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*'''12 August.''' McCabe receives stand down order from DOJ’s Principal Assistant Attorney General (PADAG) on the [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/did-mccabe-issue-stand-down-order-on-fbi-clinton-email-investigation/</ref>

*'''12 August.''' McCabe receives stand down order from DOJ’s Principal Assistant Attorney General (PADAG) on the [[Clinton Foundation]] investigation.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/did-mccabe-issue-stand-down-order-on-fbi-clinton-email-investigation/</ref>

*'''15 August.''' CIA Dir. John Brennan gives an unusual private briefing to Democrat Minority Leader [[Harry Reid]] in which he told Reid the FBI should take the lead in an investigation of the Trump campaign because the FBI is the federal agency in charge of domestic intelligence and, unlike the CIA, can spy on U.S. citizens. Two days after Brennan’s special briefing, Reid sends a letter to FBI Dir. James Comey demanding he open an investigation targeting “individuals tied to Trump” to determine if they coordinated with the Russian government “to influence our election.” “The Trump campaign has employed a number of individuals with significant and disturbing ties to Russia and the Kremlin." Reid alludes to Carter Page and repeats an unproven charge from the Hillary Clinton's dossier that Page met with two Kremlin officials in Moscow in July 2016 to discuss removing U.S. sanctions on Russia. “Any such meetings should be investigated,” Reid asserted. Page has repeatedly denied the allegation under oath, swearing he never even met the Russian officials named in the dossier. Brennan is known to have given more than one briefing.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/11/former_cia_director_john_brennan_investigated_for_perjury.html</ref>

*'''15 August.''' CIA Dir. John Brennan gives an unusual private briefing to Democrat Minority Leader [[Harry Reid]] in which he told Reid the FBI should take the lead in an investigation of the Trump campaign because the FBI is the federal agency in charge of domestic intelligence and, unlike the CIA, can spy on U.S. citizens. Two days after Brennan’s special briefing, Reid sends a letter to FBI Dir. James Comey demanding he open an investigation targeting “individuals tied to Trump” to determine if they coordinated with the Russian government “to influence our election.” “The Trump campaign has employed a number of individuals with significant and disturbing ties to Russia and the Kremlin." Reid alludes to Carter Page and repeats an unproven charge from the Hillary Clinton's dossier that Page met with two Kremlin officials in Moscow in July 2016 to discuss removing U.S. sanctions on Russia. “Any such meetings should be investigated,” Reid asserted. Page has repeatedly denied the allegation under oath, swearing he never even met the Russian officials named in the dossier. Brennan is known to have given more than one briefing.<ref>https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/11/former_cia_director_john_brennan_investigated_for_perjury.html</ref>