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Throughout July, August and Sept 2016 Fusion GPS paid journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, Ken Dilanian of NBC and others to listen to Christopher Steele and simultaneously 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> The list of journalists and media outlets made aware of Steele’s investigations is extensive. Those journalists include ''New Yorker'' editor David Remnick, ''Atlantic'' editor Jeffrey Goldberg, former ''New Republic'' editor Franklin Foer, and ''Washington Post'' columnist Anne Applebaum. ''Reuters'' reported that it, too, was briefed on the dossier,<ref>http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/veracity-of-trump-dossier-holding-up-despite-republican-attacks-1070959683973?playlist=associated</ref> and while it refrained from reporting on it before the election, its national security reporter Mark Hosenball became an advocate of the dossier’s findings after Trump's victory in November 2016.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-dossier/trump-dossier-on-russia-links-now-part-of-special-counsels-probe-sources-idUSKBN1C92WN</ref> [[BBC]]'s Paul Wood wrote in January 2017 that he was briefed on the dossier a week before the election. ''Newsweek’s'' Kurt Eichenwald likely saw Steele’s work around the same time, because he published an article days before the election based on a “Western intelligence” source (i.e., Steele) who cited names and data points that could only come from the DNC- and Clinton-funded opposition research.
Throughout July, August and Sept 2016 Fusion GPS paid journalists from the ''New York Times'', ABC, Ken Dilanian of NBC and others to listen to Christopher Steele and simultaneously 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> The list of journalists and media outlets made aware of Steele’s investigations is extensive. Those journalists include ''New Yorker'' editor David Remnick, ''Atlantic'' editor Jeffrey Goldberg, former ''New Republic'' editor Franklin Foer, and ''Washington Post'' columnist Anne Applebaum. ''Reuters'' reported that it, too, was briefed on the dossier,<ref>http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/veracity-of-trump-dossier-holding-up-despite-republican-attacks-1070959683973?playlist=associated</ref> and while it refrained from reporting on it before the election, its national security reporter Mark Hosenball became an advocate of the dossier’s findings after Trump's victory in November 2016.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-dossier/trump-dossier-on-russia-links-now-part-of-special-counsels-probe-sources-idUSKBN1C92WN</ref> [[BBC]]'s Paul Wood wrote in January 2017 that he was briefed on the dossier a week before the election. ''Newsweek’s'' Kurt Eichenwald likely saw Steele’s work around the same time, because he published an article days before the election based on a “Western intelligence” source (i.e., Steele) who cited names and data points that could only come from the DNC- and Clinton-funded opposition research.
*'''Early July.''' "Steele, after consulting with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, reaches out to the FBI about what he has heard," according ''Washington Post'' reporting.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/30/a-complete-timeline-of-the-events-behind-the-memo-that-threatens-to-rip-d-c-in-two/?utm_term=.5cfaeec5c162</ref> The Schiff memo denies this fact.
*'''Early July.''' "Steele, after consulting with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson, reaches out to the FBI about what he has heard," according ''Washington Post'' reporting.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/01/30/a-complete-timeline-of-the-events-behind-the-memo-that-threatens-to-rip-d-c-in-two/?utm_term=.5cfaeec5c162</ref> The Schiff memo denies this fact.
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*'''July.''' Ukraine minister of internal affairs Arsen Avakov attacks Trump and Trump campaign adviser Paul Manafort on Twitter and Facebook, calling Trump “an even bigger danger to the US than terrorism.”
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk writes on Facebook that Trump has “challenged the very values of the free world.”
*Obama national security adviser Susan Rice begins to show increased interest in National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence material including “unmasked” Americans’ identities, according to news reports referring to White House logs.
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*'''1 July.''' Lynch announces that she would accept whatever recommendation Comey and career prosecutors made about charging Clinton. Strzok and Lisa Page exchange txt msg saying that Lynch knew in advance of FBI's decision not to charge Hillary Clinton.
*'''1 July.''' Lynch announces that she would accept whatever recommendation Comey and career prosecutors made about charging Clinton. Strzok and Lisa Page exchange txt msg saying that Lynch knew in advance of FBI's decision not to charge Hillary Clinton.
*Comey lies about colluding with Lynch: “I have not coordinated or reviewed this statement in any way with the Department of Justice or any other part of the government. They do not know what I am about to say.”<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/</ref>
*Comey lies about colluding with Lynch: “I have not coordinated or reviewed this statement in any way with the Department of Justice or any other part of the government. They do not know what I am about to say.”<ref>http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/</ref>
*Christopher Steele gives FBI Agent Mike Gaetain a copy of dossier in London. Permission was given by [[Victoria Nuland]] to meet with Steele. Nuland receives a copy by mid July and passes it to FBI.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/03/14/new-details-of-victoria-nulands-role-in-the-steele-dossier/</ref>
*Christopher Steele gives FBI Agent Mike Gaetain a copy of dossier in London. Permission was given by [[Victoria Nuland]] to meet with Steele. Nuland receives a copy by mid July and passes it to FBI.<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/03/14/new-details-of-victoria-nulands-role-in-the-steele-dossier/</ref><ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/370633759/Christopher-Steele-Affidavit-Work-With-GPS-Dossier-Lawsuit </ref>
*'''6 July.''' Loretta Lynch announces that no charges would be brought against Hillary Clinton related to the email investigation.
*'''6 July.''' Loretta Lynch announces that no charges would be brought against Hillary Clinton related to the email investigation.
*'''31 July.''' With the Hillary whitewash behind, Peter Strzok opens the anti-Trump counterintelligence investigation. Strzok texts Lisa Page: {{Quotebox|Strzok: And damn this feels momentous. Because this matters. The other one did, too, but that was to ensure that we didn’t F something up. This matters because this MATTERS.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/strzok-page-texts-trump-russia-investigation-origins/ </ref>}}
*'''31 July.''' With the Hillary whitewash behind, Peter Strzok opens the anti-Trump counterintelligence investigation. Strzok texts Lisa Page: {{Quotebox|Strzok: And damn this feels momentous. Because this matters. The other one did, too, but that was to ensure that we didn’t F something up. This matters because this MATTERS.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/strzok-page-texts-trump-russia-investigation-origins/ </ref>}}
*'''Late July.''' Democratic operative and Ukrainian-American Chalupa leaves the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to work full-time on her research into Manafort, Trump and Russia; and provides off-the-record guidance to “a lot of journalists.”
===August 2016===
===August 2016===