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→December 2016
*'''19 December.''' [[Electoral College]] meets in 50 state capitals to elect new president.
*'''19 December.''' [[Electoral College]] meets in 50 state capitals to elect new president.
*'''22 December.''' December 22, right after this resolution was proposed, a “very senior member” of Trump’s transition team — who has been identified as Jared Kushner direct Michael Flynn to contact officials of the various foreign governments on the [[UN Security Council]] to inform them Trump opposed an Obama orchestrated resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity.
*'''23 December.''' Russian Amb. Sergei Kidlyak informs Flynn that Russia would not vote against the Obama administration's resolution despite Trump's opposition.
*'''28 December.''' Perkins Coie, the surrogate law firm acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC to write the ''Steele dossier'', makes a payment of $58,669 to FusionGPS. Payments total $1,024,408 since May. Donna Brazille later reveals the Clinton campaign was in control of the DNC budget since mid 2015.
*'''28 December.''' Perkins Coie, the surrogate law firm acting on behalf of Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC to write the ''Steele dossier'', makes a payment of $58,669 to FusionGPS. Payments total $1,024,408 since May. Donna Brazille later reveals the Clinton campaign was in control of the DNC budget since mid 2015.
*Obama signs executive order with new round of sanctions against Russia. Flynn seeks guidance from K.T. McFarland about what to tell Kislyak. Flynn and McFarland discuss how the sanctions might affect Trump foreign-policy goals. McFarland tells Flynn that the transition team did not want Russia to escalate the situation — meaning, not to respond aggressively to Obama’s move.
*Flynn calls Kislyak, asking that Russia not escalate — that it restrict itself to a measured, reciprocal response.
*'''29 December.''' Obama announced sanctions against Russia as retribution for alleged hacking activities. From this date until Trump’s inauguration January 20, the White House aggressively pumps into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other about Trump’s Russia connection. The two streams are merged into one in the hands of sympathetic reporters.
*'''29 December.''' Obama announced sanctions against Russia as retribution for alleged hacking activities. From this date until Trump’s inauguration January 20, the White House aggressively pumps into the media two streams of information: one about Russian hacking; the other about Trump’s Russia connection. The two streams are merged into one in the hands of sympathetic reporters.
*''Washington Post'' falsely reports on a Russian effort to penetrate the electrical grid by hacking into a Vermont utility. The story offers a senior administration official speculating on Russian motives. The infrastructure hack is reported to be part of a broader hacking campaign that includes [[election]] hacking. The story then moves to Trump: “He…has spoken highly of Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], despite President Obama’s suggestion that the approval for hacking came from the highest levels of the [[Kremlin]].”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html?utm_term=.619af97ae363</ref> The story is repeated by news organizations throughout America. Only later the ''Washington Post'' retracts it regarding how far the Russian compromised computers.
*''Washington Post'' falsely reports on a Russian effort to penetrate the electrical grid by hacking into a Vermont utility. The story offers a senior administration official speculating on Russian motives. The infrastructure hack is reported to be part of a broader hacking campaign that includes [[election]] hacking. The story then moves to Trump: “He…has spoken highly of Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], despite President Obama’s suggestion that the approval for hacking came from the highest levels of the [[Kremlin]].”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html?utm_term=.619af97ae363</ref> The story is repeated by news organizations throughout America. Only later the ''Washington Post'' retracts it regarding how far the Russian compromised computers.
*Putin announces that Russia will not take retaliatory measures agwinst Ohana sanctions at that time.
*'''31 December.''' Kislyak explains to Flynn no retaliatory measures to Obama sanctions was done in deference to Flynn’s request. Flynn made no promises to Russia about the sanctions.
==2017==
==2017==