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*'''Dir. Comey fired; [[Andrew McCabe]] assumes position as Acting FBI Director'''.  

*'''Dir. Comey fired; [[Andrew McCabe]] assumes position as Acting FBI Director'''.  

:*McCabe begins counterintelligence and criminal investigation of Trump.

:*McCabe begins counterintelligence and criminal investigation of Trump.

:*McCabe is interviewed the same day by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) about leaks he authorized to the ''Wall Street Journal'' days prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denies authorizing his special counsel Lisa Page to leak the existence of the FBI's [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation in October 2016 and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further tells FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak.

:*McCabe is interviewed the same day by FBI internal Inspection Division (INSD) about leaks he authorized to the ''Wall Street Journal'' days prior to the 2016 election. McCabe denies authorizing his special counsel Lisa Page to leak the existence of the FBI's [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation in October 2016 and denials of his own conflict of interest in that investigation. McCabe further tells FBI investigators he did not know who authorized leak. McCabe's lying to INSD agents is later cited as one of three instances of his lying to investigators leading to his firing.

::*McCabe's lying to INSD agents is cited as one of three instances of his lying to investigators leading to his firing.

:*McCabe visits Trump at the Oval Office that evening.

::*McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

::*McCabe also is implicated in the FBI's offer to pay Christopher Steele for more fabricated information in Hillary Clinton's opposition research ''Steele dossier''. Neither did McCabe recuse himself from the Russia investigation, despite failing to act on a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against FusionGPS, Christopher Steele's employer, as an unregistered foreign agent of the Russian government.

:*Within two hours Strzok and Lisa Page exchange messages: {{quotebox|Strzok - “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy [McCabe] is acting [director].”<br>Lisa Page - "We need to lock in [redacted, likely Trump]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon."<br>Strzok - "I agree. I've been pushing and I'll reemphasize with Bill [ [[Priestap]] ]."}}  

:*Within two hours Strzok and Lisa Page exchange messages: {{quotebox|Strzok - “We need to open the case we’ve been waiting on now while Andy [McCabe] is acting [director].”<br>Lisa Page - "We need to lock in [redacted, likely Trump]. In a formal chargeable way. Soon."<br>Strzok - "I agree. I've been pushing and I'll reemphasize with Bill [ [[Priestap]] ]."}}  

*'''May.''' John Solomon reported, {{quotebox|"In May of 2017 there was a document identified to a small number of people in the United States government. It’s in the possession of the Defense Intelligence Agency.  For eighteen months there’s been an effort to resist declassifying that document; I know that that document contains extraordinary exculpatory information about General Flynn. I don’t believe the president has ever been told about the existence of this document.  One lawmaker [Nunes<ref>https://youtu.be/tcC1JSEssfE</ref>] discovered it, but was thwarted by the Defense Intelligence Agency in his efforts to disclose it."<ref>https://youtu.be/BKJd2WpDB2o</ref>}} The document is likely part of an intelligence product that was produced for Obama’s Daily Briefing (PDB), and contains unmasking information (likely done by Susan Rice) on Michael Flynn as a surveillance target.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/12/14/john-solomon-drops-a-tick-tock-bombshell-dia-holds-documents-that-can-exonerate-flynn/</ref>

*'''May.''' John Solomon reported, {{quotebox|"In May of 2017 there was a document identified to a small number of people in the United States government. It’s in the possession of the Defense Intelligence Agency.  For eighteen months there’s been an effort to resist declassifying that document; I know that that document contains extraordinary exculpatory information about General Flynn. I don’t believe the president has ever been told about the existence of this document.  One lawmaker [Nunes<ref>https://youtu.be/tcC1JSEssfE</ref>] discovered it, but was thwarted by the Defense Intelligence Agency in his efforts to disclose it."<ref>https://youtu.be/BKJd2WpDB2o</ref>}} The document is likely part of an intelligence product that was produced for Obama’s Daily Briefing (PDB), and contains unmasking information (likely done by Susan Rice) on Michael Flynn as a surveillance target.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/12/14/john-solomon-drops-a-tick-tock-bombshell-dia-holds-documents-that-can-exonerate-flynn/</ref>

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*'''10 May.''' Steele calls Bruce Ohr. Ohr's notes state “Call with Chris,”  '''Steele is {{Quotebox|“very concerned about Comey firing, afraid they might be exposed."}}''' Steele is concerned about a letter from Sen. Grassley asking Comey 12 questions regarding the FBI and Steele’s relationship, and wanted all information on any agreements they had during the investigation into alleged Russia-Trump collusion. Grassley also wanted to know if the FBI ever verified any of the information in Steele’s reports. Steele is concerned about these three questions: (1) ''What info (information) did you give to the U.S. govt (government)?'' (2) ''What was the scope of yr (your) investigation?'' (3} ''Do you have any other info that would assist in our question?''<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-bruce-ohr-texts-emails-reveal-steeles-deep-ties-to-obama-doj-fbi/</ref>

*'''10 May.''' Trump invited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Kislyak into the oval office.

 

*Steele calls Bruce Ohr. Ohr's notes state “Call with Chris,”  '''Steele is {{Quotebox|“very concerned about Comey firing, afraid they might be exposed."}}''' Steele is concerned about a letter from Sen. Grassley asking Comey 12 questions regarding the FBI and Steele’s relationship, and wanted all information on any agreements they had during the investigation into alleged Russia-Trump collusion. Grassley also wanted to know if the FBI ever verified any of the information in Steele’s reports. Steele is concerned about these three questions: (1) ''What info (information) did you give to the U.S. govt (government)?'' (2) ''What was the scope of yr (your) investigation?'' (3} ''Do you have any other info that would assist in our question?''<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-bruce-ohr-texts-emails-reveal-steeles-deep-ties-to-obama-doj-fbi/</ref>

*''Politico'', ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post'', CNN, AP, ''Reuters''  and ''Wall Street Journal'' all report the same [[fake news]] leak that Trump fired Comey after Comey requested additional resources to investigate Russian interference in the election. The ''New York Times''  Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, and CNN’s Sara Murray report the fake news without attribution. The ''Washington Post''’s Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Sari Horwitz and Robert Costa wrote news articles in the style of opinion pieces as if it were established fact. They reported, “Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.” (Other reporters —Reuters’ Dustin Volz and Susan Cornwell— did properly attribute the claim.) The Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said the media reports were untrue and McCabe added that the FBI’s Russia investigation was “adequately resourced.” The cover narrative is intended to justify the appointment of a Special Counsel.

*''Politico'', ''New York Times'', ''Washington Post'', CNN, AP, ''Reuters''  and ''Wall Street Journal'' all report the same [[fake news]] leak that Trump fired Comey after Comey requested additional resources to investigate Russian interference in the election. The ''New York Times''  Matthew Rosenberg and Matt Apuzzo, and CNN’s Sara Murray report the fake news without attribution. The ''Washington Post''’s Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Sari Horwitz and Robert Costa wrote news articles in the style of opinion pieces as if it were established fact. They reported, “Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.” (Other reporters —Reuters’ Dustin Volz and Susan Cornwell— did properly attribute the claim.) The Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said the media reports were untrue and McCabe added that the FBI’s Russia investigation was “adequately resourced.” The cover narrative is intended to justify the appointment of a Special Counsel.

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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.''' '''''New York Times'' using Comey’s leaked information wrote about the “loyalty meeting”.

 

:*'''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>

[[File:Adam-waldman-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ranking Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of the Senate Intelligence Committee scuttles Oleg Deripaska's willingness to testify. Deripaska was contacted by the FBI in September 2016 and asked to participate in the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion hoax.]]

[[File:Adam-waldman-1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ranking Democrat Sen. Mark Warner of the Senate Intelligence Committee scuttles Oleg Deripaska's willingness to testify. Deripaska was contacted by the FBI in September 2016 and asked to participate in the FBI's Trump-Russia collusion hoax.]]

:*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>

*'''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>

[[File:Lyin' Comey.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Jimmy the Weasel lied to Congress about when he leaked his first memo.]]

[[File:Lyin' Comey.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Jimmy the Weasel lied to Congress about when he leaked his first memo.]]

*'''14-15 May (Night supposedly).'''  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 initiated 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 supposedly).'''  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 initiated 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. This false motive, claimed by Comey, was highlighted by President Trump’s attorney Marc Kasowitz at the time.

 

*'''15 May.''' Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner: {{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Hey Mark, Do you want to discuss Deripaska or should I respond to the house intel committee instead?}}

*'''15 May.''' Adam Waldman texts Mark Warner: {{quotebox|Adam Waldman - Hey Mark, Do you want to discuss Deripaska or should I respond to the house intel committee instead?}}