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===January 2016===

===January 2016===

CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, working in the White House, requested Ukrainian officials to re-open an investigation into Paul Manafort which the FBI had dismissed in 2014. The FBI under James Comey re-opened the investigation at the same time Ciaramella met with Ukrainian officials in the White House. Ciaramella later became the Adam Schiff's alleged "whistleblower" in the [[Trump impeachment]] inquiry after the failure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to produce sufficient evidence to remove President Trump from office in 2019.  

CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, working in the White House, requested Ukrainian officials to re-open an investigation into Paul Manafort which the FBI had dismissed in 2014. The FBI under James Comey re-opened the investigation at the same time Ciaramella met with Ukrainian officials in the White House. Ciaramella later became the Adam Schiff's alleged "whistleblower" in the [[Trump impeachment]] inquiry after the failure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to produce sufficient evidence to remove President Trump from office in 2019.  

<!--*'''1 January.''' Mikk Marran officially became the Director General of the Estonian Information Board.-->

<!--*'''1 January.''' Mikk Marran officially became the Director General of the Estonian Information Board.-->

*'''4 January.''' John Podesta emails Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, "Look forward to working with you to elect the first woman President of the United States,” Sandberg replies she was “thrilled” by the progress that Clinton was making.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/56638#efmAAGAA2AGJAI2</ref>

*'''4 January.''' John Podesta emails Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, "Look forward to working with you to elect the first woman President of the United States,” Sandberg replies she was “thrilled” by the progress that Clinton was making.<ref>https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/56638#efmAAGAA2AGJAI2</ref>

*'''7 January.''' NSA Inspector General, George Ellard, released a report on NSA Controls & FISA compliance:<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/NSA_IG_Report_1_7_16_ST-15-0002.pdf (pp. 6-7)]</ref> {{Quotebox|"We identified another [redacted] queries that were performed outside the targeting authorization periods in [Executive Order] 12333 data, which is prohibited by the E.O. 12333 minimization procedures. We also identified queries performed using [United States Persons] selectors [phone numbers, emails] in [FISA Amendments Act of 2008] §702 upstream data, which is prohibited by the FAA §702 minimization procedures."}}  

*'''7 January.''' NSA Inspector General, George Ellard, released a report on NSA Controls & FISA compliance:<ref>[https://www.dni.gov/files/documents/icotr/51117/NSA_IG_Report_1_7_16_ST-15-0002.pdf (pp. 6-7)]</ref> {{Quotebox-float|"We identified another [redacted] queries that were performed outside the targeting authorization periods in [Executive Order] 12333 data, which is prohibited by the E.O. 12333 minimization procedures. We also identified queries performed using [United States Persons] selectors [phone numbers, emails] in [FISA Amendments Act of 2008] §702 upstream data, which is prohibited by the FAA §702 minimization procedures."}}  

Material [[FISA abuse]]s were routinely taking place. Following IG Ellard’s report, Adm. Mike Rogers implemented a tightening of internal rules at the NSA. By law, [[John Carlin]] of the [[DOJ-NSD]] should have informed the FISA court immediately of the results of the IG’s Report, but the court was not informed until NSA Dir. [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] ''personally'' told the court on October 23, 2016, two days ''after'' the Obama DOJ hoaxed the FISA court into granting FISA Title I authority over [[Carter Page]], which then extended throughout the [[Trump transition]] well into the first year of Trump's presidency.

Material [[FISA abuse]]s were routinely taking place. Following IG Ellard’s report, Adm. Mike Rogers implemented a tightening of internal rules at the NSA. By law, [[John Carlin]] of the [[DOJ-NSD]] should have informed the FISA court immediately of the results of the IG’s Report, but the court was not informed until NSA Dir. [[Adm. Mike Rogers]] ''personally'' told the court on October 23, 2016, two days ''after'' the Obama DOJ hoaxed the FISA court into granting FISA Title I authority over [[Carter Page]], which then extended throughout the [[Trump transition]] well into the first year of Trump's presidency.

*'''12 January.''' Christopher Steele emails [[Bruce Ohr]]: {{quotebox|"I heard from [[Adam Waldman|Adam WALDMAN]] [a Deripaska lawyer/lobbyist] yesterday that OD [ [[Oleg Deripaska]] ] is applying for another official US visa ice [sic] APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] business at the end of February."}}  

*'''12 January.''' Christopher Steele emails [[Bruce Ohr]]:  

Steele said Deripaska was being "encouraged by the Agency guys who told Adam [Waldman] that the USG [United States Government  stance on [Deripaska] is softening." Steele concluded: "A positive development it seems." Steele also asked Ohr when he might be coming to London, or somewhere in Europe, "as I would be keen to meet up here and talk business." Ohr replied warmly the same day and said he would likely travel to Europe, but not the U.K., at least twice in February.

{{quotebox-float|"I heard from [[Adam Waldman|Adam WALDMAN]] [a Deripaska lawyer/lobbyist] yesterday that OD [ [[Oleg Deripaska]] ] is applying for another official US visa ice [sic] APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] business at the end of February."}}  

:Steele said Deripaska was being "encouraged by the Agency guys who told Adam [Waldman] that the USG [United States Government  stance on [Deripaska] is softening." Steele concluded: "A positive development it seems." Steele also asked Ohr when he might be coming to London, or somewhere in Europe, "as I would be keen to meet up here and talk business." Ohr replied warmly the same day and said he would likely travel to Europe, but not the U.K., at least twice in February.

[[File:Jill and Andy.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|The fix was in from the gitgo. 5 days after the Hillary email investigation began, former Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe "recruited" McCabe's wife to run for the Virginia senate. He and his PACs gave nearly $700,000. Much of the money was unspent after her loss. [[Mainstream media]] ignored the naked corruption until late October 2016.]]

[[File:Jill and Andy.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|The fix was in from the gitgo. 5 days after the Hillary email investigation began, former Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe "recruited" McCabe's wife to run for the Virginia senate. He and his PACs gave nearly $700,000. Much of the money was unspent after her loss. [[Mainstream media]] ignored the naked corruption until late October 2016.]]

*'''13 January.''' Strzok informed that he had failed his polygraph exam.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4738037/peter-strzoks-scope-polygraph</ref><ref>https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1531070425</ref>

*'''13 January.''' Strzok informed that he had failed his polygraph exam.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4738037/peter-strzoks-scope-polygraph</ref><ref>https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1531070425</ref>

*'''16 January.''' Strzok and Lisa Page texted each other about Strzok’s imminent departure from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which was set for two weeks time.

*'''16 January.''' Strzok and Lisa Page texted each other about Strzok’s imminent departure from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which was set for two weeks time.

*'''17 January.''' Barack Obama announces final agreement on the [[Iran nuke deal]]. David Asher, Veteran illicit finance investigator at the [[Pentagon]] serving on the [[Project Cassandra]] task force looking into the Hezbollah criminal enterprise said that Obama administration officials expressed concerns to him about alienating [[Tehran]] before, during and after the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. This was part of an effort to “defang, defund and undermine the investigations that were involving Iran and Hezbollah. The closer we got to the [Iran deal], the more these activities went away,” Asher said. “So much of the capability, whether it was special operations, whether it was law enforcement, whether it was [Treasury] designations — even the capacity, the personnel assigned to this mission — it was assiduously drained, almost to the last drop, by the end of the Obama administration.” Within months, task force officials said, Project Cassandra was all but dead. Some of its senior officials, including Jack Kelly the veteran DEA supervisory agent who created and led the task force, were transferred to other assignments. As a result, according to ''Politico'', the US government lost insight into not only drug trafficking and other criminal activity worldwide, but also into Hezbollah’s illicit conspiracies with top officials in the Iranian, Syrian, [[Venezuela]]n and Russian governments — all the way up to presidents [[Nicolas Maduro]], [[Bashar Assad]] and [[Vladimir Putin]], according to former task force members and other current and former U.S. officials. The derailment of Project Cassandra also undermined U.S. efforts to determine how much [[cocaine]] from the various Hezbollah-affiliated networks is coming into the United States, especially from Venezuela, where dozens of top civilian and military officials have been under investigation for more than a decade.<ref>https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/</ref>

*'''17 January.''' Barack Obama announces final agreement on the [[Iran nuke deal]]. David Asher, Veteran illicit finance investigator at the [[Pentagon]] serving on the [[Project Cassandra]] task force looking into the Hezbollah criminal enterprise said that Obama administration officials expressed concerns to him about alienating [[Tehran]] before, during and after the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. This was part of an effort to “defang, defund and undermine the investigations that were involving Iran and Hezbollah. The closer we got to the [Iran deal], the more these activities went away,” Asher said. “So much of the capability, whether it was special operations, whether it was law enforcement, whether it was [Treasury] designations — even the capacity, the personnel assigned to this mission — it was assiduously drained, almost to the last drop, by the end of the Obama administration.” Within months, task force officials said, Project Cassandra was all but dead. Some of its senior officials, including Jack Kelly the veteran DEA supervisory agent who created and led the task force, were transferred to other assignments. As a result, according to ''Politico'', the US government lost insight into not only drug trafficking and other criminal activity worldwide, but also into Hezbollah’s illicit conspiracies with top officials in the Iranian, Syrian, [[Venezuela]]n and Russian governments — all the way up to presidents [[Nicolas Maduro]], [[Bashar Assad]] and [[Vladimir Putin]], according to former task force members and other current and former U.S. officials. The derailment of Project Cassandra also undermined U.S. efforts to determine how much [[cocaine]] from the various Hezbollah-affiliated networks is coming into the United States, especially from Venezuela, where dozens of top civilian and military officials have been under investigation for more than a decade.<ref>https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/</ref>

*''New York Post'' reports former State Dept. Inspector General Howard J. Krongard regarding Clinton server says: {{quotebox|“It will never get to an indictment."  For one, any criminal referral to the Justice Department from the FBI “will have to go through four loyal Democrat women” — Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the department’s criminal division; Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]]; Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]; and top White House adviser [[Valerie Jarrett]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2016/01/31/this-was-all-planned-former-ig-says-hillary-state-dept-are-lying/</ref><ref>https://freebeacon.com/issues/hillary-rakes-nearly-75000-justice-department-employees/</ref>}} The ''NYP'' further reports: {{quotebox|from Day One, Clinton was never assigned and never used a state.gov email address like previous secretaries. “That’s a change in the standard. It tells me that this was premeditated. And this eliminates claims by the State Department that they were unaware of her private email server until later,” Krongard said in an exclusive interview. “How else was she supposed to do business without email?”<br>He also points to the unusual absence of a permanent inspector general during Clinton’s entire 2009-2013 term at the department. He said the 5½-year vacancy was unprecedented. “This is a major gap. In fact, it’s without precedent,” he said. “It’s the longest period any department has gone without an IG.”}}

:*''New York Post'' reports former State Dept. Inspector General Howard J. Krongard regarding Clinton server says:  

{{quotebox-float|“It will never get to an indictment."  For one, any criminal referral to the Justice Department from the FBI “will have to go through four loyal Democrat women” — Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the department’s criminal division; Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]]; Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]; and top White House adviser [[Valerie Jarrett]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2016/01/31/this-was-all-planned-former-ig-says-hillary-state-dept-are-lying/</ref><ref>https://freebeacon.com/issues/hillary-rakes-nearly-75000-justice-department-employees/</ref>}} The ''NYP'' further reports:  

{{quotebox-float|from Day One, Clinton was never assigned and never used a state.gov email address like previous secretaries. “That’s a change in the standard. It tells me that this was premeditated. And this eliminates claims by the State Department that they were unaware of her private email server until later,” Krongard said in an exclusive interview. “How else was she supposed to do business without email?”<br>He also points to the unusual absence of a permanent inspector general during Clinton’s entire 2009-2013 term at the department. He said the 5½-year vacancy was unprecedented. “This is a major gap. In fact, it’s without precedent,” he said. “It’s the longest period any department has gone without an IG.”}}

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[[File:Ciaramella-telizhenko-600x111.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ciaramella/Telizhenko meeting at the White House to discuss killing the Hunter Biden investigation and reviving allegations against Paul Manafort.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-white-house-visitor-logs-detail-meetings-of-eric-ciaramella/</ref>]]

[[File:Ciaramella-telizhenko-600x111.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ciaramella/Telizhenko meeting at the White House to discuss killing the Hunter Biden investigation and reviving allegations against Paul Manafort.<ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-white-house-visitor-logs-detail-meetings-of-eric-ciaramella/</ref>]]

{{Quotebox-float|The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ '''objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President [[Joe Biden]]’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref>}}

:{{Quotebox|The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ)....Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ '''objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President [[Joe Biden]]’s family and one that involved a lobbying [Manafort's] firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/440730-how-the-obama-white-house-engaged-ukraine-to-give-russia-collusion</ref>}}

:*'''January.'''  '''FBI initiates politically motivated money laundering and tax evasion investigation of Paul Manafort predicated on his activities as a political consultant to members of the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian politicians.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref>

:*'''January.'''  '''FBI initiates politically motivated money laundering and tax evasion investigation of Paul Manafort predicated on his activities as a political consultant to members of the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian politicians.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf FISA Abuse Report], p. 66 fn 185, pp. 291, 391-392, 398 and fn 521.</ref>

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