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In late June, after former President [[Bill Clinton]]'s meeting with Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]] on the airport tarmac in [[Phoenix]], the Justice Department sought [[FISA]] warrants to eavesdrop on Donald Trump, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and Boris Epshteyn. The FISA court denied the initial request.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref> It is improbable that the [[Attorney General]] would act on her own against a presidential nominee of another party without consulting [[President Obama]].<ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref> Simultaneously FBI agent Peter Strzok had direct contact with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

In late June, after former President [[Bill Clinton]]'s meeting with Attn. Gen. [[Loretta Lynch]] on the airport tarmac in [[Phoenix]], the Justice Department sought [[FISA]] warrants to eavesdrop on Donald Trump, Carter Page, Paul Manafort, and Boris Epshteyn. The FISA court denied the initial request.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap-may-have-been-sought</ref> It is improbable that the [[Attorney General]] would act on her own against a presidential nominee of another party without consulting [[President Obama]].<ref>https://youtu.be/5CSZKmssG2o</ref> Simultaneously FBI agent Peter Strzok had direct contact with Christopher Steele and received a preliminary draft of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

Throughout July, August, and September 2016 Fusion GPS was paying journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, NBC, ''Washington Post'', ''Mother Jones'' and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shopping the fake ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>

Throughout July, August, and September 2016 Fusion GPS was paying journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, NBC, ''Washington Post'', ''Mother Jones'' and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shopping the fake ''Steele dossier'' to them. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>

Sometime around Thanksgiving 2016 Simpson of met with Obama Dep. Attn. Gen. Bruce Ohr while President-elect Trump was selecting his cabinet, and discussed the ''Steele dossier'', the FBI's Russia meddling investigation, and what Simpson considered the distressing development of Trump's victory. The ''Steele dossier'' had been in the hands of the FBI for some five months, and the surveillance on Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump campaign, had started more than two months prior. Attn Gen. Loretta Lynch used the opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] to justify a foreign surveillance warrant (FISA) against Page.  

Sometime around Thanksgiving 2016 Simpson of met with Obama Dep. Attn. Gen. Bruce Ohr while President-elect Trump was selecting his cabinet, and discussed the ''Steele dossier'', the FBI's Russia meddling investigation, and what Simpson considered the distressing development of Trump's victory. The ''Steele dossier'' had been in the hands of the FBI for some five months, and the surveillance on Carter Page, an adviser to the Trump campaign, had started more than two months prior. Attn Gen. Loretta Lynch used the opposition research paid for by [[Hillary Clinton]] to justify a foreign surveillance warrant (FISA) against Page.  

4. When applying to this Court for one or more warrants in this matter, did the FBI inform this Court that the dossier it reportedly presented in pursuit of one or more warrants had originally been prepared by the former British spy for a Washington research firm conducting opposition research against the Republican nominee for president, candidate Donald Trump?}}

4. When applying to this Court for one or more warrants in this matter, did the FBI inform this Court that the dossier it reportedly presented in pursuit of one or more warrants had originally been prepared by the former British spy for a Washington research firm conducting opposition research against the Republican nominee for president, candidate Donald Trump?}}

On May 7, 2017 Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were summoned to FBI headquarters for an emergency meeting with bureau cybersecurity agents, CIA representatives, and Dir. [[James Comey]].<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-probing-attempted-hack-trump-organization-officials/story?id=47652150</ref> Comey was fired the next day and [[Andrew McCabe]] became Acting Director.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/alan-dershowitz-history-precedent-and-james-comeys-opening-statement-show-that-trump-did-not-obstruct-justice/article/2625318</ref> Despite being under no less than three Inspector General investigations into the Clinton, Russia, and FusionGPS matters, McCabe still failed to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/06/28/fbi-chief-mccabe-faces-three-separate-federal-inquiries-into-his-behavior</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-fbi-director-mccabe-compromised-by-serious-conflict-941110851569</ref> A week before being ousted as Director by Christopher Wray, McCabe staged a highly publicized raid on Paul Manafort's home to seize Manafort's Senate Intelligence Committee transcript containing privileged information under attorney-client and immunity deals with Congress.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/russia-mueller-hill/index.html</ref><ref>http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/trump-manafort-raid-fbi-director-mccabe-tweets-fired-removed/</ref>  Mark Corallo, attorney for Donald Trump, Jr. revealed that FusionGPS misrepresented themselves to arrange a meeting between Donald Trump Jr, and the Russian lawyer Natalie Veselnitskaya 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> When Comey was summoned before Congress to explain his illegal leaking after his firing,<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860979-Untitleddocument.html</ref> it was not the President, but rather Donald Trump Jr. who sent out a tweetstorm of some 80 tweets in response to Comey's lying and contradictions.<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-80-tweets-comey-2017-6</ref>

On May 7, 2017 Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were summoned to FBI headquarters for an emergency meeting with bureau cybersecurity agents, CIA representatives, and Dir. [[James Comey]].<ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-probing-attempted-hack-trump-organization-officials/story?id=47652150</ref> Comey was fired the next day and [[Andrew McCabe]] became Acting Director.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/alan-dershowitz-history-precedent-and-james-comeys-opening-statement-show-that-trump-did-not-obstruct-justice/article/2625318</ref> Despite being under no less than three Inspector General investigations into the Clinton, Russia, and FusionGPS matters, McCabe still failed to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.<ref>https://www.circa.com/story/2017/06/28/fbi-chief-mccabe-faces-three-separate-federal-inquiries-into-his-behavior</ref><ref>http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-fbi-director-mccabe-compromised-by-serious-conflict-941110851569</ref> A week before being ousted as Director by Christopher Wray, McCabe staged a highly publicized raid on Paul Manafort's home to seize Manafort's Senate Intelligence Committee transcript containing privileged information under attorney-client and immunity deals with Congress.<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/05/politics/russia-mueller-hill/index.html</ref><ref>http://heavy.com/news/2017/08/trump-manafort-raid-fbi-director-mccabe-tweets-fired-removed/</ref>  Mark Corallo, attorney for Donald Trump, Jr. revealed that FusionGPS misrepresented themselves to arrange a meeting between Donald Trump Jr, and the Russian lawyer Natalie Veselnitskaya 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> When Comey was summoned before Congress to explain his illegal leaking after his firing,<ref>https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3860979-Untitleddocument.html</ref> it was not the President, but rather Donald Trump Jr. who sent out a tweetstorm of some 80 tweets in response to Comey's lying and contradictions.<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-80-tweets-comey-2017-6</ref>

Strzok had given false and misleading information to the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Hillary Clinton's ''Steele dossier'' shortly after the election. House Intelligence Committee investigators were contacted by a [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] suggesting that there was “documentary evidence” that Strzok was obstructing the House probe into the dossier.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/12/texts-between-ex-mueller-team-members-emerge-calling-trump-loathsome-human-idiot.html</ref> The ''Steele dossier'' had been used to obtain [[fruit of the poisonous tree]] evidence against [[National Security Advisor]] Mike Flynn. In January 2017 Strzok interviewed Flynn at the White House in what appears to be an [[entrapment]] sting using the falsified FISA evidence.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> Flynn was later convicted of misleading Strzok, although Flynn later said he merely didn't recall minor details during the questioning. By midsummer the Inspector General (IG) reported on the existence of the Strzok-Page texts deemed prejudicial to the investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally fired Strzok from the [[Trump-Russia investigation]] for his blatantly anti-Trump texts. Strzok's cohort [[Lisa Page]] was fired a month later. After Flynn's conviction on a process charge the Judge who presided over former National Security Advisor [[Mike Flynn]]'s plea agreement abruptly recused himself from the sentencing phase when the FISA warrant abuses became more widely known. It was the same judge who heard the bogus FISA warrant requests based on Hillary Clinton's ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-criminal-case-is-recused-court-idUSKBN1E202V</ref>

Strzok had given false and misleading information to the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Hillary Clinton's ''Steele dossier'' shortly after the election. House Intelligence Committee investigators were contacted by a [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] suggesting that there was “documentary evidence” that Strzok was obstructing the House probe into the dossier.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/12/texts-between-ex-mueller-team-members-emerge-calling-trump-loathsome-human-idiot.html</ref> The ''Steele dossier'' had been used to obtain [[fruit of the poisonous tree]] evidence against [[National Security Advisor]] Mike Flynn. In January 2017 Strzok interviewed Flynn at the White House in what appears to be an [[entrapment]] sting using the falsified FISA evidence.<ref>https://www.hannity.com/content/2017-12-04-exclusive-fbi-supervisor-booted-from-mueller-probe-interviewed-mike-flynn/</ref> Flynn was later convicted of misleading Strzok, although Flynn later said he merely didn't recall minor details during the questioning. By midsummer the Inspector General (IG) reported on the existence of the Strzok-Page texts deemed prejudicial to the investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller finally fired Strzok from the [[Trump-Russia investigation]] for his blatantly anti-Trump texts. Strzok's cohort [[Lisa Page]] was fired a month later. After Flynn's conviction on a process charge the Judge who presided over former National Security Advisor [[Mike Flynn]]'s plea agreement abruptly recused himself from the sentencing phase when the FISA warrant abuses became more widely known. It was the same judge who heard the bogus FISA warrant requests based on Hillary Clinton's ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-criminal-case-is-recused-court-idUSKBN1E202V</ref>

==Steele dossier==

==Steele dossier==

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:Main article: ''[[Steele dossier]]''

In April 2016 ''[[The Washington Free Beacon]]'' dropped FusionGPS whom they hired to do opposition research on Donald Trump.<ref>'none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign.</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-free-beacon-responds-to-report-it-funded-fusion-gps-anti-trump-opposition-effort/article/2638855</ref><ref>http://truepundit.com/new-evidence-shows-mccain-helped-fund-fbi-plot-to-frame-trump-backed-bogus-russian-trump-dossier/</ref> Attn. Mark E. Elias of Perkins Coie hired FusionGPS to continue the research  on behalf of their clients, the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] and [[Democratic National Committee]] two weeks later.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref>

In April 2016 ''[[The Washington Free Beacon]]'' dropped FusionGPS whom they hired to do opposition research on Donald Trump.<ref>'none of the work product that the Free Beacon received appears in the Steele dossier. The Free Beacon had no knowledge of or connection to the Steele dossier, did not pay for the dossier, and never had contact with, knowledge of, or provided payment for any work performed by Christopher Steele. Nor did we have any knowledge of the relationship between Fusion GPS and the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie, and the Clinton campaign.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-free-beacon-responds-to-report-it-funded-fusion-gps-anti-trump-opposition-effort/article/2638855</ref><ref>http://truepundit.com/new-evidence-shows-mccain-helped-fund-fbi-plot-to-frame-trump-backed-bogus-russian-trump-dossier/</ref> Attn. Mark E. Elias of Perkins Coie hired FusionGPS to continue the research  on behalf of their clients, the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] and [[Democratic National Committee]] two weeks later.<ref>Confessore, Scott Shane, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Matthew (11 January 2017). "How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Donald Trump". The New York Times.</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.10bece00087f</ref>

In early June 2016 FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele to begin working on the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref><!--???*'''June.''' Civilian(?) From the industry probe(?) into the (2015?) hack finds servers in two Moscow banks (what does this have to do with probe of DNC servers?) (Alfa and Sperbank) directly pinging one server in Trump Tower.--> On June 9, 2016 Rinat Akhmetshin<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> in the employ of FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze,<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]]

In early June 2016 FusionGPS hired Christopher Steele to begin working on the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele</ref><!--???*'''June.''' Civilian(?) From the industry probe(?) into the (2015?) hack finds servers in two Moscow banks (what does this have to do with probe of DNC servers?) (Alfa and Sperbank) directly pinging one server in Trump Tower.--> On June 9, 2016 Rinat Akhmetshin<ref>http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rinat-akhmetshin-who-russian-lobbyist-who-met-trump-team-n783161</ref> and Natalia Veselnitskaya,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> in the employ of FusionGPS, and Ike Kaveladze,<ref>https://ru.linkedin.com/in/ikekaveladze</ref> met with Donald Trump Jr. and [[Jared Kushner]]

at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee' memo. https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/</ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> On June 20, 2016 Christopher Steele filed his first report entitled ''Company Intelligence Report''.<ref>The report consisted solely if the infamous 'pep-pee' memo. https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/10/10-takeaways-from-glenn-simpsons-fusion-gps-senate-testimony/</ref> Peter Strzok of the FBI Counterintelligence Division exchanged information with Steele days later.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/lifting-the-steele-curtain-1510274070</ref>

Throughout July, August and September 2016, FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', Devlin Barrett of the ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> In August Christopher Steele went to Sir Andrew Wood to ask him to act as a go-between to reach Sen. [[John McCain]], to try to give his fake dossier credibility.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/inside-trump-dossier-handoff-mccains-go-between-speaks-out.html</ref>

Throughout July, August and September 2016, FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', Devlin Barrett of the ''[[Washington Post]]'', [[ABC News]], Ken Dilanian of [[NBC News]], David Corn of ''Mother Jones'', Michael Isikoff of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref> In August Christopher Steele went to Sir Andrew Wood to ask him to act as a go-between to reach Sen. [[John McCain]], to try to give his fake dossier credibility.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/inside-trump-dossier-handoff-mccains-go-between-speaks-out.html</ref>

Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story  from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> Strzok offered to pay Steele to continue work on the fake dossier.

Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story  from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref> Strzok offered to pay Steele to continue work on the fake dossier.

In November 2017 it was reported that Hillary Clinton was again in talks with Christopher Steele to create second dossier of alleged Trump affairs.<ref>

In November 2017 it was reported that Hillary Clinton was again in talks with Christopher Steele to create second dossier of alleged Trump affairs.<ref>

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5056421/Hillary-Clinton-talks-buy-SECOND-dossier-Trump.html</ref>

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5056421/Hillary-Clinton-talks-buy-SECOND-dossier-Trump.html</ref>

By December outrage of the Obama FBI abuses was omnipresent; in seven hours of testimony before House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe made statements that contradicted evidence, and was unable to provide any substantive examples of verified allegations in the ''Steele dossier''. When pushed for examples of what was verified in the anti-Trump dossier, McCabe was only able to cite the fact that Trump campaign advisor Carter Page traveled to Moscow — McCabe could not verify anything about the meetings that Page supposedly had. McCabe claimed he could not recall — despite documents with McCabe's own signature on them establishing the fact of his knowledge of the dossier's financing and provenance.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/24938/report-mccabe-contradicts-himself-testimony-unable-ryan-saavedra</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/25/fbi-says-russia-dossiers-collusion-charges-unsubst/</ref>

By December outrage of the Obama FBI abuses was omnipresent; in seven hours of testimony before House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe made statements that contradicted evidence, and was unable to provide any substantive examples of verified allegations in the ''Steele dossier''. When pushed for examples of what was verified in the anti-Trump dossier, McCabe was only able to cite the fact that Trump campaign advisor Carter Page traveled to Moscow — McCabe could not verify anything about the meetings that Page supposedly had. McCabe claimed he could not recall — despite documents with McCabe's own signature on them establishing the fact of his knowledge of the dossier's financing and provenance.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/24938/report-mccabe-contradicts-himself-testimony-unable-ryan-saavedra</ref><ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/25/fbi-says-russia-dossiers-collusion-charges-unsubst/</ref>