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===Trump Tower meeting===

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In early June 2016 [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]], a Russian lawyer,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> and her former [[U.S. State Department]] translator, Anatoli Samochornov, met with Donald Trump Jr., [[Jared Kushner]], and [[Paul Manafort]] at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> Samochornov has also translated for [[Barack Obama]], Hillary Clinton, [[Joe Biden]], John Kerry, and the [[FBI]] under [[Robert Mueller]].<ref>~~http~~://thefederalist.com/2018/08/02/inspect-fisa-applications-closely-mysteries-arise-joseph-mifsud/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=d44356c9be-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-d44356c9be-84014745</ref><ref>~~http~~://thefederalist.com/2018/07/30/facts-behind-trump-tower-meeting-incriminating-not-trump/</ref><ref>https://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-british-collusion-and-criminality</ref><ref>Samochornov is the Program Officer for the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo021710-1.htm</ref> Veselnitskaya carried with her four pages of "dirt" Simpson dug up on [[Clinton Foundation]] donors.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/07/fusion-gps-official-met-with-russian-operative-before-and-after-trump-jr-sit-down.html</ref><ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-dossier-firm-also-supplied-info-used-meeting-russians-trump-n819526</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/honeypot-confirmed-russian-lawyer-met-with-fusion-gps-before-and-after-meeting-with-trump-camp/</ref>

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In early June 2016 [[Natalia Veselnitskaya]], a Russian lawyer,<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-seeks-more-information-pro-russia-lobbyist-present-trump-jr-meeting</ref> and her former [[U.S. State Department]] translator, Anatoli Samochornov, met with Donald Trump Jr., [[Jared Kushner]], and [[Paul Manafort]] at Trump Tower.<ref>https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/complaint-firm-behind-dossier-former-russian-intel-officer-joined-lobbying-effort</ref> Samochornov has also translated for [[Barack Obama]], Hillary Clinton, [[Joe Biden]], John Kerry, and the [[FBI]] under [[Robert Mueller]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/08/02/inspect-fisa-applications-closely-mysteries-arise-joseph-mifsud/?utm_source=The+Federalist+List&utm_campaign=d44356c9be-RSS_The_Federalist_Daily_Updates_w_Transom&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cfcb868ceb-d44356c9be-84014745</ref><ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/07/30/facts-behind-trump-tower-meeting-incriminating-not-trump/</ref><ref>https://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-british-collusion-and-criminality</ref><ref>Samochornov is the Program Officer for the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program. https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo021710-1.htm</ref> Veselnitskaya carried with her four pages of "dirt" Simpson dug up on [[Clinton Foundation]] donors.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/07/fusion-gps-official-met-with-russian-operative-before-and-after-trump-jr-sit-down.html</ref><ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-dossier-firm-also-supplied-info-used-meeting-russians-trump-n819526</ref><ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/honeypot-confirmed-russian-lawyer-met-with-fusion-gps-before-and-after-meeting-with-trump-camp/</ref>

Simpson and Veselnitskaya had been hired by Russian [[oligarch]]s through intermediaries to engage in [[illegal]] [[lobbying]] for the repeal of [[Russian sanctions]].<ref>Veselnitskaya was hired by Denis Katsyv of the Russian Katsyv family to represent Prevezon; when in the United States, Veselnitskaya hired BakerHostetler to discredit [[Bill Browder]], who pushed through Russian sanctions, the [[Magnitsky Act]]. Katsyv and Veselnitskaya wanted to limit sanctions and discredit Browder. Browder claimed corrupt Russian businessmen and the government stole $350 million of his money and killed his employee, Sergei Magnitsky. BakerHostetler hired FusionGPS and Simpson to compile an anti-Browder dossier.</ref><ref>Simpson’s work involved passing stories to his deep network of [[journalism]] contacts in order to undermine the [[law]]. Browder confirmed FusionGPS was paid by [[Russia]], through the Katsyv family, headed by Pyotr Katsyv, Vice President of ‘Russian Railways’, a huge Russian transportation company, in which the Russian government is the sole shareholder. https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/checking-facts-there-evidence-fusion-gps-was-paid-russia-while-compiling-trump</ref> Simpson's specific task was to discredit [[Bill Browder]], the driving force behind the [[Magnitsky Act]], or Russia sanctions bill.<ref>Browder renounced his American citizenship in 1998 to avoid U.S. taxes and returned in 2010 to lobby Sens. [[John McCain]] and [[Ben Cardin]] for passage of the Magnitsky Act, named for his employee who died in jail while serving a sentence on evasion of Russian taxes. How a person who renounced their American citizenship and didn't pay U.S. taxes has the power to move Congress to help reclaim his wealth through sanctions is anybody's guess.</ref><ref>Browder filed a FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act) complaint against Simpson and FusionGPS with the FBI for unregistered lobbying to repeal sanctions, which [[Andrew McCabe]] never acted on.</ref> Browder referred to Simpson as "a professional smear campaigner."<ref>Browder referred to Simpson as "a professional smear campaigner....Glenn Simpson knowingly spread false information on behalf of people connected to the Russian government to try to protect Russian torturers and murderers from consequences....Glenn Simpson’s job was to knowingly and dishonestly change the narrative of how Sergei Magnitsky came to die from murder to natural causes, and to change the narrative that Sergei Magnitsky was a criminal and not a whistleblower." .... Magnitsky, who helped Browder investigate many of the corrupt Russian firms, was arrested in Nov. 2008 and accused of engaging in fraud and tax evasion.

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Magnitsky was tortured for months in a Russian prison and deprived of medical treatment, all in order to elicit a false confession that he and Browder were engaged in fraud and tax evasion, Browder has alleged. After Magnitsky’s health deteriorated, he was transferred to another jail. There, the lawyer was allegedly beaten with blunt objects by prison guards. He died on Nov. 16, 2009 at the age of 37.

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Soon after his friend’s murder, Browder began lobbying American lawmakers — Maryland Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] and Arizona Sen. John McCain, in particular — to pass a law that would provide a mechanism to punish Kremlin-linked Russian criminals. ~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref> Simpson met with Veselnitskaya both before and after the Trump Tower meeting.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-06/fusion-gps-bank-records-handed-over-may-shed-light-payments-russian-embezzler</ref> <ref>Simpson gave four pages of the anti-Browder research to Veselnitskaya, who carried it into the meeting with Trump associates. It contained information about “financial misconduct by major contributors [the Ziff brothers, allied with Bill Browder] to the Clinton Global Initiative, a project of the [[Clinton Foundation]]." https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/11/fusion-gps-dossier-targeted-clinton-foundation-donors/</ref>

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Soon after his friend’s murder, Browder began lobbying American lawmakers — Maryland Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] and Arizona Sen. John McCain, in particular — to pass a law that would provide a mechanism to punish Kremlin-linked Russian criminals. https://dailycaller.com/2017/01/16/think-tank-appears-to-cut-ties-with-oppo-researcher-behind-trump-dossier/#ixzz4d5c0xHTC</ref> Simpson met with Veselnitskaya both before and after the Trump Tower meeting.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-06/fusion-gps-bank-records-handed-over-may-shed-light-payments-russian-embezzler</ref> <ref>Simpson gave four pages of the anti-Browder research to Veselnitskaya, who carried it into the meeting with Trump associates. It contained information about “financial misconduct by major contributors [the Ziff brothers, allied with Bill Browder] to the Clinton Global Initiative, a project of the [[Clinton Foundation]]." https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/11/fusion-gps-dossier-targeted-clinton-foundation-donors/</ref>

Simpson obviously had a [[conflict of interest]], colluding with Russians to remove sanctions while at the same time working to impugn Trump as colluding with Russians, using falsified information on behalf of his DNC and Hillary Clinton clients.

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The scandal didn't stop there; the Obama FBI and [[Department of Justice]] willfully and knowingly lied to the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] with cooked evidence to secure [[surveillance]] on the Trump team.

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In November 2017 payments to mainstream journalists<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref> and Russian sources became public.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref> Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] said: {{quotebox|"We know, for a fact, the Clinton campaign paid Russians to influence the election...<br>Most of [[Mueller office|Mueller’s team]] is anti-Trump. We know that. What concerns me is, the intent to carry out a plan to disrupt the election. As Mr. [[Strzok]] said, we can’t afford to leave this in, ''We the People’''s - hands....<br>I’m convinced now the FBI actively, seeking with intent, actively tried to stop Donald Trump from being president of the United States. Everything points to the fact that there was an orchestrated plan to try to prevent Donald Trump from being the next [[President of the United States]]."<ref>https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/rep-jim-jordan-im-convinced-fbi-tried-stop-trump-president/</ref>}}

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In November 2017 payments to mainstream journalists<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20171117203451/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/democratic-mega-donor-mostyn-dies-amid-mental-health-51199029</ref> and Russian sources became public.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/21/unsealed-fusion-gps-bank-records-show-russia-related-payments/?utm_source=site-share</ref> Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] said: {{quotebox|"We know, for a fact, the Clinton campaign paid Russians to influence the election...<br>Most of [[Mueller office|Mueller’s team]] is anti-Trump. We know that. What concerns me is, the intent to carry out a plan to disrupt the election. As Mr. [[Strzok]] said, we can’t afford to leave this in, ''We the People’''s - hands....<br>I’m convinced now the FBI actively, seeking with intent, actively tried to stop Donald Trump from being president of the United States. Everything points to the fact that there was an orchestrated plan to try to prevent Donald Trump from being the next [[President of the United States]]."<ref>https://www.toddstarnes.com/show/rep-jim-jordan-im-convinced-fbi-tried-stop-trump-president/</ref>}}

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https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html</ref>

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Christopher Steele swore under oath that he met with at least eight news organizations in September, mid-October, and late-October 2016: “at Fusion’s instruction“.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/images/b/b1/Fusion-chris-steele-media.jpg</ref> Michael Isikoff said he met with both Simpson and Steele at a DC hotel in a meeting arranged by Simpson.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2018/02/02/isikoff-stunned-carter-page/</ref> The information Simpson and Steele gave to Isikoff was information Isikoff used in September 23, 2016 ''Yahoo News'' article - which the Obama DOJ used to corroborate the ''Steele dossier'' when it was presented to the [[FISA court]] as [[probable cause]] to seek a FISA warrant.

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Christopher Steele swore under oath that he met with at least eight news organizations in September, mid-October, and late-October 2016: “at Fusion’s instruction“.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/images/b/b1/Fusion-chris-steele-media.jpg</ref> Michael Isikoff said he met with both Simpson and Steele at a DC hotel in a meeting arranged by Simpson.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/02/02/isikoff-stunned-carter-page/</ref> The information Simpson and Steele gave to Isikoff was information Isikoff used in September 23, 2016 ''Yahoo News'' article - which the Obama DOJ used to corroborate the ''Steele dossier'' when it was presented to the [[FISA court]] as [[probable cause]] to seek a FISA warrant.

Under oath Simpson responded to questions: {{quotebox|Q Prior to the publication on January 10th [2017], how many journalists would you estimate that you talked to either with Mr. Steele or separately related to this information?

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''WaPo'' published an Oped claiming the {{quotebox|"Steele's dossier does include information it says was obtained from "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure and a former top level Russian intelligence officer still active inside the [[Kremlin]]." In other words, the Clinton camp and the DNC [[collude]]d with the Russian government."<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/25/the -clinton-camp-and-the-dnc-helped-pay-for-that-trump-russia-dossier-heres-what-it-means/?utm_term=.44ba2d3fe34b</ref>}}

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On October 26 CNN reported that Clinton campaign chairman [[John Podesta]] was asked by Congressional investigators during a September hearing whether the Clinton campaign had a contractual agreement with Fusion GPS, and he said he was not aware of one. Sitting next to Podesta was his attorney and General Counsel, Marc Elias, who hired Fusion GPS to write the ''Steele dossier'' for the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>http://www.independentsentinel.com/john-podesta-appears-to-have-lied-to-the-senate-intel-committee-its-illegal/</ref><ref>~~http~~://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/john-podesta-debbie-wasserman-schultz-trump-dossier/index.html</ref>

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On October 26 CNN reported that Clinton campaign chairman [[John Podesta]] was asked by Congressional investigators during a September hearing whether the Clinton campaign had a contractual agreement with Fusion GPS, and he said he was not aware of one. Sitting next to Podesta was his attorney and General Counsel, Marc Elias, who hired Fusion GPS to write the ''Steele dossier'' for the Clinton campaign and DNC.<ref>http://www.independentsentinel.com/john-podesta-appears-to-have-lied-to-the-senate-intel-committee-its-illegal/</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/26/politics/john-podesta-debbie-wasserman-schultz-trump-dossier/index.html</ref>

Former Obama CIA Dir. [[Leon Panetta]] called for the Senate Intelligence Committee to look into the Clinton campaign and DNC funding of the ''Steele dossier.''<ref>http://ntknetwork.com/panetta-intelligence-committee-needs-to-look-into-clintondnc-dossier-payment/</ref>

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FEC records show [[Hillary For America]] paid just under $5.1 million and the DNC paid nearly $5.4 million to the law firm of Perkins Coie in 2016. FEC records also show [[Obama for America]] paid $972,000 to Perkins Coie beginning in April 2016, the same time Hillary for America & DNC hired FusionGPS through Perkins Coie.<ref>~~http~~://thefederalist.com/2017/10/29/obamas-campaign-gave-972000-law-firm-funneled-money-fusion-gps/</ref> The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the [[FEC]] alleging the DNC and the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign]] committee violated campaign finance law. They failed to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient of payments for the ''Steele dossier'', effectively hiding these payments from public scrutiny, contrary to the requirements of federal law.<ref>http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/document/fec-complaint-hillary-america-dnc-failure-disclose</ref>

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FEC records show [[Hillary For America]] paid just under $5.1 million and the DNC paid nearly $5.4 million to the law firm of Perkins Coie in 2016. FEC records also show [[Obama for America]] paid $972,000 to Perkins Coie beginning in April 2016, the same time Hillary for America & DNC hired FusionGPS through Perkins Coie.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2017/10/29/obamas-campaign-gave-972000-law-firm-funneled-money-fusion-gps/</ref> The Campaign Legal Center filed a complaint with the [[FEC]] alleging the DNC and the [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign]] committee violated campaign finance law. They failed to accurately disclose the purpose and recipient of payments for the ''Steele dossier'', effectively hiding these payments from public scrutiny, contrary to the requirements of federal law.<ref>http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/document/fec-complaint-hillary-america-dnc-failure-disclose</ref>

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The ''Daily Caller'' reported on ''CNN's undisclosed ties to FusionGPS''.<ref>~~http~~://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/cnns-undisclosed-ties-to-fusion-gps/</ref> The ''Atlantic'' reported that, during the [[Obama administration]], Russian oligarchs owned 5% of [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/yuri-milner-paradise-papers/545483/</ref> The ''New York Post'' reported ''How team Hillary hoaxed the press''.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/10/26/how-team-hillary-played-the-press-for-fools-on-russia/</ref>

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The ''Daily Caller'' reported on ''CNN's undisclosed ties to FusionGPS''.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/cnns-undisclosed-ties-to-fusion-gps/</ref> The ''Atlantic'' reported that, during the [[Obama administration]], Russian oligarchs owned 5% of [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/yuri-milner-paradise-papers/545483/</ref> The ''New York Post'' reported ''How team Hillary hoaxed the press''.<ref>http://nypost.com/2017/10/26/how-team-hillary-played-the-press-for-fools-on-russia/</ref>

The ''Washington Times'' questioned the motives of the [[Deep state coup|Obama appointees' coup attempt]]: {{Quotebox|It was a watershed moment: the CIA, [[National Security Agency]] and FBI challenging the legitimacy of a U.S. presidential victory. The conclusions in the Jan. 6 document were sharp, but the findings unraveled 10 months later, raising questions about the basis for the evidence and the motives of the Obama appointees leading the nation’s [[intelligence community|intelligence and law enforcement]] agencies.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/8/russia-meddling-report-to-trump-raises-questions-o/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWWprM1pqbGhNamRsTkdKaSIsInQiOiJnZlJcL1poc3J4UFZqbHRSWGVDbHdNU1c3TGlqVjFYczBlV3UxSVNLYjlYYkljSmxQaFNvOXNkc2wrQ0x1M0lwXC9UWXAwT1lRXC85NzBLME9qalwvMXkyMXNybE1cL0laUE5jU3BZSExpeWxmUlViYmZKWUxEYzE2aTFvaEtsQWQxWTMwIn0%3D]</ref>}}

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