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*'''11 May.''' '''McCabe testifies there has been "no effort to impede our investigation to date" during testimony Thursday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee.'''<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/acting-fbi-director-no-effort-impede-investigation-to-date/</ref>

*'''11 May.''' '''McCabe testifies there has been "no effort to impede our investigation to date" during testimony Thursday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee.'''<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/acting-fbi-director-no-effort-impede-investigation-to-date/</ref>

:*Rosenstein meets privately with Burr and Warner.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/rosenstein-removed-mccabe-from-russia-probe-after-appointing-special-counsel_2801187.html</ref>

:*Rosenstein meets privately with Burr and Warner.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/rosenstein-removed-mccabe-from-russia-probe-after-appointing-special-counsel_2801187.html</ref>

*Sen. Grassley calls on FBI to end ‘wild speculation’ surrounding Trump; insinuations that the President is the target of a probe are nothing more than “unsubstantiated statements” from political opposition and media. Grassley said in context that the intelligence community stated one of '''the Russians’ primary objective is to undermine the American public’s faith in our democratic institutions and leadership. With the goal of scoring political points, Democratic allegations and wild rhetoric have given Vladimir Putin exactly what Putin wanted.'''<ref>https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/news/politics/2017/05/11/chuck-grassley-calls-fbi-end-wild-speculation-surrounding-trump/</ref>

*Sen. Grassley calls on FBI to end ‘wild speculation’ surrounding Trump; insinuations that the President is the target of a probe are nothing more than “unsubstantiated statements” from political opposition and media. Grassley said in context that the intelligence community stated one of '''the Russians’ primary objective is to undermine the American public’s faith in our democratic institutions and leadership. With the goal of scoring political points, Democratic allegations and wild rhetoric have given Vladimir Putin exactly what Putin wanted.'''<ref>https://www.peoplespunditdaily.com/news/politics/2017/05/11/chuck-grassley-calls-fbi-end-wild-speculation-surrounding-trump/</ref>

 

*'''12 May.''' '''Warner scuttles Deripaska testimony. Deripaska was willing to waive immunity from prosecution to testify before the House'''. Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner: {{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Hey Mark-please let me know if you want to discuss. My Russia client [Deripaska] asked me to engage in specific way w investigation. We received letter from counsel of house intel committee. I assume you want me to deal with you rather than him but please let me know. Glad to meet you in person too (but I leave Tuesfay). Warmest adam}}

*'''12 May.''' '''Warner scuttles Deripaska testimony. Deripaska was willing to waive immunity from prosecution to testify before the House'''. Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner: {{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Hey Mark-please let me know if you want to discuss. My Russia client [Deripaska] asked me to engage in specific way w investigation. We received letter from counsel of house intel committee. I assume you want me to deal with you rather than him but please let me know. Glad to meet you in person too (but I leave Tuesfay). Warmest adam}}

*'''13 May.''' Bruce Ohr phone call with Chris Steele. Ohr relays question from the FBI if Steele will reengage with the FBI.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/clinton-campaign-relied-on-former-spys-web-of-connections-to-frame-trump_2777189.html?ref=brief_News</ref>

*'''13 May.''' Bruce Ohr phone call with Chris Steele. Ohr relays question from the FBI if Steele will reengage with the FBI.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/clinton-campaign-relied-on-former-spys-web-of-connections-to-frame-trump_2777189.html?ref=brief_News</ref>

 

*'''14-15 May (Night).'''  Comey testified to Congress on June 8th, 2017, saying {{quotebox|''"I woke up in the middle of the night on Monday night, ‘cause it didn’t dawn on me originally that there might be corroboration for our conversation; there might be a tape.”'' [Referring to Monday May 15] ''“And my judgment was I needed to get that out in the public square so I asked a friend of mine [Daniel Richman] to share the content of the memo with a reporter [with the NYT]. I Didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons but I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. So I asked a close friend of mine to do it.”}} However, the content of the memo was leaked to the ''New York Times'' on or before Thursday May 11th<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?_r=1</ref> for an article that was originally posted at 5:26pm. Quite simply Comey lied to Congress about when and why he first leaking the memos to his friends in the media.  Comey claimed a tweet from President Trump on the 12th spurred him to share his memo.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/trump-tweet-comey-1.jpg</ref> The tweet from President Trump (May 12th) was in response to the New York Times article (May 11th) which was quoting from the Comey memo.  So Comey was lying when he said he gave the memo to the New York Times (Via Daniel Richman) on Monday May 15th.

*'''14-15 May (Night).'''  Comey testified to Congress on June 8th, 2017, saying {{quotebox|''"I woke up in the middle of the night on Monday night, ‘cause it didn’t dawn on me originally that there might be corroboration for our conversation; there might be a tape.”'' [Referring to Monday May 15] ''“And my judgment was I needed to get that out in the public square so I asked a friend of mine [Daniel Richman] to share the content of the memo with a reporter [with the NYT]. I Didn’t do it myself for a variety of reasons but I asked him to because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel. So I asked a close friend of mine to do it.”}} However, the content of the memo was leaked to the ''New York Times'' on or before Thursday May 11th<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/us/politics/trump-comey-firing.html?_r=1</ref> for an article that was originally posted at 5:26pm. Quite simply Comey lied to Congress about when and why he first leaking the memos to his friends in the media.  Comey claimed a tweet from President Trump on the 12th spurred him to share his memo.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/trump-tweet-comey-1.jpg</ref> The tweet from President Trump (May 12th) was in response to the New York Times article (May 11th) which was quoting from the Comey memo.  So Comey was lying when he said he gave the memo to the New York Times (Via Daniel Richman) on Monday May 15th.