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:*'''Bruce Ohr reveals anti-Trump conspiracy in an interagency meeting (including representatives from the FBI) regarding strategy in dealing with Oleg Deripaska'''. One of Ohr's junior Department colleagues told the OIG that, after the meeting, she asked Ohr why the U.S. government would work with Deripaska. Bruce Ohr told her that Steele provided information that the Trump campaign had allegedly been corrupted by the Russians. She asked Ohr if the allegations went "all the way to the President [Obama]" and that Ohr responded "yes." Ohr said to her that this information was "the basis for the [Deripaska] discussion."<ref>FISA Abuse Report, pp. 281-282.</ref>
:*'''Bruce Ohr reveals anti-Trump conspiracy in an interagency meeting (including representatives from the FBI) regarding strategy in dealing with Oleg Deripaska'''. One of Ohr's junior Department colleagues told the OIG that, after the meeting, she asked Ohr why the U.S. government would work with Deripaska. Bruce Ohr told her that Steele provided information that the Trump campaign had allegedly been corrupted by the Russians. She asked Ohr if the allegations went "all the way to the President [Obama]" and that Ohr responded "yes." Ohr said to her that this information was "the basis for the [Deripaska] discussion."<ref>FISA Abuse Report, pp. 281-282.</ref>
*'''8 December.''' Bruce Ohr's arranged meeting with Glenn Simpson for December 10.
*'''8 December.''' [[IC]] officials discuss the draft PDB, which finds that '''"Russian and criminal actors did not impact recent US election results by conducting malicious cyber activities against election infrastructure."''' The group also decides the PDB will be published the following day, due to "high administration interest."
:*A few hours later, after initially coauthoring the PDB, the FBI (led by FBI Director [[James Comey]]) inexplicably withdraws from coordinating on the product and notifies other IC officials that the FBI will be drafting a dissent.
:*Later in the afternoon, a senior PDB official kills the PDB "based on some new guidance." The post-election PDB, which once again assessed that Russia did not hack the election, was never published.
:*Bruce Ohr's arranged meeting with Glenn Simpson for December 10.
:*McCain gives Comey his copy of Steele Dossier.<ref>https://t.co/ujPqB4bOLK?amp=1</ref>
:*McCain gives Comey his copy of Steele Dossier.<ref>https://t.co/ujPqB4bOLK?amp=1</ref>
:*Global Magnitsky Act passes.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/putin-congress-rohrabacher-trump-231775</ref>
:*Global Magnitsky Act passes.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/putin-congress-rohrabacher-trump-231775</ref>
*'''9 December.''' '''Russia collusion hoax narrative begins.''' Brennan provides assessment to Obama, claims Russia intervened in 2016 election to help Trump and impair Hillary Clinton’s chances.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref> Obama orders a full review of Russian activities. Brennan hand-picked agents from both the CIA and the FBI to write the assessment, including Peter Strzok, who served as the liaison between Comey and Brennan.
*'''9 December.''' '''Russia collusion hoax narrative begins.'''
Brennan provides assessment to Obama, claims Russia intervened in 2016 election to help Trump and impair Hillary Clinton’s chances.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.d12bb3f09dd9</ref> Obama orders a full review of Russian activities. Brennan hand-picked agents from both the CIA and the FBI to write the assessment, including Peter Strzok, who served as the liaison between Comey and Brennan.
:*Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann phoned CIA general counsel Caroline Krass while the agency was compiling the Intelligence Community Assessment<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)], Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election, 30 December 2016. cia.gov</ref> and said he had information that may help. The review ended up including an annex with several unfounded and since-debunked allegations against Trump developed by the Clinton campaign.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-06-10%20ODNI%20to%20CEG,%20RJ%20-%20ICA%20Annex.pdf</ref> After Sussmann conveyed the information to Krass, an Obama appointee, she told him she would consider it for the intelligence review of Russian interference, which tracks with Sussmann’s 2017 closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/HPSCI_Transcripts/2020-05-04-Michael_Sussman-MTR_Redacted.pdf</ref> (Krass’ name is blacked out in the declassified transcript, but sources familiar with Sussmann's testimony confirmed that he identified her as his CIA contact.)
:*Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann phoned CIA general counsel Caroline Krass while the agency was compiling the Intelligence Community Assessment<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/static/Tradecraft-Review-2016-ICA-on-Election-Interference-062625.pdf Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA)], Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election, 30 December 2016. cia.gov</ref> and said he had information that may help. The review ended up including an annex with several unfounded and since-debunked allegations against Trump developed by the Clinton campaign.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2020-06-10%20ODNI%20to%20CEG,%20RJ%20-%20ICA%20Annex.pdf</ref> After Sussmann conveyed the information to Krass, an Obama appointee, she told him she would consider it for the intelligence review of Russian interference, which tracks with Sussmann’s 2017 closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee.<ref>https://www.dni.gov/files/HPSCI_Transcripts/2020-05-04-Michael_Sussman-MTR_Redacted.pdf</ref> (Krass’ name is blacked out in the declassified transcript, but sources familiar with Sussmann's testimony confirmed that he identified her as his CIA contact.)
:*Sussmann “stated falsely – as he previously had stated to the FBI general counsel – that he was ‘not representing a particular client,’ " according to Special Counsel John Durham's indictment, which cites a contemporaneous memo drafted by two agency officials with whom Sussmann met that memorializes their meeting. (The document refers to the CIA by the pseudonym “Agency-2.” Sources confirm Agency-2 is the CIA.)
:*Sussmann “stated falsely – as he previously had stated to the FBI general counsel – that he was ‘not representing a particular client,’ " according to Special Counsel John Durham's indictment, which cites a contemporaneous memo drafted by two agency officials with whom Sussmann met that memorializes their meeting. (The document refers to the CIA by the pseudonym “Agency-2.” Sources confirm Agency-2 is the CIA.)