/fbi-plan-to-pay-ex-spy-for-trump-intel.html</ref>

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*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.[[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref><ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>

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*''Daily Caller'' reports Tony Podesta was paid $170,000 over a six-month period in 2016 to represent Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, seeking to end one of the Obama administration’s sanctions against that country. Podesta, founder and chairman of the Podesta Group, is listed as a key lobbyist on behalf of Sberbank, according to Senate lobbying disclosure forms. His firm received more than $24 million in fees in 2016, much of it coming from foreign governments, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.[[Robby Mook]], [[Hillary Clinton]]'s [[2016 U.S. presidential election|2016 Presidential election]] campaign manager told [[Fox News]] he knew of electronic surveillance on Trump during the campaign and was told by US intelligence. Mook is not a government employee and had no right to access of that information.<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/07/robby-mook-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-campaign-talking-russians-wiretapping</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/06/exclusive-dem-super-lobbyist-podesta-got-170k-to-end-us-sanctions-on-russian-bank/</ref>

*'''7 March.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele: Would it be possible to speak later today please? We’re very concerned by the Grassley letter and it’s possible implications for us, our operations and our sources. We need some reassurance. Many thanks Ohr: Sure: Would 130 today, DC time. work? Steele: Yes thanks it would. Sorry to bother you so early but I know you’ll appreciate why we are concerned.}}

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*Congress demands investigation into Obama's interfering in foreign elections.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/congress-demands-investigation-obama-admin-meddling-foreign-elections/</ref>

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*Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton of the House Armed Services Committee warns of [[nuclear war]] with Russia, cites the outdated doctrine of [[Mutually Assured Destruction]] as basis for his claim.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/seth-moulton-nuclear-war-russia-cnntv/</ref> MAD was replaced by [[Reagan]]'s Assured Survival doctrine more than 30 years prior.

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*Democrat Rep. Seth Moulton of the House Armed Services Committee warns of [[nuclear war]] with Russia, cites the outdated doctrine of [[Mutually Assured Destruction]] as basis for his claim.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/17/politics/seth-moulton-nuclear-war-russia-cnntv/</ref> MAD was replaced by [[Reagan]]'s Assured Survival doctrine more than 30 years prior.

*Britains GCHQ spying agency denies spying on Trump.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/16/gchq-denies-wiretap-claim-trump-obama</ref>-->

*'''18 March.''' '''Steele emails Bruce Ohr''' two days before Comey slated to testify: {{quotebox|“Hi! Just wondering if you had any news? Obviously, we’re a bit apprehensive given scheduled appearance at Congress on Monday. '''Hoping that important firewalls will hold'''. Many thanks."}}

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:*Comey confirms Barack Obama, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, [[Susan Rice]], John Brennan, and James Clapper all had access to sensitive wiretap information which contained the name of Trump [[National Security Advisor]] Michael Flynn. Comey was uncertain if [[Ben Rhodes]], a National Security Council aide, had access. Leaking to the press the identity of Flynn is a [[felony]] because the information was part of a confidential intelligence gathering operation and the information had been “masked” to protect Flynn's identity.<ref>~~http~~://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/20/while-questioning-fbis-comey-gowdy-accuses-obama-team-leaks-no-proof/99412100/</ref>

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:*Comey confirms Barack Obama, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates, [[Susan Rice]], John Brennan, and James Clapper all had access to sensitive wiretap information which contained the name of Trump [[National Security Advisor]] Michael Flynn. Comey was uncertain if [[Ben Rhodes]], a National Security Council aide, had access. Leaking to the press the identity of Flynn is a [[felony]] because the information was part of a confidential intelligence gathering operation and the information had been “masked” to protect Flynn's identity.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/20/while-questioning-fbis-comey-gowdy-accuses-obama-team-leaks-no-proof/99412100/</ref>

:*FBI investigation includes a [[Breitbart]], InfoWars, and other news sites.<ref>http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article139695453.html#storylink=cpy</ref>

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*Two days after Dir. Comey's extraordinary testimony, Chairman Nunes reveals the FBI and other agencies are stonewalling Congressional investigation of illegal Obama administrations leaks.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/03/22/intel_committee_chairman_nunes_fbi_not_cooperating_with_trump_surveillance_investigation.html</ref>

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*'''23 March.''' '''Devin Nunes revealed that some of the Trump Team's conversations had been spied upon'''.<ref>Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> National Security expert and journalist Bill Gertz who has lectured on defense, national security, and media issues at the Defense Department’s National Security Leadership Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, the FBI National Academy, the National Defense University, and the CIA reported it is possible "Nunes himself was among those whose communications were improperly monitored."<ref>~~http~~://freebeacon.com/national-security/intelligence-reports-reveal-improper-political-surveillance-trump-transition-team/</ref>

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*'''23 March.''' '''Devin Nunes revealed that some of the Trump Team's conversations had been spied upon'''.<ref>Derespina, Cody (March 23, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/23/trump-basks-in-nunes-surveillance-news-so-that-means-im-right.html Trump basks in Nunes surveillance news: 'So that means I'm right']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref> National Security expert and journalist Bill Gertz who has lectured on defense, national security, and media issues at the Defense Department’s National Security Leadership Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, the FBI National Academy, the National Defense University, and the CIA reported it is possible "Nunes himself was among those whose communications were improperly monitored."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/intelligence-reports-reveal-improper-political-surveillance-trump-transition-team/</ref>

*Mark Warner texts Adam Waldman: {{quotebox|Mark Warner - Need to coordinate date for trip can u talk with my scheduler also want to discuss Paul [Manafort?]

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*In an attack on Chairman Nunes, Louise Mensch<ref>http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/louise-mensch-my-mind-is-messed-up-after-taking-hard-drugs-7920094.html</ref> now gives the names of the four individuals whom the FISA warrant was denied in July 2016, emphasizing the new cover story to justify the wiretaps, not as political spying, but against "unwitting" foreign "agents of influence." This may give legal cover for using foreign intelligence apparatus for domestic spying, but does not justify the criminal civil rights violations in leaking an American citizens name "incidentally" caught up in a foreign intelligence gathering operation. Instead, Mensch accuses Nunes of leaking information about FBI and NSA surveillance operations.<ref>https://patribotics.blog/2017/03/27/boris-epshteyn-named-in-july-fisa-application-did-nunes-obstruct-justice/</ref>

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*'''28 March.''' Limited immunity deal reached between Adam Waldman and the DOJ's [[David Laufman]] for Julian Assange. The text of the deal reads: {{Quotebox|"Subject to adequate and binding protections, including but not limited to an acceptable immunity and safe passage agreement, Mr. Assange welcomes the opportunity to discuss with the U.S. government risk mitigation approaches relating to CIA documents in WikiLeaks’ possession or control, such as the redaction of agency personnel in hostile jurisdictions and foreign [[espionage]] risks to WikiLeaks staff. Derived directly from this discussion of risk mitigation, Mr. Assange is also prepared to discuss (within the source protection boundaries expected of a journalist and publisher operating at the highest level of integrity) (i) a description of CIA information in the possession or control of WikiLeaks; (ii) the risks of third parties who may have obtained access to such information (not withstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt this category specifically and others generally will not include any information that may effect WikiLeaks obligations to protect its sources) and (iii) information regarding the timing of further publications in so far as they relate to the risk mitigation approaches developed.”<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/382555272/LaufmanWaldmanProffer3-28-17#from_embed</ref>}} Not included in the written proffer was an additional offer from Assange: He was willing to discuss technical evidence ruling out certain parties in the controversial leak of Democratic Party emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election. "Mr. Assange offered to provide technical evidence and discussion regarding who did not engage in the DNC releases," Waldman told John Solomon writing in ''The Hill''. "Finally, he offered his technical expertise to the U.S. government to help address what he perceived as clear flaws in security systems that led to the loss of the U.S. cyber weapons program."<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/394049-coming-up-tuesdays-rising-how-the-doj -almost-offered-an-immunity-deal-to-julian</ref> '''Comey nixes the deal - Russia hacking the DNC narrative intact.'''

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*'''28 March.''' Limited immunity deal reached between Adam Waldman and the DOJ's [[David Laufman]] for Julian Assange. The text of the deal reads: {{Quotebox|"Subject to adequate and binding protections, including but not limited to an acceptable immunity and safe passage agreement, Mr. Assange welcomes the opportunity to discuss with the U.S. government risk mitigation approaches relating to CIA documents in WikiLeaks’ possession or control, such as the redaction of agency personnel in hostile jurisdictions and foreign [[espionage]] risks to WikiLeaks staff. Derived directly from this discussion of risk mitigation, Mr. Assange is also prepared to discuss (within the source protection boundaries expected of a journalist and publisher operating at the highest level of integrity) (i) a description of CIA information in the possession or control of WikiLeaks; (ii) the risks of third parties who may have obtained access to such information (not withstanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt this category specifically and others generally will not include any information that may effect WikiLeaks obligations to protect its sources) and (iii) information regarding the timing of further publications in so far as they relate to the risk mitigation approaches developed.”<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/382555272/LaufmanWaldmanProffer3-28-17#from_embed</ref>}} Not included in the written proffer was an additional offer from Assange: He was willing to discuss technical evidence ruling out certain parties in the controversial leak of Democratic Party emails to WikiLeaks during the 2016 election. "Mr. Assange offered to provide technical evidence and discussion regarding who did not engage in the DNC releases," Waldman told John Solomon writing in ''The Hill''. "Finally, he offered his technical expertise to the U.S. government to help address what he perceived as clear flaws in security systems that led to the loss of the U.S. cyber weapons program."<ref>https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/394049-coming-up-tuesdays-rising-how-the-doj -almost-offered-an-immunity-deal-to-julian</ref> '''Comey nixes the deal - Russia hacking the DNC narrative intact.'''

*FBI interviews [[Daniel J. Jones]], ex-Dianne Feinstein staffer. Jones tells the FBI he has raised about $50 million from about 10 wealthy donors in California and New York, and has retained the services of Christopher Steele and FusionGPS to keep the Trump-Russia collusion narrative alive.<ref>''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, p. 112-113 footnote 5.</ref>

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:*Evelyn Farkas admits again that the Obama Administration attempted to gather as much intelligence as possible on Trump's alleged ties to Russia after the 2016 election and that it tried to hide their intelligence sources from the incoming Trump Administration.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.</ref>

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:*Evelyn Farkas admits again that the Obama Administration attempted to gather as much intelligence as possible on Trump's alleged ties to Russia after the 2016 election and that it tried to hide their intelligence sources from the incoming Trump Administration.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/29/former-obama-official-discloses-rush-to-get-intelligence-on-trump-team.html Former Obama official discloses rush to get intelligence on Trump team]. ''Fox News''. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.</ref><ref>Poor, Jeff (March 29, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/03/29/fmr-obama-official-reveals-pre-inauguration-effort-to-gather-intel-on-incoming-trump-team/ Fmr Obama Official Reveals Pre-Inauguration Effort to Gather Intel on Incoming Trump Team]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 30, 2017.</ref>

*The Nunes Paradox.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/29/understanding-the-nunes-paradox/</ref>

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*[[Senate Judiciary Committee]] Chairman Grassley inquired of the Justice Dept. about a complaint filed in July 2016 alleging '''FusionGPS''', authors of the ''Steele dossier'', acting as '''an unregistered agent of Russia''' in a lobbying campaign to rewrite and overturn the Magnitsky Act, a law named for a whistleblower who was allegedly murdered while in custody in Russia. The law imputed sanctions against certain Russian officials. Grassley wrote that when FusionGPS reportedly was acting as an unregistered agent of Russian interests, it simultaneously was creating the ''Steele dossier'' of unsubstantiated allegations of conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians. The Obama Justice Dept. had done nothing since July 2016 to respond to the complaint of FusionGPS' violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

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*The committee is also seeking to determine the extent to which the FBI relied on the ''Steele dossier'' in its investigation. Chairman Grassley has requested documentation from Fusion GPS as to who hired and paid them, when Steele was hired, how the FBI got involved and whether Fusion GPS was aware of the FBI paying Steele.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref><ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/03/31/trump-dossier-financier-accused-of-improper-work-for-kremlin/</ref> Fox News reports both a Senate and House committee are investigating the FBI for leaks and civil rights violations.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/28/fbi-scrutinized-by-congress-over-probe-into-alleged-russia-trump-link.html</ref> Adam Housley reports "The person who did the unmasking is "very well known, very high up, very senior, in the intelligence world & is not in the FBI,"<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/adamhousley/status/847858385798049793?s=09</ref> and that "unmasking the names and then spreading the names was for political purposes that have nothing to do with national security."<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/adamhousley/status/847859134888239105</ref><ref>McCabe, Neil W. (March 31, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/03/31/fox-news-senior-obama-intelligence-official-unmasked-trump-associates/ Fox News: Senior Obama Intelligence Official Unmasked Trump Associates]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 1, 2017.</ref>

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*'''5 April.''' '''Evgeny Buryakov, a Russian spy whom Carter Page helped the DOJ to convict, is released from prison and deported to Russia before reporters can question him about his relationship with Carter Page'''.

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*Private security firm, CrowdStrike, employed by DNC which first claimed Russia hacked the election refuses to cooperate with Congressional investigations. DNC has yet to allow FBI to examine servers to establish whether or not the servers were hacked.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4376628/New-questions-claim-Russia-hacked-election.html</ref> FBI continues its investigation into "Russian hacking" based on discredited information (''Steele dossier'') and unestablished facts (DNC hacking).

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*Reports say CIA Dir. John Brennan targeted [[Sean Hannity]] and [[Blackwater]] founder, Erik Prince<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/04/erik-prince-nypd-ready-make-arrests-weiner-case/</ref> between the election on November 8 and the inauguration in January, according to White House and House intelligence sources. Hannity was reportedly unmasked by Susan Rice at Brennan’s behest because of a perceived relationship with Trump and [[Julian Assange]]. Prince has long criticized the CIA’s incompetence, including the Brennan's handling of the [[drone]] program and its failure to target terrorists properly and the collateral damage done to [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[civilian]]s. Brennan was behind the removal of Flynn. The motivations for Brennan’s intense dislike of Michael Flynn date back years to when Flynn was producing intel documents that showed how the supposed 'Syrian moderates' were funded by persons and groups in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Qatar]]. Brennan also brought in to the CIA disgraced Syria analyst Elizabeth O’Bagy. O’Bagy was outed for manufacturing her credentials and for being paid by the Syrian rebels.<ref>http://gotnews.com/breaking-barackobamas-cia-director-john-brennan-allies-targeting-trump-supporters-surveillance/</ref>

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*Reports say CIA Dir. John Brennan targeted [[Sean Hannity]] and [[Blackwater]] founder, Erik Prince<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/04/erik-prince-nypd-ready-make-arrests-weiner-case/</ref> between the election on November 8 and the inauguration in January, according to White House and House intelligence sources. Hannity was reportedly unmasked by Susan Rice at Brennan’s behest because of a perceived relationship with Trump and [[Julian Assange]]. Prince has long criticized the CIA’s incompetence, including the Brennan's handling of the [[drone]] program and its failure to target terrorists properly and the collateral damage done to [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[civilian]]s. Brennan was behind the removal of Flynn. The motivations for Brennan’s intense dislike of Michael Flynn date back years to when Flynn was producing intel documents that showed how the supposed 'Syrian moderates' were funded by persons and groups in [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Qatar]]. Brennan also brought in to the CIA disgraced Syria analyst Elizabeth O’Bagy. O’Bagy was outed for manufacturing her credentials and for being paid by the Syrian rebels.<ref>http://gotnews.com/breaking-barackobamas-cia-director-john-brennan-allies-targeting-trump-supporters-surveillance/</ref>

*'''6 April.''' Strzok asks Page if she has “update from Mike Kortan (FBI Communication Director) about timing of New York Times piece.”

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*'''13 April.''' '''FusionGPS refuses to answer the Senate Judiciary Committee's question as to who in the Clinton machine hired them'''. The ''Steele dossier'' formed much of the basis for the Obama administration's attacks on Donald Trump and its authorization to use the US Intelligence Community to harass domestic political opponents. {{Quotebox|"When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics.”<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/04/13/research-firm-behind-trump-dossier-is-refusing-to-answer-senate-committees-questions/#ixzz4eLwyp4Oe</ref>}}

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*'''13 April.''' '''FusionGPS refuses to answer the Senate Judiciary Committee's question as to who in the Clinton machine hired them'''. The ''Steele dossier'' formed much of the basis for the Obama administration's attacks on Donald Trump and its authorization to use the US Intelligence Community to harass domestic political opponents. {{Quotebox|"When political opposition research becomes the basis for law enforcement or intelligence efforts, it raises substantial questions about the independence of law enforcement and intelligence from politics.”<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/13/research-firm-behind-trump-dossier-is-refusing-to-answer-senate-committees-questions/#ixzz4eLwyp4Oe</ref>}}

*'''Reports of Britains GCHQ spying agency passing information to John Brennan starting the FBI Trump Russia investigation debunked.'''<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/22/nunes-no-official-intelligence-used-start-fbi-inve/</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia</ref><ref>pre-dating any FISA warrant or "incidental collection." This allegation has its roots in the ''Steele dossier'' and claims US involvement in the Trump investigation began in April 2016 when John Brennan received "routine" intelligence sharing information from British intelligence, including sharing activities from one of the Baltic States, now rumored to be Estonia. Some Estonian figures reacted negatively to Trump comments about defending the Baltics and making NATO allies pay their fair share.</ref><ref>http://upnorth.eu/if-trump-wins/</ref><ref>

https://web.archive.org/web/20161014165625/https://arvamus.postimees.ee/v2/3786189/jueri-luik-kui-trump-voidab</ref> Brennan lied repeatedly. There was '''no legal basis to begin a counterintelligence investigation on Trump associates'''. Likewise the Papadopoulos drunken binge narrative starting the FBI probe is false.

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*Both House and Senate expand investigation into Susan Rice and the Obama administration's domestic spying for political purposes.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/congress-rice-full-blown-investigation/</ref>

*'''17 April.''' Senate to investigate Rice's contacts with Bannon, Clapper, and others.<ref>http://dailysignal.com/2017/04/17/senator-explains-why-the-susan-rice-surveillance-allegations-are-a-big-deal/</ref>

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*'''18 April.''' '''CNN finally reports FBI used bogus ''Steele dossier'' to obtain FISA warrant. What's more, both the FBI & the Clinton campaign paid Steele to write the opposition research attacks'''.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref>

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*'''18 April.''' '''CNN finally reports FBI used bogus ''Steele dossier'' to obtain FISA warrant. What's more, both the FBI & the Clinton campaign paid Steele to write the opposition research attacks'''.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref>

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*'''19 April.''' Intelligence Community pushes to keep surveillance powers. Maintaining existing powers is "the intelligence community’s top legislative priority for 2017."<ref>https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/159752601288/fisa-amendments-act-qa-april-19-2017-in</ref><ref>~~http~~://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/19/intelligence-community-pushes-to-keep-surveillance-powers/</ref>

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*'''19 April.''' Intelligence Community pushes to keep surveillance powers. Maintaining existing powers is "the intelligence community’s top legislative priority for 2017."<ref>https://icontherecord.tumblr.com/post/159752601288/fisa-amendments-act-qa-april-19-2017-in</ref><ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/04/19/intelligence-community-pushes-to-keep-surveillance-powers/</ref>

*'''20 April.''' Americans for Limited Government president Rick Manning calls for Comey's firing: {{quotebox|“The FBI’s incredible incompetence and outright complicity with the politicization of government spying removes the last shred of credibility that Director James Comey has and he needs to either resign or be fired. The failure to even secure and independently examine the DNC server while relying on the self-serving innuendo by the DNC’s computer consultant CrowdStrike for verification is unbelievable. But their reliance on an easily disprovable political hit piece dossier to get a FISA warrant against Carter Page, paid for by Democrat supporters of Hillary Clinton and produced by the private firm Fusion GPS, to attempt to undermine the Trump campaign in 2016 effort is inexcusable."<ref>http://getliberty.org/2017/04/alg-calls-on-fbi-director-james-comey-to-step-down-or-be-fired/#sthash.GlAIxCBf.dpuf</ref>}}

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*NSA submits remedies for 702 surveillance violations revealed in October 2016 to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] promising to “no longer collect certain internet communications that merely mention a foreign intelligence target.” The NSA also begins deleting collected data on U.S. citizens it had been storing.

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*'''21 April.''' [[Landmark Legal Foundation]] files [[Amicus brief]] with FISA court.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/levin-landmark-legal-foundation-filed-memo-asking-secret-court-investigate</ref> Landmark submits that the Obama administration "abused the judicial process, placing the integrity of this Court and the constitutional rights of individuals at risk." Landmark asks the Court to examine:

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*'''21 April.''' [[Landmark Legal Foundation]] files [[Amicus brief]] with FISA court.<ref>https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-morris/levin-landmark-legal-foundation-filed-memo-asking-secret-court-investigate</ref> Landmark submits that the Obama administration "abused the judicial process, placing the integrity of this Court and the constitutional rights of individuals at risk." Landmark asks the Court to examine:

{{Quotebox|1. Have this Court’s order or orders been used by intelligence and law enforcement entities of the federal government as a subterfuge to surveil private citizens and at least one United States Senator for political purposes?

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*'''25 April.''' '''Russian lobbyist colludes with Democrat Senator to impede key witness testimony in Russia investigation.''' Adam Waldman texts Sen. Mark Warner: {{quotebox|“I spoke w Steele. He repeated the same position which is that he wants to be helpful but is fearful of the triumvirate of cost, time suck and reputation. He asked me what your concern was about a letter first and I explained it but he would still like as a first protective step from you and [Sen. Richard] Burr asking him and his partner to assist w the investigation by answering questions. He said he will also speak w [[Dan Jones]] whom he says is talking to you. I pointed out there is no privilege in that discussion although Dan [Jones] is a good guy and very trustworthy guy. I encouraged him again to engage with you for the sake of the truth and of vindication of the dossier."}} Waldman represents Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Dan Jones is an ex-Dianne Feinstein staffer who currently is employing Christopher Steele and FusionGPS to keep the Trump-Russia narrative alive.

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*'''26 April.''' '''October 2016 FISA court ruling released.''' DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassifies the October 2016 FISA Court Ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office. The FISA Court Ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA mandate. According to the report, Obama’s FBI and DOJ performed searches on Americans that were against their 4th Amendment rights. This went on for years. One paragraph in the report states that 85% of the Section 704 and 705(b) FISA searches made during this time were non-compliant with applicable laws and therefore criminal. FISA 705 warrants deal with US citizens outside of the country.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf</ref><ref>~~http~~://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/unsealed-fisa-court-ruling-shows-85-obamas-fbi-doj-704-5-fisa-searches-illegal-illegally-provided-government-outsiders/</ref>

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*'''26 April.''' '''October 2016 FISA court ruling released.''' DNI [[Dan Coats]] declassifies the October 2016 FISA Court Ruling exposing a number of criminal activities that Barack Obama’s FBI and DOJ participated in during his time in office. The FISA Court Ruling shows widespread abuse of the FISA mandate. According to the report, Obama’s FBI and DOJ performed searches on Americans that were against their 4th Amendment rights. This went on for years. One paragraph in the report states that 85% of the Section 704 and 705(b) FISA searches made during this time were non-compliant with applicable laws and therefore criminal. FISA 705 warrants deal with US citizens outside of the country.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/2016_Cert_FISC_Memo_Opin_Order_Apr_2017.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/01/unsealed-fisa-court-ruling-shows-85-obamas-fbi-doj-704-5-fisa-searches-illegal-illegally-provided-government-outsiders/</ref>

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COMEY: No.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/03/read-the-full-testimony-of-fbi-director-james-comey-in-which-he-discusses-clinton-email-investigation/?utm_term=.9d977d556351</ref>}}

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*Susan Rice refuses to give testimony before Senate Intelligence Committee.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/susan-rice-refuses-graham-russia-hearing/</ref>

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*Susan Rice refuses to give testimony before Senate Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/politics/susan-rice-refuses-graham-russia-hearing/</ref>

*'''7 May.''' [[Carter Page]] responds to the Senate Seleect Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) request for documents; the committee's director of security James Wolfe leaked the Carter Page FISA application to BuzzFeed, the ''New York Times'' and ''Washington Post'' shortly after receiving it from the [[DOJ]]:

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{{Quotebox|'''Related to the prior [[criminal]] activities by the Clinton/Obama regime last year which unsuccessfully sought to manipulate the [[2016 presidential election]]''' in their favor, please note that several preliminary [[felon]]ies have subsequently been revealed over the months since my first response in March. These recent developments have begun to turn the tables on last year’s deceitful perpetrators who helped lead your Committee and part of the American public astray. Today on [[CBS]]’s ''Face the Nation'', [[Senator Manchin]] offered a perfect characterization of '''the vain steps to rig the 2016 election: “They'll do anything they can to disrupt any type of a freedom, if you will, or a democracy or an involvement where there's an orderly transfer of power.''' That's not for them.”2 Although he was primarily referring to the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories suggested by the Clinton/Obama regime about Russia, '''the growing evidence surrounding their defeated regime’s own dishonest misinformation and influence campaign of 2016''' perfectly fits the Senator’s description. In case you and your colleagues are unaware of the multiple recent eye-openers which have further exposed these crimes and thus significantly changed the landscape in the subsequent period, I would like to explain some of the related details and direct relevance of each in turn: '''Felony #1: Illegal leaking of my identity as “Male-1” [UCE-1 or FBI Undercover Employee-1 in court documents] in ''U.S.A. v. Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev, and Victor Podobnyy''''' – On April 3, 2017, reporters at [[ABC]] News3 and [[BuzzFeed]] [Ali Watkins] News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives [James Wolfe ''et al''] had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case. This particular incident follows an increasing series of similar revelations about other politically-motivated unmaskings in 2016.5 It relates to my brief interactions in 2013 with Victor Podobnyy, a junior attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. During my meeting with U.S. agents at New York’s Plaza Hotel in June 2013 in support of their ongoing investigation, I spoke with them at length about my research on international political economy which I had been completing as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington. I brought this up because it seemed to me that the resources of the U.S. Government might be better allocated towards addressing real national security threats, particularly given the recent Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013. Without question, the harsh retribution subsequently taken against me marked a direct retaliation against my dissenting position. Per an article I had recently written and discussed with the U.S. agents (see Appendix), the Clinton/Obama regime had been, “Reflecting the highest principles of [[cronyism]] rather than democracy,” in many of their policy decisions. In my writings, I had also cited a recent quote from Maya Angelou which seemed of particular relevance given a range of ineffective policy approaches by Washington at the time: “The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”6 This had marked an earlier instance of the corrupt influence campaign and related domestic political intelligence operations in support of failed policies, which would eventually blossom in full glory with the obnoxious civil rights violations based on complete lies displayed during the 2016 election. With regards to the 2015 case where I agreed to provide support, the final scene of the movie ''The Big Short'' offers an instructive summary of the Clinton/Obama regime’s justice system, first led by their Attorney General from 2009 through 2015, [[Eric Holder]].7 After essentially achieving very little in his 6-years in office, it is understandable why Holder might want to target a token Russian banker during his final months in office8 since only Zurich-based Credit Suisse's Kareem Serageldin stood as another perfunctory accomplishment during his extended six-year term. As the journalist Matt Taibbi has described his activities in a 2015 article, which has more recently proven to offer an accurate representation of the Clinton/Obama regime more generally: '''“Holder''' doesn't look it, but he was a revolutionary. He '''institutionalized a radical dualistic approach to criminal justice, essentially creating a system of indulgences wherein the world's richest companies paid cash for their sins and escaped the sterner punishments the law dictated'''.”<ref>Matt Taibbi, “[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/eric-holder-wall-street-double-agent-comes-in-from- the-cold-20150708 Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold: Barack Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild],” Rolling Stone, July 8, 2015.</ref> '''Felony #2: Illegal leaking of classified information surrounding the completely unjustified FISA warrant against me, which further enabled part of the Clinton/Obama regime’s domestic political intelligence operations and influence campaign in the 2016 election''' – On April 12, 2017, the ''Washington Post'' published an article explaining that unnamed '''sources had revealed the completely unjustified FISA warrant to intercept my communications throughout the final months of the reign of the Clinton/Obama regime.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor- former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74- 3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.]</ref> Given a growing list of unanswered questions and apparent abuses regarding this nonsensical invasion of privacy, it seems readily apparent that more revelations about these misdeeds will continue to be learned''' in the period to come.11 As I explained to you last week, my legal team and I are currently busy working on further steps to get to the bottom of this abuse. Whether or not you choose to support these efforts, I am highly confident that this endeavor will prove far more relevant than anything which might be gained in the preposterous forced labor tasks you suggested in your request of April 28, 2017. To put in context how outrageous your groundless comprehensive data requests would be, consider the case study of General Flynn. Frustrated in the wake of her failed attempt to circumvent the long-delayed introduction of effective [[immigration]] policies in the United States, ''de facto'' [[anarchist]] [[Sally Yates]] instead turned her attention to destroying the career of a distinguished American. Although I have never met [[Michael Flynn|General Flynn]], his recent experiences make clear that any minor variation between his memory of a conversation during a vacation on the beaches of the Dominican Republic vs. the in-depth transcript kept by the [[deep state]] is framing him for severe personal damage. Comparing that one relatively recent conversation by General Flynn to the two years of records and recollections you’re instead asking me for helps illustrate how illogical your proposition is. Consistent with the suppression of dissent that this entire exercise has been from the start, [[Senator Feinstein]] admitted today: “…when I saw a three-star general in front of the Republican convention shouting ‘lock her up,’ I thought, oh my goodness. This would never happen, it never has happened before, this is a three-star general of the United States military doing this with no evidence. And it made a big impression on me.”12 Similar to my experiences, the retribution for this exercise of his [[First Amendment]] rights cuts to the core of the matter. In any event, the preponderance of evidence related to the cases General Flynn referred to during his speech in Cleveland greatly exceeds anything in ''':the 2016 [[Steele dossier|Dodgy Dossier]] which eventually became a cornerstone of the crooked initiative against me and other supporters of the Trump movement, first within the prior Administration and now amongst some actors in Congress'''. So it remains unclear to me on what basis you have assigned hundreds of hours of work with your request of April 28, based on literally nothing except lies from corrupt politicians. “THREE DAYS AGO, CARTER PAGE TOLD FOX NEWS HE WAS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE 2016 ELECTION. TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE. To the contrary, I would like to reconfirm for you that I am still cooperating with the Committee’s investigation in the form of a future open testimony. But given the time horizon you noted above, let’s consider a few additional developments which have changed over the course of that 72-hours following the [[Fox News]] report you cited from May 2, 2017.13 First, '''Mrs. Clinton gave a speech which dodged responsibility for her disastrous, tone-deaf campaign by instead pointing the finger at Director Comey and Russia.14 Further illustrating another related reason why I was originally targeted by the Clinton/Obama regime''', it is worth bearing in mind a political science concept I previously defined which explains this dysfunctional avoidance of responsibility that has cut across decades of U.S. history: The Narcissistic Loony Tune School of Foreign Policy An underlying cultural phenomenon that has served as a foundation for the counterproductive narrative in Russia and beyond may be observed in a domestic context. In discussions with her best friend Diane Blair, Hillary Clinton previously defended her husband by referring to his mistress, former White House intern [[Monica Lewinsky]], as a "'''Narcissistic loony tune'''. This personal example demonstrates a fundamental problem at the core of U.S. foreign policy that has been seen across party lines since well before her husband’s administration: '''the inclination to blame weaker parties for problems without examination of the decisions of top leaders that initiated these mistakes''' in the first place.<ref>Carter Page, “[http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/05/2014/alternative-courses-quadruple-dual- containment-president-obama’s-west-point-speech-a Alternative Courses to Quadruple Dual Containment: President Obama’s West Point Speech and Pathways Beyond],” Global Policy Journal, May 30, 2014.</ref> Not only did precisely that same continued pattern of abuse reflect her disparagement of Director Comey, it also underscores why I have remained a principal target of the Clinton/Obama regime’s surrogates including those in Congress. As a perceived weaker party, I have also been effectively and falsely characterized as a narcissistic loony tune amidst other far worse false accusations by the Clinton/Obama regime. In a revealing ''New York Times'' article based on illegal leaks, “The [Obama] Justice Department considered direct surveillance of anyone tied to a political campaign as a line it did not want to cross, the official added.”<ref>Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, “[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/carter-page-fisa-warrant-russia-trump.html Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties,” New York Times, April 12, 2017.]</ref> In other words and consistent with the narcissistic loony tune school approach, they apparently decided it was fine to trample on human rights if someone is a low-level, junior, unpaid supporter rather than a fellow fat-cat career politician from the Washington swamp. Second, the real leadership shown by Senator Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday in beginning to address the genuinely problematic interference in last year’s election offers new confidence that logic may now be restored in this overall process.<ref>Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, “[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in- classified-russia-report-sources-say.html Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say,” Fox News, May 05, 2017.]</ref> To help further illustrate how disgraceful both the spirit and substance of your original interrogation list is, the original source of a more precisely and carefully targeted question of this sort is worth bearing in mind: '''former [[Gang of Eight]] member [[Harry Reid]]. Characteristic of this ongoing investigation which he helped instigate and typical of his personal level of integrity, he has previously stated that making prior claims without any evidence in 2012 was “one of the best things I’ve ever done.”18 Although this is obviously the exact same thing which again happened against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that your Committee might restore its dignity by moving beyond the standards of such gangster tactics and the organized crime network that Reid supported during the Clinton/Obama regime'''.<ref>Precisely meeting the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: “Those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption…” “[https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime Transnational Organized Crime: Glossary of Terms,” FBI website.]</ref> Related to your question #5 and in addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, Harry Reid previously made a federal case out of complete nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed conflicts of interest this might create.20 In response to your question, please note that I purchased 200 American Depository Receipts of PJSC Gazprom in June 2008 for $5,909.00. In response to these gangster-style [[witch hunt]] tactics led in the U.S. Senate by Reid, I divested my stake in August 2016 for $798.98 – a net loss of $5,110.02. '''Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia''' between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2016. In addition to my unanswered request from May 4, 2017 that we save time and hundreds of hours of forced labor by jointly corroborating the personal information illegally intercepted by the Obama Administration with the all-encompassing list of trivial questions you have posed to me, there is one other related question which I would like to ask. '''Whereas this bitter investigation based on false evidence on behalf of lying crooked politicians seems to be a nostalgic repeat of many of the corrupt Clinton/Obama regime’s practices of 2016, I am interested to learn if similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance. It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the political research operatives of the Clinton campaign – apparently a special treat from the Obama Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid by Clinton associates''' for the 2016 Dodgy Dossier.<ref>Chuck Ross, “[~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/04/22/heres-how-much-the-fbi- planned-to-pay-trump-dossier-author/ Here’s How Much The FBI Planned To Pay Trump Dossier Author],” Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, April 22, 2017.</ref> In light of this outrageous payoff precedent which precipitated the primary genesis of our interaction in the first place, can you please clarify what level of remuneration for my assigned work is on offer in this instance? While '''the complete lies that the Dodgy Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the 2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty, factual information of some form might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant'''. On one hand, Senator Dianne Feinstein has demonstrated admirable honesty by admitting that there has been no evidence of collusion between anyone associated with the Trump campaign and Russia following recent briefings with the U.S. [[intelligence community]] despite harshly invasive surveillance and millions of dollars wasted on this investigatory endeavor.<ref>Cameron Cawthorne, “[~~http~~://freebeacon.com/national- security/feinstein-no-evidence-collusion-between-trump-associates-russia/ Feinstein: No Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia],” Washington Free Beacon, May 4, 2017.</ref> Meanwhile, another California politician, Congressman [[Eric Swalwell]] has perpetuated more baseless innuendos and lies in loyal support of certain political allies.23 One would hope that SSCI follows Senator Feinstein’s lead by taking the high road in this instance. As one person experienced in the workings of the [[DC swamp]] accurately summarized the laundry list of requests that you sent on April 28, 2017: “'''Tell us everything so we can have our snotty-nosed [[Ivy League]]rs pore over it and try to put you in the worst light possible. Oh, and you should count on minority staff leaking anything possible to embarrass you or the President'''.” This analysis and prediction would certainly parallel many of my experiences over the past year given the extreme transgressions of the Clinton/Obama regime. This accurate reference to the ongoing history of selective leaking for maximum personal damage of a private citizen (e.g. Felony #1 and Felony #2, above) is another reason making it essential that our future interaction be held in open session. Since you have been praised as the bipartisan adults here24, it is my hope that your continued unity now helps to break through lame partisan-based excuses attempted earlier by those who have still consider themselves above the law.25 The urgency of getting to the bottom of '''the abysmal [[human rights]] record of those actions taken by the Clinton/Obama regime during the 2016 election is an immediate national priority. Finally moving beyond the dark cloud of the civil rights abuses which occurred last year''' might help encourage capable leaders and essential allies such as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to again feel safe in visiting the United States.26 '''“THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ITS INQUIRY INTO ISSUES SURROUNDING RUSSIA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT MR. PAGE WILL LIVE UP TO HIS PUBLICLY-EXPRESSED COOPERATION WITH OUR EFFORT.”''' I would close by reminding you of the excerpt from the 1976 report by the Church Committee that I quoted in my March 5, 2017 letter, the findings of which led to the founding of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: “'''Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information has been illegally collected. The Government has often undertaken the secret surveillance of citizens on the basis of their political beliefs, even when those beliefs posed no threat of violence or illegal acts on behalf of a hostile foreign power…'''”<ref>U.S. Senate, "[https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_II.pdf Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans]", Book II, Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities United States Senate, April 26, 1976.</ref> While the earliest indications at the time had already hinted that '''the Church Committee’s conclusions might parallel the injustices committed against me and countless other American citizens last year, few public observers could have imagined way back in March 2017 the growing evidence of corrupt dealings by the Clinton/Obama regime which has subsequently been revealed surrounding their failed attempt to influence the 2016 election.''' Let us please move beyond the noise of last year’s pathetic lies by a bitter losing campaign as we jointly refocus our attention on substantive and relevant matters that can help fix the direction of your Committee and this country.<ref>

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{{Quotebox|'''Related to the prior [[criminal]] activities by the Clinton/Obama regime last year which unsuccessfully sought to manipulate the [[2016 presidential election]]''' in their favor, please note that several preliminary [[felon]]ies have subsequently been revealed over the months since my first response in March. These recent developments have begun to turn the tables on last year’s deceitful perpetrators who helped lead your Committee and part of the American public astray. Today on [[CBS]]’s ''Face the Nation'', [[Senator Manchin]] offered a perfect characterization of '''the vain steps to rig the 2016 election: “They'll do anything they can to disrupt any type of a freedom, if you will, or a democracy or an involvement where there's an orderly transfer of power.''' That's not for them.”2 Although he was primarily referring to the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories suggested by the Clinton/Obama regime about Russia, '''the growing evidence surrounding their defeated regime’s own dishonest misinformation and influence campaign of 2016''' perfectly fits the Senator’s description. In case you and your colleagues are unaware of the multiple recent eye-openers which have further exposed these crimes and thus significantly changed the landscape in the subsequent period, I would like to explain some of the related details and direct relevance of each in turn: '''Felony #1: Illegal leaking of my identity as “Male-1” [UCE-1 or FBI Undercover Employee-1 in court documents] in ''U.S.A. v. Evgeny Buryakov, Igor Sporyshev, and Victor Podobnyy''''' – On April 3, 2017, reporters at [[ABC]] News3 and [[BuzzFeed]] [Ali Watkins] News4 requested to meet in order to inform me that U.S. government operatives [James Wolfe ''et al''] had unlawfully disclosed my identity as Male-1 in this 2015 case. This particular incident follows an increasing series of similar revelations about other politically-motivated unmaskings in 2016.5 It relates to my brief interactions in 2013 with Victor Podobnyy, a junior attaché assigned to the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations. During my meeting with U.S. agents at New York’s Plaza Hotel in June 2013 in support of their ongoing investigation, I spoke with them at length about my research on international political economy which I had been completing as a Fellow at the Center for National Policy in Washington. I brought this up because it seemed to me that the resources of the U.S. Government might be better allocated towards addressing real national security threats, particularly given the recent Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013. Without question, the harsh retribution subsequently taken against me marked a direct retaliation against my dissenting position. Per an article I had recently written and discussed with the U.S. agents (see Appendix), the Clinton/Obama regime had been, “Reflecting the highest principles of [[cronyism]] rather than democracy,” in many of their policy decisions. In my writings, I had also cited a recent quote from Maya Angelou which seemed of particular relevance given a range of ineffective policy approaches by Washington at the time: “The philosophers tell us that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”6 This had marked an earlier instance of the corrupt influence campaign and related domestic political intelligence operations in support of failed policies, which would eventually blossom in full glory with the obnoxious civil rights violations based on complete lies displayed during the 2016 election. With regards to the 2015 case where I agreed to provide support, the final scene of the movie ''The Big Short'' offers an instructive summary of the Clinton/Obama regime’s justice system, first led by their Attorney General from 2009 through 2015, [[Eric Holder]].7 After essentially achieving very little in his 6-years in office, it is understandable why Holder might want to target a token Russian banker during his final months in office8 since only Zurich-based Credit Suisse's Kareem Serageldin stood as another perfunctory accomplishment during his extended six-year term. As the journalist Matt Taibbi has described his activities in a 2015 article, which has more recently proven to offer an accurate representation of the Clinton/Obama regime more generally: '''“Holder''' doesn't look it, but he was a revolutionary. He '''institutionalized a radical dualistic approach to criminal justice, essentially creating a system of indulgences wherein the world's richest companies paid cash for their sins and escaped the sterner punishments the law dictated'''.”<ref>Matt Taibbi, “[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/eric-holder-wall-street-double-agent-comes-in-from- the-cold-20150708 Eric Holder, Wall Street Double Agent, Comes in From the Cold: Barack Obama's former top cop cashes in after six years of letting banks run wild],” Rolling Stone, July 8, 2015.</ref> '''Felony #2: Illegal leaking of classified information surrounding the completely unjustified FISA warrant against me, which further enabled part of the Clinton/Obama regime’s domestic political intelligence operations and influence campaign in the 2016 election''' – On April 12, 2017, the ''Washington Post'' published an article explaining that unnamed '''sources had revealed the completely unjustified FISA warrant to intercept my communications throughout the final months of the reign of the Clinton/Obama regime.<ref>Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor- former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74- 3a742a6e93a7_story.html FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.]</ref> Given a growing list of unanswered questions and apparent abuses regarding this nonsensical invasion of privacy, it seems readily apparent that more revelations about these misdeeds will continue to be learned''' in the period to come.11 As I explained to you last week, my legal team and I are currently busy working on further steps to get to the bottom of this abuse. Whether or not you choose to support these efforts, I am highly confident that this endeavor will prove far more relevant than anything which might be gained in the preposterous forced labor tasks you suggested in your request of April 28, 2017. To put in context how outrageous your groundless comprehensive data requests would be, consider the case study of General Flynn. Frustrated in the wake of her failed attempt to circumvent the long-delayed introduction of effective [[immigration]] policies in the United States, ''de facto'' [[anarchist]] [[Sally Yates]] instead turned her attention to destroying the career of a distinguished American. Although I have never met [[Michael Flynn|General Flynn]], his recent experiences make clear that any minor variation between his memory of a conversation during a vacation on the beaches of the Dominican Republic vs. the in-depth transcript kept by the [[deep state]] is framing him for severe personal damage. Comparing that one relatively recent conversation by General Flynn to the two years of records and recollections you’re instead asking me for helps illustrate how illogical your proposition is. Consistent with the suppression of dissent that this entire exercise has been from the start, [[Senator Feinstein]] admitted today: “…when I saw a three-star general in front of the Republican convention shouting ‘lock her up,’ I thought, oh my goodness. This would never happen, it never has happened before, this is a three-star general of the United States military doing this with no evidence. And it made a big impression on me.”12 Similar to my experiences, the retribution for this exercise of his [[First Amendment]] rights cuts to the core of the matter. In any event, the preponderance of evidence related to the cases General Flynn referred to during his speech in Cleveland greatly exceeds anything in ''':the 2016 [[Steele dossier|Dodgy Dossier]] which eventually became a cornerstone of the crooked initiative against me and other supporters of the Trump movement, first within the prior Administration and now amongst some actors in Congress'''. So it remains unclear to me on what basis you have assigned hundreds of hours of work with your request of April 28, based on literally nothing except lies from corrupt politicians. “THREE DAYS AGO, CARTER PAGE TOLD FOX NEWS HE WAS COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEE’S INVESTIGATION INTO RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES SURROUNDING THE 2016 ELECTION. TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE. To the contrary, I would like to reconfirm for you that I am still cooperating with the Committee’s investigation in the form of a future open testimony. But given the time horizon you noted above, let’s consider a few additional developments which have changed over the course of that 72-hours following the [[Fox News]] report you cited from May 2, 2017.13 First, '''Mrs. Clinton gave a speech which dodged responsibility for her disastrous, tone-deaf campaign by instead pointing the finger at Director Comey and Russia.14 Further illustrating another related reason why I was originally targeted by the Clinton/Obama regime''', it is worth bearing in mind a political science concept I previously defined which explains this dysfunctional avoidance of responsibility that has cut across decades of U.S. history: The Narcissistic Loony Tune School of Foreign Policy An underlying cultural phenomenon that has served as a foundation for the counterproductive narrative in Russia and beyond may be observed in a domestic context. In discussions with her best friend Diane Blair, Hillary Clinton previously defended her husband by referring to his mistress, former White House intern [[Monica Lewinsky]], as a "'''Narcissistic loony tune'''. This personal example demonstrates a fundamental problem at the core of U.S. foreign policy that has been seen across party lines since well before her husband’s administration: '''the inclination to blame weaker parties for problems without examination of the decisions of top leaders that initiated these mistakes''' in the first place.<ref>Carter Page, “[http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/05/2014/alternative-courses-quadruple-dual- containment-president-obama’s-west-point-speech-a Alternative Courses to Quadruple Dual Containment: President Obama’s West Point Speech and Pathways Beyond],” Global Policy Journal, May 30, 2014.</ref> Not only did precisely that same continued pattern of abuse reflect her disparagement of Director Comey, it also underscores why I have remained a principal target of the Clinton/Obama regime’s surrogates including those in Congress. As a perceived weaker party, I have also been effectively and falsely characterized as a narcissistic loony tune amidst other far worse false accusations by the Clinton/Obama regime. In a revealing ''New York Times'' article based on illegal leaks, “The [Obama] Justice Department considered direct surveillance of anyone tied to a political campaign as a line it did not want to cross, the official added.”<ref>Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, “[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/us/politics/carter-page-fisa-warrant-russia-trump.html Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties,” New York Times, April 12, 2017.]</ref> In other words and consistent with the narcissistic loony tune school approach, they apparently decided it was fine to trample on human rights if someone is a low-level, junior, unpaid supporter rather than a fellow fat-cat career politician from the Washington swamp. Second, the real leadership shown by Senator Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Judiciary Committee last Wednesday in beginning to address the genuinely problematic interference in last year’s election offers new confidence that logic may now be restored in this overall process.<ref>Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, “[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in- classified-russia-report-sources-say.html Comey pressed for anti-Trump dossier in classified Russia report, sources say,” Fox News, May 05, 2017.]</ref> To help further illustrate how disgraceful both the spirit and substance of your original interrogation list is, the original source of a more precisely and carefully targeted question of this sort is worth bearing in mind: '''former [[Gang of Eight]] member [[Harry Reid]]. Characteristic of this ongoing investigation which he helped instigate and typical of his personal level of integrity, he has previously stated that making prior claims without any evidence in 2012 was “one of the best things I’ve ever done.”18 Although this is obviously the exact same thing which again happened against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that your Committee might restore its dignity by moving beyond the standards of such gangster tactics and the organized crime network that Reid supported during the Clinton/Obama regime'''.<ref>Precisely meeting the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: “Those self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption…” “[https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/organized-crime Transnational Organized Crime: Glossary of Terms,” FBI website.]</ref> Related to your question #5 and in addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, Harry Reid previously made a federal case out of complete nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed conflicts of interest this might create.20 In response to your question, please note that I purchased 200 American Depository Receipts of PJSC Gazprom in June 2008 for $5,909.00. In response to these gangster-style [[witch hunt]] tactics led in the U.S. Senate by Reid, I divested my stake in August 2016 for $798.98 – a net loss of $5,110.02. '''Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia''' between June 16, 2015 and January 20, 2016. In addition to my unanswered request from May 4, 2017 that we save time and hundreds of hours of forced labor by jointly corroborating the personal information illegally intercepted by the Obama Administration with the all-encompassing list of trivial questions you have posed to me, there is one other related question which I would like to ask. '''Whereas this bitter investigation based on false evidence on behalf of lying crooked politicians seems to be a nostalgic repeat of many of the corrupt Clinton/Obama regime’s practices of 2016, I am interested to learn if similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance. It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the political research operatives of the Clinton campaign – apparently a special treat from the Obama Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid by Clinton associates''' for the 2016 Dodgy Dossier.<ref>Chuck Ross, “[https://dailycaller.com/2017/04/22/heres-how-much-the-fbi- planned-to-pay-trump-dossier-author/ Here’s How Much The FBI Planned To Pay Trump Dossier Author],” Chuck Ross, Daily Caller, April 22, 2017.</ref> In light of this outrageous payoff precedent which precipitated the primary genesis of our interaction in the first place, can you please clarify what level of remuneration for my assigned work is on offer in this instance? While '''the complete lies that the Dodgy Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the 2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty, factual information of some form might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant'''. On one hand, Senator Dianne Feinstein has demonstrated admirable honesty by admitting that there has been no evidence of collusion between anyone associated with the Trump campaign and Russia following recent briefings with the U.S. [[intelligence community]] despite harshly invasive surveillance and millions of dollars wasted on this investigatory endeavor.<ref>Cameron Cawthorne, “[https://freebeacon.com/national- security/feinstein-no-evidence-collusion-between-trump-associates-russia/ Feinstein: No Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia],” Washington Free Beacon, May 4, 2017.</ref> Meanwhile, another California politician, Congressman [[Eric Swalwell]] has perpetuated more baseless innuendos and lies in loyal support of certain political allies.23 One would hope that SSCI follows Senator Feinstein’s lead by taking the high road in this instance. As one person experienced in the workings of the [[DC swamp]] accurately summarized the laundry list of requests that you sent on April 28, 2017: “'''Tell us everything so we can have our snotty-nosed [[Ivy League]]rs pore over it and try to put you in the worst light possible. Oh, and you should count on minority staff leaking anything possible to embarrass you or the President'''.” This analysis and prediction would certainly parallel many of my experiences over the past year given the extreme transgressions of the Clinton/Obama regime. This accurate reference to the ongoing history of selective leaking for maximum personal damage of a private citizen (e.g. Felony #1 and Felony #2, above) is another reason making it essential that our future interaction be held in open session. Since you have been praised as the bipartisan adults here24, it is my hope that your continued unity now helps to break through lame partisan-based excuses attempted earlier by those who have still consider themselves above the law.25 The urgency of getting to the bottom of '''the abysmal [[human rights]] record of those actions taken by the Clinton/Obama regime during the 2016 election is an immediate national priority. Finally moving beyond the dark cloud of the civil rights abuses which occurred last year''' might help encourage capable leaders and essential allies such as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to again feel safe in visiting the United States.26 '''“THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE ITS INQUIRY INTO ISSUES SURROUNDING RUSSIA’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; IT IS OUR EXPECTATION THAT MR. PAGE WILL LIVE UP TO HIS PUBLICLY-EXPRESSED COOPERATION WITH OUR EFFORT.”''' I would close by reminding you of the excerpt from the 1976 report by the Church Committee that I quoted in my March 5, 2017 letter, the findings of which led to the founding of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: “'''Too many people have been spied upon by too many Government agencies and too much information has been illegally collected. The Government has often undertaken the secret surveillance of citizens on the basis of their political beliefs, even when those beliefs posed no threat of violence or illegal acts on behalf of a hostile foreign power…'''”<ref>U.S. Senate, "[https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_II.pdf Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans]", Book II, Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with respect to Intelligence Activities United States Senate, April 26, 1976.</ref> While the earliest indications at the time had already hinted that '''the Church Committee’s conclusions might parallel the injustices committed against me and countless other American citizens last year, few public observers could have imagined way back in March 2017 the growing evidence of corrupt dealings by the Clinton/Obama regime which has subsequently been revealed surrounding their failed attempt to influence the 2016 election.''' Let us please move beyond the noise of last year’s pathetic lies by a bitter losing campaign as we jointly refocus our attention on substantive and relevant matters that can help fix the direction of your Committee and this country.<ref>

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3 Brian Ross and Matthew Mosk, “Trump campaign adviser Carter Page targeted for

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6 Maya Angelou, “The 2013 Time 100: Icons,” Time, April 18, 2013.

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‘evidence of collusion’,” Shareblue, April 27, 2017. [http://shareblue.com/breaking-house-intel-democrat-tells-chris-matthews-he-has-seen-evidence-of-collusion/] “Hillary racks up

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{{Quotebox|I KNOW THAT SETH RICH WAS INVOLVED IN THE DNC LEAK.

I know this because in late 2014 a person contacted me about helping me to start a branch of the Internet Party in the United States. He called himself Panda. I now know that Panda was Seth Rich.

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*'''25 May.''' Rep. Blake Farenthold calls for federal investigation into the assassination of Seth Rich.<ref>https://www.minds.com/search;q=%23Email;type=activities</ref>

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*a 25-year-old #resist anti-Trump climate change activist and pro-Iranian terrorist who subcontracted for the NSA arrested for leaking classified material.<ref>http://circa.com/politics/accountability/james-comey-sued-by-intelligence-contractor-dennis-montgomery-over-spying-on-americans</ref>

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*Obama suspected of violating [[Logan Act]].<ref>~~http~~://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/draft-president-obama-may-be-breaking-the-logan-act-by-conniving-with-foreign-governments-behind-president-trumps-back/</ref>

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*Obama suspected of violating [[Logan Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/draft-president-obama-may-be-breaking-the-logan-act-by-conniving-with-foreign-governments-behind-president-trumps-back/</ref>

*'''6 June.''' CNN’s Gloria Borger, Eric Lichtblau, Jake Tapper and Brian Rokus; and ABC’s Justin Fishel and Jonathan Karl reported that Comey was going to refute Donald Trump’s claim that Comey told Trump three times he was not under investigation. Instead, Comey did the opposite and confirmed Trump’s claim.

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*'''20 June.''' Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe names Philip Celestini as Special Agent in Charge of the Intelligence Division, Washington Field Office.

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*'''21 June.''' It was reported that despite knowing about Russian interference, the Obama Administration did nothing about it.<ref>Williams, Katie Bo (June 23, 2017). [~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/national-security/339236-frustrated-dems-say-obama-botched-russia-response Frustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Smith, David; Siddiqui, Sabrina (June 23, 2017). [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/23/obama-cia-warning-russia-election-hack-report New details of Russia election hacking raise questions about Obama's response]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Bredemeier, Ken (June 22, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-questions-obama-administration-russian-election-meddling/3911477.html Trump Questions Why Obama Administration Didn't Thwart Russian Election Meddling]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Huetteman, Emmarie (June 21, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/us/politics/jeh-johnson-testimony-russian-election-hacking.html Obama White House Knew of Russian Election Hacking, but Delayed Telling]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Greenwood, Max (June 23, 2017). [~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/technology/339166-obama-administration-struggled-with-how-to-respond-to-russian-election Obama official: We 'choked' on Russia response: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> On the same day, former DHS Secretary [[Jeh Johnson]] admitted that there was no evidence of Russian collusion with Trump<ref>Hains, Tim (June 21, 2017). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/21/rep_trey_gowdy_grills_jeh_johnson_no_evidence_of_trump_collusion_with_russia.html Rep. Trey Gowdy Grills Jeh Johnson: "No Evidence Of Trump Collusion With Russia"]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> and that no votes were changed by the Russians.<ref>Quinn, Melissa (June 21, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-dhs-secretary-jeh-johnson-no-votes-changed-by-russians-in-2016-election/article/2626624 Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: No votes changed by Russians in 2016 election]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> Johnson also revealed that the DNC rejected DHS offers to help protect their network after a cyber attack on their servers, and it refused to hand their servers over to the DHS.<ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (June 21, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/21/jeh-johnson-testifies-dnc-rejected-dhs-help-on-hack-russia-meddling-did-not-alter-ballots.html Jeh Johnson testifies DNC rejected DHS help on hack, Russia meddling did not alter ballots]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Kein, Aaron (June 21, 2017). [~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/21/revealed-dnc-turned-down-help-from-dhs-after-rebuffing-fbi-in-2016-hack-probe/ Revealed: DNC Turned Down Help from DHS After Rebuffing FBI in 2016 ‘Hack’ Probe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref>

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*'''21 June.''' It was reported that despite knowing about Russian interference, the Obama Administration did nothing about it.<ref>Williams, Katie Bo (June 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/339236-frustrated-dems-say-obama-botched-russia-response Frustrated Dems say Obama botched Russia response]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Smith, David; Siddiqui, Sabrina (June 23, 2017). [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/23/obama-cia-warning-russia-election-hack-report New details of Russia election hacking raise questions about Obama's response]. ''The Guardian''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Bredemeier, Ken (June 22, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-questions-obama-administration-russian-election-meddling/3911477.html Trump Questions Why Obama Administration Didn't Thwart Russian Election Meddling]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Huetteman, Emmarie (June 21, 2017). [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/us/politics/jeh-johnson-testimony-russian-election-hacking.html Obama White House Knew of Russian Election Hacking, but Delayed Telling]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Greenwood, Max (June 23, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/technology/339166-obama-administration-struggled-with-how-to-respond-to-russian-election Obama official: We 'choked' on Russia response: report]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> On the same day, former DHS Secretary [[Jeh Johnson]] admitted that there was no evidence of Russian collusion with Trump<ref>Hains, Tim (June 21, 2017). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/06/21/rep_trey_gowdy_grills_jeh_johnson_no_evidence_of_trump_collusion_with_russia.html Rep. Trey Gowdy Grills Jeh Johnson: "No Evidence Of Trump Collusion With Russia"]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> and that no votes were changed by the Russians.<ref>Quinn, Melissa (June 21, 2017). [http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/former-dhs-secretary-jeh-johnson-no-votes-changed-by-russians-in-2016-election/article/2626624 Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: No votes changed by Russians in 2016 election]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref> Johnson also revealed that the DNC rejected DHS offers to help protect their network after a cyber attack on their servers, and it refused to hand their servers over to the DHS.<ref>Chakraborty, Barnini (June 21, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/21/jeh-johnson-testifies-dnc-rejected-dhs-help-on-hack-russia-meddling-did-not-alter-ballots.html Jeh Johnson testifies DNC rejected DHS help on hack, Russia meddling did not alter ballots]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref><ref>Kein, Aaron (June 21, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/21/revealed-dnc-turned-down-help-from-dhs-after-rebuffing-fbi-in-2016-hack-probe/ Revealed: DNC Turned Down Help from DHS After Rebuffing FBI in 2016 ‘Hack’ Probe]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 24, 2017.</ref>

*'''22 June.''' Steele and Bruce Ohr exchange emails: {{quotebox|Steele - Hi Bruce, is there any news on re-engagement yet? Any thing we could do to help from this end? Grateful for an update. Thanks and Best, Chris Bruce - I will inquire and let you know.}} Steele is looking for a job with the Mueller team, but had been branded as "unreliable" and ordered not to gather any information for the FBI. It appears the FBI is stringing Steele along and not being up front about "reengagement," i.e. joining the Mueller team.

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*Career NSC officials slow walking compliance with House Intelligence subpoenas for Susan Rice's unmasking requests.<ref>~~http~~://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/22/susan-rice-records-intelligence-committee-wants-ar/</ref>

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*Career NSC officials slow walking compliance with House Intelligence subpoenas for Susan Rice's unmasking requests.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/22/susan-rice-records-intelligence-committee-wants-ar/</ref>

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*President Trump was able to turn the narrative around to Obama, asking why he did nothing about alleged Russian interference during the election.<ref>Klein, Aaron (June 25, 2017). [~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/25/trump-continues-to-turn-the-tables-on-the-obama-administration-regarding-role-in-russia-narrative/ Trump Continues to Turn the Tables on the Obama Administration Regarding Russia Narrative]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref>

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*President Trump was able to turn the narrative around to Obama, asking why he did nothing about alleged Russian interference during the election.<ref>Klein, Aaron (June 25, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/06/25/trump-continues-to-turn-the-tables-on-the-obama-administration-regarding-role-in-russia-narrative/ Trump Continues to Turn the Tables on the Obama Administration Regarding Russia Narrative]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref>

*CNN’s Thomas Frank reported that Congress was investigating a “Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials.” The report was later retracted. Frank and two other CNN employees resigned in the fallout.

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*A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives whistleblower stated that the Obama Administration obstructed justice by covering up any link between [[Operating Fast and Furious]] and Brian Terry’s death.<ref>Price, Bob (June 24, 2017). [~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/24/atf-whistleblower-obamas-doj-obstructed-justice-fast-furious-investigation/ ATF Whistleblower: Obama’s DOJ Obstructed Justice in ‘Fast and Furious’ Investigation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref>

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*A Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives whistleblower stated that the Obama Administration obstructed justice by covering up any link between [[Operating Fast and Furious]] and Brian Terry’s death.<ref>Price, Bob (June 24, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/06/24/atf-whistleblower-obamas-doj-obstructed-justice-fast-furious-investigation/ ATF Whistleblower: Obama’s DOJ Obstructed Justice in ‘Fast and Furious’ Investigation]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved June 25, 2017.</ref>

*'''25 June.''' CNN reported to have imposed new rules on its slanderous and irresponsible fake news coverage of the Trump-Russia [[conspiracy theory]].<ref>https://www.buzzfeed.com/passantino/cnn-russia-coverage-publishing-restrictions?utm_term=.ao6kVqGapp#.ekgonlyw55</ref>

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*'''29 June.''' Third renewal of Carter Page warrant application.

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*'''30 June.''' Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pays $14,794,130 to Jim Margolis' GMMB,<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/transparency/Pages/TransactionDetails.aspx?RecordID=B91E46C0-4D13-4488-BE99-E8A8E5ADFE12&AwardID=57929676&AwardType=C</ref><ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-awarded-14-million-contract-to-progressive-firm/</ref> a Democratic consulting and advertising concern.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/political-consultants-2012-campaign-big-money_n_1579661.html</ref>

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*'''30 June.''' Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) pays $14,794,130 to Jim Margolis' GMMB,<ref>https://www.usaspending.gov/transparency/Pages/TransactionDetails.aspx?RecordID=B91E46C0-4D13-4488-BE99-E8A8E5ADFE12&AwardID=57929676&AwardType=C</ref><ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-awarded-14-million-contract-to-progressive-firm/</ref> a Democratic consulting and advertising concern.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/political-consultants-2012-campaign-big-money_n_1579661.html</ref>

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*'''2 July.''' Klaus Eberwein, a former [[Haiti]]an government official who was expected to testify about Clinton Foundation's theft of $10 billion from the Haitian Eathquake Relief Fund found dead in [[Miami]] with a gunshot wound to the head.<ref>https://youtu.be/szzPMno64OY</ref>

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*'''5 July.''' Awan investigation expanded to include money-laundering, tax fraud, extortion, bankruptcy fraud and insurance fraud and the money could have been funneled oversea.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/07/05/house-dem-it-suspects-wanted-untraceable-payments-and-sure-enough-millions-disappeared/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social</ref>

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*'''5 July.''' Awan investigation expanded to include money-laundering, tax fraud, extortion, bankruptcy fraud and insurance fraud and the money could have been funneled oversea.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/07/05/house-dem-it-suspects-wanted-untraceable-payments-and-sure-enough-millions-disappeared/?utm_campaign=atdailycaller&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social</ref>

*'''8 July.''' Mark Corallo, attorney for Donald Trump, Jr. revealed that FusionGPS, a firm employed by the Clinton campaign and the DNC, had misrepresented themselves to arrange a meeting between Donald Trump Jr, and a Russian lawyer in the Summer of 2016 in an effort to compromise the Trump organization.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/07/08/donald-trump-jr-met-with-russian-lawyer-during-election-but-didnt-follow-up</ref>

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*Obama suspected of violating [[Logan Act]].<ref>~~http~~://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/draft-president-obama-may-be-breaking-the-logan-act-by-conniving-with-foreign-governments-behind-president-trumps-back/</ref>

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*Obama suspected of violating [[Logan Act]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/draft-president-obama-may-be-breaking-the-logan-act-by-conniving-with-foreign-governments-behind-president-trumps-back/</ref>

*'''10 July.''' Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr linked to FusionGPS & the Steele Dossier.<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/News/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-russian-lawyer-steele-dossier-natalia-veselnitskaya-gps-fusion-a7834541.html</ref>

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*Reports confirm FBI now involved in Awan investigation. FBI has seized a cache of smashed hard drives from Awan home.<ref>

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*'''24 July.''' Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), which includes among its members two former Technical Directors of the [[National Security Agency]],<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2018/06/07/still-waiting-for-evidence-of-a-russian-hack/</ref> issues a Memorandum for the President:

{{Quotebox|Forensic studies of “Russian hacking” into Democratic National Committee computers last year reveal that on July 5, 2016, data was leaked (not hacked) by a person with physical access to DNC computer. After examining metadata from the “Guccifer 2.0” July 5, 2016 intrusion into the DNC server, independent cyber investigators have concluded that an insider copied DNC data onto an external storage device.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/</ref>}}

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*'''25 July.''' Imran Awan arrested at airport while trying to flee the country after being investigated on bank fraud charges. Debbie Wasserman Schultz finally fired him after the arrest.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/homenews/news/343723-house-dem-staffer-arrested-on-bank-fraud-charges</ref> Prosecution of Awan will be assigned to Steven Wasserman, US Attorney for the District of Columbia, and brother of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

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*'''25 July.''' Imran Awan arrested at airport while trying to flee the country after being investigated on bank fraud charges. Debbie Wasserman Schultz finally fired him after the arrest.<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/news/343723-house-dem-staffer-arrested-on-bank-fraud-charges</ref> Prosecution of Awan will be assigned to Steven Wasserman, US Attorney for the District of Columbia, and brother of Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

*Lori Harfenist responds to MSNBC [[Joy Reid]]'s [[racist]] and Slavophobic tweets.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/07/25/russia_today_host_slams_msnbcs_joy_reid_for_xenophobic_and_anti-slavic_racist_comments.html</ref>

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*Detective Rod Wheeler infers in tweet link between [[Awan investigation]] and the [[murder of Seth Rich]].<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/rodwheeler/status/890177121334722560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadworldnews.com%2Fdebbie-wasserman-schultz-murder%2F</ref>

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*Republicans get agreement on Russia, North Korea sanctions.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/344052-republicans-gets-agreement-on-russia-north-korea-sanctions Republicans get agreement on Russia, North Korea sanctions.</ref>

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*Republicans get agreement on Russia, North Korea sanctions.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/344052-republicans-gets-agreement-on-russia-north-korea-sanctions Republicans get agreement on Russia, North Korea sanctions.</ref>

*'''27 July.''' '''IG Horowitz notifies Mueller and Rosenstein of Strzok/Lisa Page bias'''. Strzok fired,<ref>https://www.wired.com/story/robert-mueller-special-counsel-investigation-team/</ref> Strzok retained his secutity clearances to declassify FISA information and write NSLs when he joined the Mueller team. The FISA warrant on Carter Page (which kept the whole administration under surveillance) was still active. With Strzok gone, the ability to monitor the administration was more limited. Mueller had to go with information they already accumulated.

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:*And when prosecutors filed the complaint the next day they got a spoken order from Judge Howell to seal it, but followed up with a written request that they could take to the magistrate in Alexandria, where they showed up almost an hour later than expected.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/08/secret-hearing-mueller-trump-probe-244653</ref>

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:*Mueller asked for sentencing on the basis of the cash payment. <ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/papadop-4.jpg</ref> The money was for an oil and gas consulting contract in the [[Aegean Sea]] and [[Mediterranean]].<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2018/08/20/papadopoulos-foreign-payment/</ref>

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14.Any and all potential leaks originated by Mr. Comey and provide to author Michael Schmidt dating back to 1993.<ref>https://goodlatte.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=939</ref>}}

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*Chairman Devin Nunes accuses top Obama political aides of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports, including Trump transition officials. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, said the requests were made without specific justifications on why the information was needed. “We have found evidence that current and former government officials had easy access to U.S. person information and that it is possible that they used this information to achieve partisan political purposes, including the selective, anonymous leaking of such information,” Nunes wrote in the letter to DNI Dan Coats. "The committee has learned that one official, whose position had no apparent intelligence related function, made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama administration,” UN Amb. [[Samantha Power]] is said to be the one making requests.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/national-security/344226-intelligence-chairman-accuses-obama-aides-of-hundreds-of-unmasking</ref>

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*Chairman Devin Nunes accuses top Obama political aides of making hundreds of requests during the 2016 presidential race to unmask the names of Americans in intelligence reports, including Trump transition officials. In a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, said the requests were made without specific justifications on why the information was needed. “We have found evidence that current and former government officials had easy access to U.S. person information and that it is possible that they used this information to achieve partisan political purposes, including the selective, anonymous leaking of such information,” Nunes wrote in the letter to DNI Dan Coats. "The committee has learned that one official, whose position had no apparent intelligence related function, made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the Obama administration,” UN Amb. [[Samantha Power]] is said to be the one making requests.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/344226-intelligence-chairman-accuses-obama-aides-of-hundreds-of-unmasking</ref>

*FusionGPS has in the past sheltered its clients’ true identities by filtering money through law firms or shell companies (Bean LLC and Kernel LLC).<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-paid-for-the-trump-dossier-1501193386</ref>

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*Acting FBI Dir. Andrew McCabe interviewed by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) under oath. McCabe denies that he authorized Lisa Page to leak the existence of the Clinton Foundation investigation to Devlin Barrett of the ''Wall Street Journal'' and a denial of his own conflict of interest just days prior to the election in late October 2016. The OIG {{quotebox|"concluded that McCabe lacked candor during his OIG audio-recorded interview under oath on July 28, 2017, when he falsely stated that: (a) he was not aware of [Lisa Page] being authorized to speak to reporters around October 30 [2016] and (b) he did not know, because he was out of town, “where [Lisa Page] was or what she was doing” during the relevant time period."}}

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*'''McCabe orders Manafort raid'''. McCabe is under investigation in three separate inquires, grandstands one week before being ousted by [[Christopher Wray]] as new FBI director with a highly publicized raid on Paul Manafort's home.<ref>http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/trump-manafort-raid-fbi-director-mccabe-tweets-fired-removed/</ref> In the raid, the FBI illegally seized a transcript of Manafort's closed door Congressional testimony, guarded by immunity agreements with Congress and attorney client privilege.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/russia-mueller-hill/index.html</ref>

*[[Bill Browder]] testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee on Russian employment of FusionGPS. FusionGPS simultaneously was employed by Clinton operatives and Russia and was offered cash by James Comey for corroborative evidence to the ''Clinton-Steele dossier''.

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*'''August.''' Trump Campaign hands over emails from Papadopoulos to Special Counsel.

*'''1 August.''' Dep. Dir. Andy McCabe calls IG to "correct" his sworn testimony after Special Counsel to the Deputy Director Lisa Page cites the Strzok-Lisa Page text messages as evidence McCabe instructed her to leak information to Devlin Barrett of the ''WSJ'' about the Clinton Foundation investigation.

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*House Judiciary member calls for immediate resignation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/01/house-judiciary-member-mueller-legally-required-to-resign-over-conflict-of-interest/</ref>

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*National Security Subcommitte Chairman [[Ron DeSantis]] of the House Oversight Committee requests a briefing from the Capitol Police on the Awan investigation and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and are taking steps to begin a Congressional probe into why taxpayer funds were used to pay the former DNC Chair woman's advisor after he was removed from access to House computing network.<ref>~~http~~://freebeacon.com/national-security/congressional-investigation-wasserman-schultz-scandal-moves-forward/</ref>

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*National Security Subcommitte Chairman [[Ron DeSantis]] of the House Oversight Committee requests a briefing from the Capitol Police on the Awan investigation and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and are taking steps to begin a Congressional probe into why taxpayer funds were used to pay the former DNC Chair woman's advisor after he was removed from access to House computing network.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/congressional-investigation-wasserman-schultz-scandal-moves-forward/</ref>

*'''2 August.''' Rosenstein memo to Mueller clarifying authority of the Special Counsel.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/375478974/Rosenstein-Instructions-Authorizing-Mueller-Investigation#download</ref> Mueller is seeking to prosecute Manafort for actions prior to the 2016 election which are unrelated to the Trump campaign or alleged collusion. The expanded authorization to investigate Manafort on non-Russia related matters comes one week after Acting Director McCabe's llegal raid on Manafort's house.<ref>https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/04/rosenstein-memo-confirming-mueller-could-investigate-manafort-came-a-week-after-raid-on-manaforts-home/amp/</ref>

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*''Nation'' magazine reports NSA experts say DNC was not hacked at all, but an inside job leaked by someone with access to the DNC’s system. "The metadata established several facts in this regard with granular precision: On the evening of July 5, 2016, 1,976 megabytes of data were downloaded from the DNC’s server. The operation took 87 seconds. This yields a transfer rate of 22.7 megabytes per second."<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/</ref>

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*Federal judge orders State Dept. to resume search for missing Hillary Clinton emails and other records related to the 2012 [[Benghazi massacre]]. Document include communication between Hillary Clinton, [[Huma Abedin]], [[Cheryl Mills]] and [[Jake Sullivan]].<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/346055-judge-orders-new-search-for-hillary-clintons-benghazi-emails</ref>

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*Federal judge orders State Dept. to resume search for missing Hillary Clinton emails and other records related to the 2012 [[Benghazi massacre]]. Document include communication between Hillary Clinton, [[Huma Abedin]], [[Cheryl Mills]] and [[Jake Sullivan]].<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/346055-judge-orders-new-search-for-hillary-clintons-benghazi-emails</ref>

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*[[Jay Sekulow]] uncovers evidence of White House & Comey involvement in Lynch tarmac meeting.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/08/08/flashback-1994-clinton-says-his-deal-with-north-korea-would-make-the-world-safer/</ref>

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*[[Jay Sekulow]] uncovers evidence of White House & Comey involvement in Lynch tarmac meeting.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/08/flashback-1994-clinton-says-his-deal-with-north-korea-would-make-the-world-safer/</ref>

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*'''9 August.''' ''POTUS & Political Warfare'' memorandum authored by Rich Higgins dated May 2017 published by Foreign Policy magazine. The 7-page document was reviewed by the president. The memo states {{quotebox|The administration has been maneuvered into a constant back-pedal by relentless political warfare attacks structured to force him to assume a reactive posture that assures inadequate responses...Having become the dominant cultural meme, some benefit from it while others are captured by it; including ‘deep state’ actors, globalists, bankers, Islamists, and establishment Republicans}}One source said, "It was about H.R. McMaster. So, when he starts reading it, [McMaster] knows it’s him and he fires [Higgins].” <ref>~~http~~://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/10/heres-the-memo-that-blew-up-the-nsc/</ref>

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*'''9 August.''' ''POTUS & Political Warfare'' memorandum authored by Rich Higgins dated May 2017 published by Foreign Policy magazine. The 7-page document was reviewed by the president. The memo states {{quotebox|The administration has been maneuvered into a constant back-pedal by relentless political warfare attacks structured to force him to assume a reactive posture that assures inadequate responses...Having become the dominant cultural meme, some benefit from it while others are captured by it; including ‘deep state’ actors, globalists, bankers, Islamists, and establishment Republicans}}One source said, "It was about H.R. McMaster. So, when he starts reading it, [McMaster] knows it’s him and he fires [Higgins].” <ref>https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/10/heres-the-memo-that-blew-up-the-nsc/</ref>

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*ZOA group calls for National Security Advisor [[H.R. McMaster]] to be reassigned elsewhere citing a pattern of behavior hostile to Trump [[foreign policy]] agenda, including the firing of Trump & Flynn appointees, and hiring of Obama holdovers.<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/exclusive-zionist-organization-of-america-analysis-determines-mcmaster-hostile-to-trump-calls-for-reassignment/</ref>

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*ZOA group calls for National Security Advisor [[H.R. McMaster]] to be reassigned elsewhere citing a pattern of behavior hostile to Trump [[foreign policy]] agenda, including the firing of Trump & Flynn appointees, and hiring of Obama holdovers.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/09/exclusive-zionist-organization-of-america-analysis-determines-mcmaster-hostile-to-trump-calls-for-reassignment/</ref>

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*''Washington Freebeacon'' reports an attorney, Paige Helwig, formerly in the Justice Dept. who participated in the cover up of [[Loretta Lynch]]'s clandestine tarmac meeting with [[Bill Clinton]], is now working as a deputy counsel for Senate Democrats investigating Lynch's tarmac meeting and Lynch, Comey and the FBI’s whitewash of Hillary Clinton's crimes.<ref>~~http~~://freebeacon.com/issues/justice-officials-sent-talking-points-fbi-lynch-tarmac-meeting-bill-clinton/</ref>

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*''Washington Freebeacon'' reports an attorney, Paige Helwig, formerly in the Justice Dept. who participated in the cover up of [[Loretta Lynch]]'s clandestine tarmac meeting with [[Bill Clinton]], is now working as a deputy counsel for Senate Democrats investigating Lynch's tarmac meeting and Lynch, Comey and the FBI’s whitewash of Hillary Clinton's crimes.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/issues/justice-officials-sent-talking-points-fbi-lynch-tarmac-meeting-bill-clinton/</ref>

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*'''14 August.''' [[DOJ]] requests subpoenas for Dreamhost, a web hosting site for organizers and participants in anti-Trump riots.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346544-dreamhost-claims-doj-requesting-info-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website</ref>

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*'''14 August.''' [[DOJ]] requests subpoenas for Dreamhost, a web hosting site for organizers and participants in anti-Trump riots.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/346544-dreamhost-claims-doj-requesting-info-on-visitors-to-anti-trump-website</ref>

*'''16 August.''' Assange meets Rep. [[Dana Rohrabacher]]:{{quotebox|Julian Assange told a U.S. congressman on Tuesday he can prove the leaked Democratic Party documents he published during last year’s election did not come from Russia and promised additional helpful information about the leaks in the near future. Rohrabacher said, “Julian emphatically stated that the Russians were not involved in the hacking or disclosure of those emails.” “Julian also indicated that he is open to further discussions regarding specific information about the DNC email incident that is currently unknown to the public."}}

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*'''22 August.''' [[Glenn Simpson]] testifies to Senate Judiciary Committee: {{Quotebox|"Essentially, what [Christopher Steele] told me was [the FBI] had other intelligence about this matter from an internal Trump campaign source, and that — that they — my understanding was that they believed Chris at this point — that they believed Chris’s information might be credible because they had other intelligence that indicated the same thing, and one of those pieces of intelligence was a human source from inside the Trump campaign."}}

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*Simpson further refused to identify who hired FusionGPS to produce the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/08/22/fusion-gps-founder-refuses-to-identify-dossier-clients-in-marathon-senate-session/</ref>

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*Simpson further refused to identify who hired FusionGPS to produce the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/08/22/fusion-gps-founder-refuses-to-identify-dossier-clients-in-marathon-senate-session/</ref>

*Simpson says that the FBI paid for Steele to travel to Rome.

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In September and October 2017, the FBI assigned three Supervisory Special Agents (File Review SSAs) from the Boston Field Office to the FBI’s intetnal Inspection Division (INSD) to conduct a special review of the Midyear Exam investigation (File Review). This was motivated by the discovery of the Strzok-Lisa Page yext messages.

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*'''1 September.''' [[Antifa]] deemed [[domestic terrorism|domestic terrorist]]s by FBI and [[Dept. of Homeland Security]].<ref>~~http~~://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235</ref>

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*'''1 September.''' [[Antifa]] deemed [[domestic terrorism|domestic terrorist]]s by FBI and [[Dept. of Homeland Security]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/antifa-charlottesville-violence-fbi-242235</ref>

*'''8 September.''' BuzzFeed Motion to Compel testimony from Comey and Clapper.<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/360083578/BuzzFeed-Motion-to-Compel-testimony-from-Comey-and-Clapper</ref>

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*'''11 September.''' [[Maryland]] judge orders the state bar to open an investigation into the three lawyers who helped Sec. Clinton delete emails. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against David E. Kendall, [[Cheryl Mills]] and Heather Samuelson were egregious and the state bar couldn’t dismiss them as frivolous. “There are allegations of destroying evidence.”<ref>~~http~~://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/11/judge-order-clinton-lawyers-face-bar-investigation/#</ref>

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*'''11 September.''' [[Maryland]] judge orders the state bar to open an investigation into the three lawyers who helped Sec. Clinton delete emails. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Paul F. Harris Jr. said the complaints lodged against David E. Kendall, [[Cheryl Mills]] and Heather Samuelson were egregious and the state bar couldn’t dismiss them as frivolous. “There are allegations of destroying evidence.”<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/11/judge-order-clinton-lawyers-face-bar-investigation/#</ref>

*Freedom Watch files complaint against Robert Mueller to have him removed as special council for illegal Grand Jury leaks.<ref>httpsw.freedomwatchusa.org/freedom-watch-files-complaint-against-mueller-to-have-him-re</ref>

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*Under questioning from Congress, Obama’s former National Security Adviser Susan Rice reportedly admits having requested to see the protected identities of Trump transition officials “incidentally” captured by government surveillance.

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*'''17 September.''' Former US Attn. Pete Bharara says it's "odd and unusual" that Rosenstein could serve as a witness in the investigation while also while overseeing it, adding, "It would seem that there's a conflict."<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/preet-bharara-rod-rosenstein/index.html</ref>

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*'''17 September.''' Former US Attn. Pete Bharara says it's "odd and unusual" that Rosenstein could serve as a witness in the investigation while also while overseeing it, adding, "It would seem that there's a conflict."<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/preet-bharara-rod-rosenstein/index.html</ref>

*'''18 September.''' Hillary Clinton lends her name to coup.<ref>

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*'''19 September.''' Manafort demands investigation into Obama administration's illegal wiretapping of political opponents.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/09/19/former-trump-campaign-chief-paul-manafort-demands-investigation-report-fbi-wiretapped-him/683236001/</ref>

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*New tests support the skepticism of U.S. intelligence veterans that Russia “hacked” the DNC’s computers, pointing instead to a download of emails by an insider, write ex-NSA official William Binney and ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/09/20/more-holes-in-russia-gate-narrative/</ref>

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*'''22 September.''' John McCain is not happy with Sen. Grassley's inquiry into he FBI about Paul Manafort's connection to McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/09/22/john-mccain-is-not-happy-with-his-republican-colleague-over-fbi-letter/</ref>

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*'''22 September.''' John McCain is not happy with Sen. Grassley's inquiry into he FBI about Paul Manafort's connection to McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/09/22/john-mccain-is-not-happy-with-his-republican-colleague-over-fbi-letter/</ref>

*'''25 September.''' Robert Parry of ''Consortium News'' responds to ''WaPo'' narrative about Russian meddling on Facebook: {{quotebox|The article purports to give the inside story of how Facebook belatedly came to grips with how the “company’s social network played a key role in the U.S. election,” but actually it is a story about how powerful politicians bullied Facebook into coming up with something – anything – to support the narrative of “Russian meddling,” including direct interventions by President Obama and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee and a key legislator regarding regulation of high-tech industries.... Facebook was sent back again and again to find what Obama and Warner wanted the social media company to find..... That prompted Warner to fly out to Silicon Valley to personally press Facebook executives to come up with the evidence to support the Democrats’ theory about Russia paying for carefully targeted anti-Clinton ads in key districts. The Post’s article reported that “Finally, [Facebook Chief Security Officer Alex] Stamos appealed to Warner for help: If U.S. intelligence agencies had any information about the Russian operation or the troll farms it used to disseminate misinformation, they should share it with Facebook. The company is still waiting, people involved in the matter said.”<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2017/09/25/wpost-pushes-more-dubious-russia-bashing/</ref>}}

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*'''26 September.''' House Judiciary Committee repeats call to DOJ for Special Counsel, pointing out former FBI Dir. James Comey lied to Congress when he said that he decided not to recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton until after she was interviewed, when in fact Comey had drafted her exoneration before said interview. "They have Comey dead to rights," awaiting IG report release in January 2018 and appointment of a Special Prosecutor.<ref>https://t.co/G0ujwXzTE1</ref>

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*'''27 September.''' Congressional investigators renew focus on efforts by Obama administration to obtain highly classified intelligence information on Trump administration allies in what was an effort to undermine the president and his national security team. "The misuse of intelligence information by members of the Obama administration is a serious issue that requires an exhaustive investigation and accountability," said Rep. Ron DeSantis, chair of House Subcommittee on National Security.<ref>~~http~~://freebeacon.com/national-security/lawmakers-sights-obama-unmasking-scandal/amp/</ref>

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*'''27 September.''' Congressional investigators renew focus on efforts by Obama administration to obtain highly classified intelligence information on Trump administration allies in what was an effort to undermine the president and his national security team. "The misuse of intelligence information by members of the Obama administration is a serious issue that requires an exhaustive investigation and accountability," said Rep. Ron DeSantis, chair of House Subcommittee on National Security.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/lawmakers-sights-obama-unmasking-scandal/amp/</ref>

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*'''28 September.''' Attn. Gen. Jeff Sessions meets with Chairman Matt Gaetz, Reps. Bob Goodlatte, Jim Jordan, Ron DeSantis and Louis Gohmert of the House Judiciary Committee.<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/02/rep-matt-gaetz-says-jeff-sessions-recused-uranium-one-deal/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social</ref>

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*'''28 September.''' Attn. Gen. Jeff Sessions meets with Chairman Matt Gaetz, Reps. Bob Goodlatte, Jim Jordan, Ron DeSantis and Louis Gohmert of the House Judiciary Committee.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/11/02/rep-matt-gaetz-says-jeff-sessions-recused-uranium-one-deal/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social</ref>

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*'''6 October.''' Former Clinton White Communication Director [[George Stephanopoulos]] interviews Lisa Bloom, daughter of Gloria Allred about the Democrat mega-donor [[Harvey Weinstein]] scandal.<ref>https://youtu.be/YlPFoJIEpjs</ref> Stephanopoulos masterminded the Clinton administration's public defamation and smears of [[sexual assault]] victims of Bill Clinton and Weinstein bankrolled the controversial Clinton legal defense fund. The Clinton Presidential Legal Expense Fund accepted donations from [[lobbyist]]s. The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) took the position that although the president was not subject to rules limiting the acceptance of gifts, the Clinton's and their agents, such as the fund itself and its officials, were subject to laws forbidding executive branch officials from soliciting gifts.<ref>http://www.taxhistory.org/www/features.nsf/Articles/F1C0B9F52D7DDD4E8525787A007EC15F?OpenDocument</ref>

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*'''8 October.''' No original hardcopy documents to be housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library complicating the declassification process and making the facility only of marginal usefulness to students, scholars and researchers.<ref>~~http~~://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/10/no_documents_in_obama_library_no_mystery_there.html</ref>

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*'''8 October.''' No original hardcopy documents to be housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library complicating the declassification process and making the facility only of marginal usefulness to students, scholars and researchers.<ref>https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/10/no_documents_in_obama_library_no_mystery_there.html</ref>

*'''9 October.''' TruePundit, which reported on Anthony Weiner's laptop prior to the election, reports Sen. John McCain was among financiers of FusionGPS and the ''Steele Dossier'' along with FBI, the McCain Institute for International Leadership, and Hillary Clinton-backed campaign operatives who paid $1 million for the research.<ref>http://truepundit.com/new-evidence-shows-mccain-helped-fund-fbi-plot-to-frame-trump-backed-bogus-russian-trump-dossier/</ref>

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Rather than bring immediate charges in 2010, however, the Department of Justice (DOJ) continued investigating the matter for nearly four more years, essentially leaving the American public and Congress in the dark about Russian nuclear corruption on U.S. soil during a period when the Obama administration made two major decisions benefiting Putin’s commercial nuclear ambitions...

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Attorney General Eric Holder was among the Obama administration officials joining Hillary Clinton on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States at the time the Uranium One deal was approved. Multiple current and former government officials told The Hill they did not know whether the FBI or DOJ ever alerted committee members to the criminal activity they uncovered.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration</ref>}}

*Obama’s former U.N. Ambassador [[Samantha Power]] reportedly tells Congressional investigators that many of the hundreds of “unmasking” requests in her name during the election year —were not made by her.

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*''New York Post'' reports on team Obama's cover up of Russia crimes.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/10/17/team-obamas-stunning-coverup-of-russian-crimes/</ref>

*Obama Attn. Gen. Loretta Lynch blocked an FBI informant from testifying to Congress about his information that the Russian's wanted to gain access to former Pres. Bill Clinton and Sec. of State Hillary Clinton to influence the Obama administration's decision on the purchase of Uranium One.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/10/18/judiciary-committee-calls-on-former-fbi-informant-to-testify-about-uranium-one</ref>

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*Papers filed to disbar James Comey. {{Quotebox|“Insofar as Mr. Comey gave materially false testimony to Congress, it appears that he violated Rules 1.0(w), 3.3(a)(1), and 8.4 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.'<ref>~~http~~://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/18/lawyer-files-have-comey-disbarred/</ref>}}

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*Papers filed to disbar James Comey. {{Quotebox|“Insofar as Mr. Comey gave materially false testimony to Congress, it appears that he violated Rules 1.0(w), 3.3(a)(1), and 8.4 of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct.'<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/18/lawyer-files-have-comey-disbarred/</ref>}}

*'''19 October.''' Joseph Mifsud attends [[Tory]] fundraising event with UK Foreign Secretary [[Boris Johnson]].

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*''Newsweek'' reports {{Quotebox|Before the [Uranium One] deal was brokered in 2009, the FBI under Robert Mueller—who is now special counsel in the Russia investigation into potential collusion with the Trump campaign—had begun an investigation into corruption and extortion by senior managers of a company owned by the Russian government’s nuclear company, Rosatom. According to court filings revealed by The Hill Tuesday, in 2009 the FBI found enough evidence to suggest Vadim Mikerin, who headed the Rosatom subsidiary Tenex, was corrupt and high-level officials at Rosatom knew about his bribery scheme. In 2014, he pled guilty in a U.S. court case to orchestrating more than $2 million in bribe payments through shadowy accounts in Cyprus, Latvia, and Switzerland.<ref>http://www.newsweek.com/how-robert-mueller-connected-probe-hillary-clintons-uranium-one-deal-688548</ref>}}

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*'''20 October.''' FusionGPS seeks to block subpoena for financial records.<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/20/fusion-gps-files-injunction-quash-subpoena-financial-records/</ref>

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*'''20 October.''' FusionGPS seeks to block subpoena for financial records.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/20/fusion-gps-files-injunction-quash-subpoena-financial-records/</ref>

*Former AG Loretts Lynch testifies in Executive Session before HPSCI that during her first meeting with Comey and McCabe about [[Carter Page]], {{quotebox|"one of the possibillties the three of us discussed was whether or not to provide what is called a defensive briefing to the campaign, wherein there would be a meeting with a senior person with the Trump campaign to alert them to the fact that .. . there may be efforts to compromise someone with their campaign...it is not an uncommon thing to do . . . in intelligence matters." However, the FBI did not provide any such warning, although it was again discussed by the administration's most senior policymakers after Comey briefed the [[National Security Council]] Principals in "late spring 2016".<ref>HPSCI, Executive Session Interview of Loretta Lynch, Oct. 20, 2017. In [https://www.scribd.com/document/377590825/HPSCI-Final-Report-on-Russian-Active-Measures-Redacted-Release?ad_group=725X700959X605369492aebd7f7206b78f4317b51a4&campaign=SkimbitLtd&keyword=660149026&medium=affiliate&source=hp_affiliate ''Russian Active Measures'', March 22, 2018, p. 54.]</ref>}} The Trump campaign was never apprised of any staff national security or counterintelligence risks. The Trump campaign did not receive a general counterintelligence briefing until August 2016. The briefing provided to Trump and his top advisors did not identify any individuals by name, but rather focused on the general threat posed by adversaries, including Russia and China.

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*Wasserman Schultz denies knowledge of payments to FusionGPS.<ref>

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*Podesta brothers and Manafort are key figures in Russia probe.<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/10/25/tucker_carlson_source_podesta_brothers_and_manafort_not_trump_central_figures_in_mueller_probe.html</ref>

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*Sessions approves key witness to testify as to why FBI Dir. approved the transfer of a strategic asset to Russia.<ref>

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*DoJ agrees to pay Obama [[Tea Party]] victims in [[IRS]] profiling scandal.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/justice-department-agrees-to-pay-tea-party-victims-in-irs-targeting-scandal/</ref>

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*DoJ agrees to pay Obama [[Tea Party]] victims in [[IRS]] profiling scandal.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/26/justice-department-agrees-to-pay-tea-party-victims-in-irs-targeting-scandal/</ref>

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*'''26 October.''' CNN reports John Podesta and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz both privately denied to Congressional Russia investigators that they had knowledge of funding FusionGPS. {{Quotebox|"Podesta was asked in his September interview whether the Clinton campaign had a contractual agreement with Fusion GPS, and he said he was not aware of one, according to one of the sources. Sitting next to Podesta during the interview: his attorney [[Marc Elias]], who worked for the law firm that hired Fusion GPS to write the ''Steele dossier'' for the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/john-podesta-debbie-wasserman-schultz-trump-dossier/index.html</ref>}}

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*'''26 October.''' CNN reports John Podesta and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz both privately denied to Congressional Russia investigators that they had knowledge of funding FusionGPS. {{Quotebox|"Podesta was asked in his September interview whether the Clinton campaign had a contractual agreement with Fusion GPS, and he said he was not aware of one, according to one of the sources. Sitting next to Podesta during the interview: his attorney [[Marc Elias]], who worked for the law firm that hired Fusion GPS to write the ''Steele dossier'' for the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/john-podesta-debbie-wasserman-schultz-trump-dossier/index.html</ref>}}

*Steele emails Bruce Ohr: {{quotebox| "Very concerned about this. Peoples (sic) lives may be endangered. I shall also reach out to my other (SC) contacts on this issue tomorrow."}}

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*Former Obama CIA Dir. [[Leon Panetta]] calls for Senate Intelligence Committee to look into the Clinton campaign and DNC funding of the ''Steele dossier.''<ref>http://ntknetwork.com/panetta-intelligence-committee-needs-to-look-into-clintondnc-dossier-payment/</ref>

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*'''28 October.''' CNN's undisclosed ties to FusionGPS.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/cnns-undisclosed-ties-to-fusion-gps/</ref>

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*'''28 October.''' CNN's undisclosed ties to FusionGPS.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/cnns-undisclosed-ties-to-fusion-gps/</ref>

*Final payment for the year from Perkins Coie to FusionGPS in excess of $1 million. Some of the money made its way via Christopher Steele into Russian hands. Perkins Coie was the front for money from the Clinton campaign and DNC.

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*After the election Steele and Fusion GPS were hired by [[Daniel Jones]] and Penn Quarter Group to “continue exposing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” It appears that most of Bruce Ohr’s FBI interviews relate to this period of Steele & Fusion’s involvement with the Penn Quarter Group.

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*'''29 October.''' FEC records show Hillary For America paid just under $5.1 million and the DNC paid nearly $5.4 million to the law firm of Perkins Coie in 2016 for the ''Steele dossier''. FEC records show Obama for America also paid $972,000 to Perkins Coie beginning in April 2016, the same time Hillary for America & DNC contracted with FusionGPS through Perkins Coie to write the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>~~http~~://thefederalist.com/2017/10/29/obamas-campaign-gave-972000-law-firm-funneled-money-fusion-gps/</ref>

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*'''29 October.''' FEC records show Hillary For America paid just under $5.1 million and the DNC paid nearly $5.4 million to the law firm of Perkins Coie in 2016 for the ''Steele dossier''. FEC records show Obama for America also paid $972,000 to Perkins Coie beginning in April 2016, the same time Hillary for America & DNC contracted with FusionGPS through Perkins Coie to write the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2017/10/29/obamas-campaign-gave-972000-law-firm-funneled-money-fusion-gps/</ref>

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*'''30 October.''' Court unseals Papadopoulos Case – shows he repeatedly discussed his Russia-related contacts with top campaign officials. Two important events are missing from legal documents (Mueller Version & Gibbs Version) in the Papadopoulos Case:

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*More evidence of Paul Manafort's civil rights being violated.<ref>https://lawnewz.com/high-profile/mueller-teams-apparent-mistake-could-really-really-hurt-their-case-against-manafort/</ref>

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*Podesta Group named in Manafort indictment.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/policy/national-security/357884-podesta-group-is-one-of-the-companies-mentioned-in-manafort</ref> The indictment accuse Manafort of hiring the Podesta Group to lobby for an ostensibly independent nonprofit that “was under the ultimate direction” of the Ukrainian president, his party and the Ukrainian government.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/podesta-group-ceo-quits-kimberley-fritts-244766</ref>

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*Podesta Group named in Manafort indictment.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/357884-podesta-group-is-one-of-the-companies-mentioned-in-manafort</ref> The indictment accuse Manafort of hiring the Podesta Group to lobby for an ostensibly independent nonprofit that “was under the ultimate direction” of the Ukrainian president, his party and the Ukrainian government.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/09/podesta-group-ceo-quits-kimberley-fritts-244766</ref>

*Tony Podesta resigns from Podesta Group;<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-stepping-down-from-lobbying-giant-amid-mueller-probe-244314</ref> longtime GOP operative Kim Fritts takes over.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=13518</ref><ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/GeorgWebb/status/925673388877733889</ref>

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*Prosecutorial abuse alleged against Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/manafort-indictment-shows-that-mueller-is-a-fraud/ar-AAueK8z?ocid=ob-fb-enus-580</ref>

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*Attorney for Tony Podesta sends cease and desist order to [[Tucker Carlson]] for reporting on Podesta and the Podesta Group.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-tucker-video/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*Attorney for Tony Podesta sends cease and desist order to [[Tucker Carlson]] for reporting on Podesta and the Podesta Group.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-tucker-video/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

*FBI agents meet with James A. Wolfe, Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), and inform him that they are investigating the unauthorized disclosure of classified information that had been provided to the SSCI by the Executive Branch of the United States for official purposes. Wolfe was responsible for receiving, maintaining, and managing all classified information provided to the SSCI by the Executive Branch.

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*'''1 November.''' IRS settles Obama era class action suit with 400 [[Tea Party]] groups.<ref>http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/11/01/irs-tea-party-groups-lawsuit/ </ref>

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*'''2 November.''' Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile admits Obama cleaned out the party, Hillary stole it and laundered money, Bernie Sanders was robbed.<ref>http://www.dailywire.com/news/23072/bombshell-former-dnc-head-admits-obama-cleaned-out-ben-shapiro</ref> [[Elizabeth Warren]] says DNC was rigged.,<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/elizabeth-warren-dnc-rigged/index.html</ref>

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*'''2 November.''' Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile admits Obama cleaned out the party, Hillary stole it and laundered money, Bernie Sanders was robbed.<ref>http://www.dailywire.com/news/23072/bombshell-former-dnc-head-admits-obama-cleaned-out-ben-shapiro</ref> [[Elizabeth Warren]] says DNC was rigged.,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/elizabeth-warren-dnc-rigged/index.html</ref>

*Hillary Clinton defends subverting democracy and treason when she paid for the Steele dossier.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5042027/Hillary-Clinton-DEFENDS-paying-Steele-dossier-Trump.html</ref>

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*CIA documents seized in the [[Abbottabad raid]] that killed [[bin Laden]] reveal Barack Hussein Obama withheld information confirming [[Al Qaeda]] collusion with Iran in the [[9/11 attacks]] to further passage of his Iran nuke deal.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/02/what-team-obama-didnt-want-you-to-know-about-the-al-qaeda-iran-alliance/</ref>

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*President Trump's personal Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump) deactivated for 11 minutes; location tracking software embedded.<ref>https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1022953860942376960</ref><ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/358559-twitter-employee-inadvertently-deactivated-trumps-account</ref>

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*President Trump's personal Twitter account (@realDonaldTrump) deactivated for 11 minutes; location tracking software embedded.<ref>https://twitter.com/prayingmedic/status/1022953860942376960</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/358559-twitter-employee-inadvertently-deactivated-trumps-account</ref>

*'''3 November.''' Manafort attorneys ask court to address Robert Mueller's due process and civil rights violations, challenging "the legal basis for and sufficiency of the charges, the suppression of evidence improperly obtained by search warrant, subpoena or otherwise”.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/04/mueller-russia-probe-challenges-244538</ref>

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Whereas these obvious conflicts of interest are unacceptable to the United States justice system and the American people: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That House of Representatives expresses its sense that Robert Mueller is compromised and should resign from his special counsel position immediately.<ref>http://www.dailywire.com/news/23137/house-gop-introduces-legislation-calling-mueller-hank-berrien</ref>}}

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*Former DNC vice chair says DNC secretly chose Hillary Clinton as nominee before the primaries even started.<ref>~~http~~://freebeacon.com/politics/former-dnc-vice-chair-primary-rigged-for-clinton-dnc-secretly-chose-nominee-before-primary-even-started/</ref>

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*Former DNC vice chair says DNC secretly chose Hillary Clinton as nominee before the primaries even started.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/former-dnc-vice-chair-primary-rigged-for-clinton-dnc-secretly-chose-nominee-before-primary-even-started/</ref>

*Sen. [[Rand Paul]] assaulted by registered Democrat; FBI confirms attack is political in nature.<ref>http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/11/05/the-fbi-has-confirmed-the-motive-behind-the-assault-on-sen-rand-paul/</ref>

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*'''4 November.''' Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook confesses to ordering up the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/04/clinton-campaign-manager-robby-mook-opens-up-about-the-trump-dossier-video/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*'''4 November.''' Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robbie Mook confesses to ordering up the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/04/clinton-campaign-manager-robby-mook-opens-up-about-the-trump-dossier-video/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

*''WaPo'' reports on the London Center of International Law Practice: {{Quotebox|''When a Post reporter buzzed the door on several occasions during business hours last week, no one answered. Until recently, the staff Web page had 33 people listed on it, including Joseph Mifsud. But the page was deleted on Oct. 23, a week before the Papadopoulos plea agreement was unsealed. Several of those listed as being part of the “team” were only loosely affiliated — if at all.'' <ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/is-there-more-than-meets-the-eye-with-the-professor-at-the-center-of-the-trump-russia-probe-or-less/2017/11/03/4e95ec48-c006-11e7-9294-705f80164f6e_story.html?utm_term=.0c974ebf70e3&noredirect=on

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*'''5 November.''' House Oversight Committee suspects [[MSM]] journalists were bribed by FusionGPS to report fake Trump-Russia scam.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/</ref>

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*Tony Podesta’s lobbying firm, the Podesta Group, represented the Russian-owned company Uranium One during former President Barack Obama’s administration and did not register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, The Daily Caller News Foundation has determined. Podesta collected lobbying fees of $180,000 from Uranium One, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, that discloses lobbying documents filed with Congress. The uranium company states on its web site it is a “wholly owned subsidiary” of RUSANO, the Russian State Corporation for Nuclear Energy, a Rosatom entity.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/tony-podesta-lobbied-for-russias-uranium-one-and-did-not-file-as-a-foreign-agent/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*Tony Podesta’s lobbying firm, the Podesta Group, represented the Russian-owned company Uranium One during former President Barack Obama’s administration and did not register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, The Daily Caller News Foundation has determined. Podesta collected lobbying fees of $180,000 from Uranium One, according to the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics, that discloses lobbying documents filed with Congress. The uranium company states on its web site it is a “wholly owned subsidiary” of RUSANO, the Russian State Corporation for Nuclear Energy, a Rosatom entity.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/tony-podesta-lobbied-for-russias-uranium-one-and-did-not-file-as-a-foreign-agent/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*Clinton campaign operatives Huma Abedin, Robby Mook, [[Jennifer Palmieri]] and John Podesta accuse DNC chair [[Donna Brazile]], who replaced Wasserman Schultz after the Seth Rich episode, of spreading "false Russian-fueled propaganda."<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/hillarys-campaign-accuses-donna-brazile-of-spreading-false-russian-fueled-propaganda/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*Clinton campaign operatives Huma Abedin, Robby Mook, [[Jennifer Palmieri]] and John Podesta accuse DNC chair [[Donna Brazile]], who replaced Wasserman Schultz after the Seth Rich episode, of spreading "false Russian-fueled propaganda."<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/hillarys-campaign-accuses-donna-brazile-of-spreading-false-russian-fueled-propaganda/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

*Sen. Lindsey Graham calls for Special Prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/11/05/graham-calls-for-special-counsel-to-prove-clinton-on-russia-ties/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=twitter</ref>

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*'''7 November.''' Donna Brazile's theory on the murder of Seth Rich.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/07/donna-brazile-has-a-theory-about-who-killed-seth-rich/</ref>

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*'''7 November.''' Donna Brazile's theory on the murder of Seth Rich.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/07/donna-brazile-has-a-theory-about-who-killed-seth-rich/</ref>

*Hillary Clinton reported in talks with Christopher Steele to create second dossier of alleged Trump affairs.<ref>

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*'''10 November.''' ''New York Times'' reports "After the postelection publication of a dossier by a former British spy into those connections — which included some salacious claims — John Podesta met with Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm that commissioned the opposition research, to compare notes on Russia’s involvement, according to an associate of Mr. Podesta." John Podesta has previously sworn under oath before the Senate Intelligence Committee that he didn’t know anything about the dossier, including who paid for it.<ref>http://www.independentsentinel.com/john-podesta-appears-to-have-lied-to-the-senate-intel-committee-its-illegal/</ref>

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*Mifsud goes into hiding.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/joseph-mifsud-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref> Mifsud is from [[Malta]] and does not speak Russian.

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*Mifsud goes into hiding.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/08/politics/joseph-mifsud-trump-russia-investigation/index.html</ref> Mifsud is from [[Malta]] and does not speak Russian.

*Mueller probes Michael Flynn's role in alleged plot to hand over Fethullah Gulen to Turkey.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/10/report-mueller-probes-michael-flynns-role-alleged-plot-hand-over-fethullah-gulen-turkey/851775001/</ref> Gulen and others are big donors to Ready for Hillary PAC.

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*'''11 November.''' Podesta Group not likely to survive til end of the year.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/podesta-group-mueller-investigation/index.html</ref><!--*Prof. Joseph Mifsud, man at he heart of the FBI affidavit against ex-foreign policy adviser George Papadopolous, has disappeared according to CNN's Nic Robertson. Mistud denies he was a contact with Russians.<ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/11/10/professor-misfud-robertson-pkg.cnn </ref>

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*'''11 November.''' Podesta Group not likely to survive til end of the year.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/podesta-group-mueller-investigation/index.html</ref><!--*Prof. Joseph Mifsud, man at he heart of the FBI affidavit against ex-foreign policy adviser George Papadopolous, has disappeared according to CNN's Nic Robertson. Mistud denies he was a contact with Russians.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/11/10/professor-misfud-robertson-pkg.cnn </ref>

*Podesta Group linked to Saudis arrested for corruotiin.<ref>https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1190478884430559&id=220198801458577&refid=18&ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_comment&_ft_=qid.6487053948169403981%3Amf_story_key.1506245816160354%3Atop_level_post_id.1506245816160354%3Atl_objid.1506245816160354%3Apage_id.220198801458577&__tn__=%2As-R -->

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*'''20 November.''' House Intel Committee again requests an interview with Peter Strzok. Strzok met with the Senate Intelligence Committee on Nov. 27.

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*'''21 November.''' Fusion GPS bank records show Russia-related payments.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

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*'''21 November.''' Fusion GPS bank records show Russia-related payments.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref>

*Perkins Coie, the law firm that represented the Clinton campaign and DNC, paid Fusion a total of $1,024,408 between May 24, 2016 and Dec. 28, 2016.

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*[[Deep state coup]] continues as Obama crony refuses to step aside at CFPB for Mike Mulvaney, President Trump's appointment.<ref>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/27/566662797/lawsuit-filed-to-block-white-house-appointment-to-head-consumer-watchdog</ref>

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*Larry Klayman of FreedomWatch files suit to force the Justice Department to investigate leaks from the Robert Mueller and “the obvious conflicts of interest among staff.”<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362016-freedomwatch-sues-to-remove-mueller</ref>

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*Larry Klayman of FreedomWatch files suit to force the Justice Department to investigate leaks from the Robert Mueller and “the obvious conflicts of interest among staff.”<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/362016-freedomwatch-sues-to-remove-mueller</ref>

*'''28 November.''' Court rules against Obama coup plotter, the President is in charge of his administration.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/2017/11/28/3aa11fe6-d479-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html</ref>

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*Chairman Nunes again speeks with Rod Rosenstein to discussed Peter Strzok. No action.

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*Hard drive central to Awan case. Hearng delayed til January 8, 2018 due voluminous documents in the discovery process.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/29/hard-drive-tied-to-wasserman-schultz-is-central-to-imran-awan-case/</ref>

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*Hard drive central to Awan case. Hearng delayed til January 8, 2018 due voluminous documents in the discovery process.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/29/hard-drive-tied-to-wasserman-schultz-is-central-to-imran-awan-case/</ref>

*Victor David Hanson calls for oversight of Special counsels.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454133/russia-investigation-robert-mueller-special-counsel-needs-oversight-prevent-abuse</ref>

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*'''1 December.''' Gen. Michael Flynn guilty plea accepted by Strzok's personal friend, Judge Rudy Contreras.

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*Flynn plead guilty to one count of lying to the FBI, which includes this charge: "an op-ed published by Flynn in ''The Hill'' on November 8, 2016 was written at his own initiative."<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/michael-flynn-plea-agreement-documents</ref> The op-ed reads in part: {{Quotebox|Turkey is really our strongest ally against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as well as a source of stability in the region. It provides badly needed cooperation with U.S. military operations. But the Obama administration is keeping Erdoğan’s government at arm’s length — an unwise policy that threatens our long-standing alliance. The primary bone of contention between the U.S. and Turkey is Fethullah Gülen, a shady Islamic mullah residing in Pennsylvania whom former President Clinton once called his “friend” in a well circulated video.<ref>https://youtu.be/pcIoRsSNyG4</ref> Gülen portrays himself as a moderate, but he is in fact a radical [[Islamist]]. He has publicly boasted about his “soldiers” waiting for his orders to do whatever he directs them to do. If he were in reality a moderate, he would not be in exile, nor would he excite the animus of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and his government...<ref>https://youtu.be/pcIoRsSNyG4</ref> To professionals in the intelligence community, the stamp of terror is all over Mullah Gülen’s statements in the tradition of [[Sayyid Qutb|Qutb]] and al Bana. Gülen’s vast global network has all the right markings to fit the description of a dangerous sleeper terror network. From Turkey’s point of view, Washington is harboring Turkey’s Osama bin Laden. Washington’s silence on this explosive topic speaks volumes when we hear the incredulous claim that the democratically elected president of Turkey staged a military coup, bombed his own parliament and undermined the confidence in Turkey’s strong economy, just so that he could purge his political opponents.... To add insult to injury, American taxpayers are helping finance Gülen’s 160 charter schools in the United States. These schools have been granted more [[H1-B visa]]s than Google. It is inconceivable that our visa officers have approved thousands of visas for English teachers whose English is incomprehensible. A CBS “[[60 Minutes]]” program documented a conversation with one such imported English teacher from Turkey. Several lawsuits, including some in Ohio and Texas, point to irregularities in the operation of these schools. However, funding seems to be no problem for Gülen’s network. Hired attorneys work to keep the lucrative government source of income for Gülen and his network going. Influential charities such as Cosmos Foundation continue their support for Gulen’s charter schools.<ref>https://youtu.be/ktl--IDnM7I</ref> Incidentally, Cosmos Foundation is a major donor to Clinton Foundation. No wonder Bill Clinton calls Mullah Gülen “his friend.” It is now no secret that Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s close aide and confidante, worked for 12 years as the associate editor for a journal published by the London-based Institute of Minority Muslim Affairs. This institute has promoted the thoughts of radical Muslim thinkers such as Qutb, al Bana and others. The American public is being lulled into believing that Gülen is a Sufi scholar who promotes the teachings of Rumi, the Persian poet, works to expand interfaith dialogue and does a great job of providing American youth high-quality education in math and science as well as English. Voices of concern about this shady character are quickly muffled by his vast network of public relations and legal professionals. He has established a false façade that he is a moderate at odds with Turkey’s autocratic leader. ...It is unconscionable to militate against Turkey, our NATO ally, as Washington is hoodwinked by this masked source of terror and instability nestled comfortably in our own backyard in Pennsylvania. ... The forces of radical Islam derive their ideology from radical clerics like Gülen, who is running a scam. We should not provide him safe haven. In this crisis, it is imperative that we remember who our real friends are.<ref>~~http~~://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/305021-our-ally-turkey-is-in-crisis-and-needs-our-support</ref>}}

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*Flynn plead guilty to one count of lying to the FBI, which includes this charge: "an op-ed published by Flynn in ''The Hill'' on November 8, 2016 was written at his own initiative."<ref>https://www.lawfareblog.com/michael-flynn-plea-agreement-documents</ref> The op-ed reads in part: {{Quotebox|Turkey is really our strongest ally against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), as well as a source of stability in the region. It provides badly needed cooperation with U.S. military operations. But the Obama administration is keeping Erdoğan’s government at arm’s length — an unwise policy that threatens our long-standing alliance. The primary bone of contention between the U.S. and Turkey is Fethullah Gülen, a shady Islamic mullah residing in Pennsylvania whom former President Clinton once called his “friend” in a well circulated video.<ref>https://youtu.be/pcIoRsSNyG4</ref> Gülen portrays himself as a moderate, but he is in fact a radical [[Islamist]]. He has publicly boasted about his “soldiers” waiting for his orders to do whatever he directs them to do. If he were in reality a moderate, he would not be in exile, nor would he excite the animus of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and his government...<ref>https://youtu.be/pcIoRsSNyG4</ref> To professionals in the intelligence community, the stamp of terror is all over Mullah Gülen’s statements in the tradition of [[Sayyid Qutb|Qutb]] and al Bana. Gülen’s vast global network has all the right markings to fit the description of a dangerous sleeper terror network. From Turkey’s point of view, Washington is harboring Turkey’s Osama bin Laden. Washington’s silence on this explosive topic speaks volumes when we hear the incredulous claim that the democratically elected president of Turkey staged a military coup, bombed his own parliament and undermined the confidence in Turkey’s strong economy, just so that he could purge his political opponents.... To add insult to injury, American taxpayers are helping finance Gülen’s 160 charter schools in the United States. These schools have been granted more [[H1-B visa]]s than Google. It is inconceivable that our visa officers have approved thousands of visas for English teachers whose English is incomprehensible. A CBS “[[60 Minutes]]” program documented a conversation with one such imported English teacher from Turkey. Several lawsuits, including some in Ohio and Texas, point to irregularities in the operation of these schools. However, funding seems to be no problem for Gülen’s network. Hired attorneys work to keep the lucrative government source of income for Gülen and his network going. Influential charities such as Cosmos Foundation continue their support for Gulen’s charter schools.<ref>https://youtu.be/ktl--IDnM7I</ref> Incidentally, Cosmos Foundation is a major donor to Clinton Foundation. No wonder Bill Clinton calls Mullah Gülen “his friend.” It is now no secret that Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s close aide and confidante, worked for 12 years as the associate editor for a journal published by the London-based Institute of Minority Muslim Affairs. This institute has promoted the thoughts of radical Muslim thinkers such as Qutb, al Bana and others. The American public is being lulled into believing that Gülen is a Sufi scholar who promotes the teachings of Rumi, the Persian poet, works to expand interfaith dialogue and does a great job of providing American youth high-quality education in math and science as well as English. Voices of concern about this shady character are quickly muffled by his vast network of public relations and legal professionals. He has established a false façade that he is a moderate at odds with Turkey’s autocratic leader. ...It is unconscionable to militate against Turkey, our NATO ally, as Washington is hoodwinked by this masked source of terror and instability nestled comfortably in our own backyard in Pennsylvania. ... The forces of radical Islam derive their ideology from radical clerics like Gülen, who is running a scam. We should not provide him safe haven. In this crisis, it is imperative that we remember who our real friends are.<ref>https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/305021-our-ally-turkey-is-in-crisis-and-needs-our-support</ref>}}

*House Intel Committee again requests to speak with former Mueller team investigator Peter Strzok.

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*'''8 December.''' Manu Raju of CNN gets fake news leak about WikiLeaks and Don Trump, Jr email. The date on the email was wrong. Broadcast by CNN, later retracted. Likely leaked by Schiff or Swalwell of the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff or Swalwell took the bait in an ongoing FBI leak investigation and gave it to CNN. This identified leakers and caused news organizations to be more cautious in qualifying sources of classified information. The presence of known leakers, Schiff and Swalwell on the House Intelligence Committee, is why the DOJ and FBI stonewalled House Intelligence subpeaonas. (DOJ and FBI in the Trump era consists of white hats and black hats - white hats are the leak investigators and the investigation led by [[John Huber]], black hats are the [[progressive]] [[ideologue]]s and Obama holdovers). The Carter Page FISA warrant application, for example, was given to the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees in March 2017, but as of July 2018 was never given to the House Intelligence Committee. As members of the minority, Schiff and Swalwell effectively thwarted the House investigation through illegal leaking.

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*Gohmert states FBI misuse of FISA court worse than [[J. Edgar Hoover]] abuses.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/12/08/gohmert-fbi-used-russia-dossier-fisa-warrant-corrupt-days-j-edgar-hoover-wiretapping-mlk/</ref>

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*The Obama administration is believed to have deliberately put the kibosh on charging numerous drug dealers and arms dealing, such as Hezbollah operative nicknamed the ‘Ghost,’ and Abdallah Safieddine, the terrorist organization’s de facto envoy to Iran. All the while both Hezbollah and Iran made massive sums selling “drugs, weapons and used cars, [along with] diamonds, commercial merchandise and even human slaves,” say ex-Project Cassandra agents. Project Cassandra’s finding were so damning that the Obama administration believed they threatened nuclear negotiations with Iran. Senior Obama administration officials were alarmed by how far Project Cassandra’s investigations reached into the leadership of Hezbollah and Iran. Project Cassandra was viewed as a threat to the Obama administration’s efforts to secure a nuclear deal, and the top-secret prisoner swap. “During the negotiations, early on, they [the Iranians] said listen, we need you to lay off Hezbollah, to tamp down the pressure on them, and the Obama administration acquiesced to that request,” a former CIA agent revealed to POLITICO.

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*Rep. Ron DeSantis and others are examining ‘potentially criminal’ evidence that could implicate former top Obama officials, including NatSec official Ben Rhodes. "I’ve long believed that the Obama administration could not have done any more to bend over backwards to appease the Iranian regime, yet news that the Obama administration killed the investigation into a billion dollar drug ring that lined the terrorist group Hezbollah’s pockets in order to save its coveted Iran deal may very well take the cake,” DeSantis said. “Hezbollah is a brutal terrorist group with American blood on its hands and it would be unconscionable for American policy to deliberately empower such a nefarious group,” he said. “Congress will be investigating this thoroughly and my National Security subcommittee will be particularly interested in how such a decision came about and whether it was driven by key Iran deal architects such as Ben Rhodes,” DeSantis said.<ref>~~http~~://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/breaking-congress-investigate-potentially-criminal-obama-scheme-protect-hezbollah-drug-human-trafficking-rings-appease-iran/</ref>

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*Rep. Ron DeSantis and others are examining ‘potentially criminal’ evidence that could implicate former top Obama officials, including NatSec official Ben Rhodes. "I’ve long believed that the Obama administration could not have done any more to bend over backwards to appease the Iranian regime, yet news that the Obama administration killed the investigation into a billion dollar drug ring that lined the terrorist group Hezbollah’s pockets in order to save its coveted Iran deal may very well take the cake,” DeSantis said. “Hezbollah is a brutal terrorist group with American blood on its hands and it would be unconscionable for American policy to deliberately empower such a nefarious group,” he said. “Congress will be investigating this thoroughly and my National Security subcommittee will be particularly interested in how such a decision came about and whether it was driven by key Iran deal architects such as Ben Rhodes,” DeSantis said.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/breaking-congress-investigate-potentially-criminal-obama-scheme-protect-hezbollah-drug-human-trafficking-rings-appease-iran/</ref>

*'''18 December.''' Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) demand inquiry into improper sharing of confidential information to the media by certain members of the committee; "any Members or staff responsible for violating rules by improperly releasing communications to the media must be removed from this investigation."

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*Bill Browder sentenced to nine years in prison in absentia by Russian court after finding him guilty of deliberate bankruptcy and tax evasion. The evasion of taxes appears to have been material: {{quotebox|“The tax evasion by Browder and co-defendant Ivan Cherkasov had caused some 3.4 billion rubles ($58.76 million) in damage to the Russian federal budget.”<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-court-browder/russia-sentences-fund-head-browder-who-campaigned-in-magnitsky-case-idUSKBN1EN17C</ref>}}

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*'''30 December.''' [[Mike Huckabee]] demands prosecution of Huma Abedin.<ref>~~http~~://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/12/30/huckabee-without-prosecution-against-abedin-were-all-going-to-lose-patience-with-sessions/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social</ref>

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*'''30 December.''' [[Mike Huckabee]] demands prosecution of Huma Abedin.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/12/30/huckabee-without-prosecution-against-abedin-were-all-going-to-lose-patience-with-sessions/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social</ref>

*''NYT'' prints [[fake news]] narrative to cover [[John Brennan]]'s role as a driving force behind the Obama administration's illegal activities to rig an election and destroy President Trump. The ''Times'' ' prints a leak, sourced to the FBI, claiming the Russian collusion investigation began after a night of hard drinking in a London pub where George Papadopoulos boasted to the Australian ambassador that Russians offered him dirt on Hillary Clinton. The FBI however has never established any cooperation or collusion between Carter Pager and George Papadopoulos. Carter Page was targeted with a FISA warrant. Brennan testified in May 2017 he received information from UK intelligence sources of contacts (actual contacts, not drunken boasting) between Trump associates and Russian operatives on the sanctions list. This is not surprising coming from European intelligence agencies, given that Trump at the time was calling on [[NATO]] members to begin paying their fair share of the cost burden for defense, and that [[Estonia]] was banking on the generosity of US taxpayers to donate to them an expensive missile defense system. The article attempts to contain the fraud and criminality within the Obama DOJ and FBI, and not bring the CIA and State Department under scrutiny, which is the direction the investigation is headed.

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