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*'''31 March.''' Alexandra Chalupa briefs DNC staff on alleged Russia ties to Paul Manafort and Trump. With “DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asks Ukrainian embassy to arrange meeting with Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] to discuss Manafort’s lobbying for Ukraine’s former president [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The embassy declines to arrange meeting but becomes “helpful” in trading info and leads. Ukrainian embassy officials and Democratic operative Chalupa “coordinat[e] an investigation with the Hillary team” into Paul Manafort, according to a source in Politico. This effort reportedly includes working with U.S. media.

*'''31 March.''' Alexandra Chalupa briefs DNC staff on alleged Russia ties to Paul Manafort and Trump. With “DNC’s encouragement,” Chalupa asks Ukrainian embassy to arrange meeting with Ukrainian President [[Petro Poroshenko]] to discuss Manafort’s lobbying for Ukraine’s former president [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. The embassy declines to arrange meeting but becomes “helpful” in trading info and leads. Ukrainian embassy officials and Democratic operative Chalupa “coordinat[e] an investigation with the Hillary team” into Paul Manafort, according to a source in Politico. This effort reportedly includes working with U.S. media.

*'''Spring.''' [[Christopher Steele]] was already on the FBI payroll. [[Michael Isikoff]] published a story on Yahoo News about Paul Manafort’s business dealings with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Chalupa met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, Manafort, and Russia.

*'''Spring.''' [[Christopher Steele]] was already on the FBI payroll. [[Michael Isikoff]] published a story on Yahoo News about Paul Manafort’s business dealings with Russian oligarch [[Oleg Deripaska]]. Chalupa met with top officials in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington in an effort to expose ties between Trump, Manafort, and Russia.

:*[[John Brennan]] shared his invented narrative with [[James Clapper]] and [[James Comey]] to form Brennan's Working Group.<ref>a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force (FBI, DOJ and Treasury) and the Foreign task force (CIA, ODNI and NSA)</ref>  The FBI is investigating Paul Manafort's associations.<ref>This investigation led to wiretapping of at least three Trump associates, Paul Manafort, [[Carter Page]], and [[Roger Stone]]", ''per'' ''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

:*[[John Brennan]] shared his invented narrative with [[James Clapper]] and [[James Comey]] to form Brennan's Working Group.<ref>a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force (FBI, DOJ and Treasury) and the Foreign task force (CIA, ODNI and NSA)</ref>  The FBI is investigating Paul Manafort's associations.<ref>This investigation led to wiretapping of at least three Trump associates, Paul Manafort, [[Carter Page]], and [[Roger Stone]]", ''per'' ''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>

*'''30 July.''' '''[[Bruce Ohr]], [[Nellie Ohr]], Christopher Steele have breakfast''' at the Washington Mayflower Hotel. Also present at the breakfast meeting was a fourth individual, described by Ohr as “an associate of Mr. Steele’s, another gentleman, younger fellow. I didn’t catch his name.”  

*'''30 July.''' '''[[Bruce Ohr]], [[Nellie Ohr]], Christopher Steele have breakfast''' at the Washington Mayflower Hotel. Also present at the breakfast meeting was a fourth individual, described by Ohr as “an associate of Mr. Steele’s, another gentleman, younger fellow. I didn’t catch his name.”  

:*Steele relayed information from his dossier and claimed that “a former head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the [[SVR]], had stated to someone … that they had Donald Trump over barrel.”<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mccabes-fbi-tried-to-re-engage-christopher-steele-after-comey-was-fired_2766822.html</ref>  

:*Steele relayed information from his dossier and claimed that “a former head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, the [[SVR]], had stated to someone … that they had Donald Trump over barrel.”<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/mccabes-fbi-tried-to-re-engage-christopher-steele-after-comey-was-fired_2766822.html</ref>  

:*Steele also referenced [[Oleg Deripaska]]’s business dealings with Paul Manafort, and foreign policy adviser Carter Page’s meetings in Moscow.

:*Steele also referenced Oleg Deripaska’s business dealings with Paul Manafort, and foreign policy adviser Carter Page’s meetings in Moscow.

::*"Paul Hauser, who was an attorney working for Oleg Deripaska, had information about Paul Manafort, that Paul Manafort had entered into some kind of business deal with Oleg Deripaska, had stolen a large amount of money from Oleg Deripaska, and that Paul Hauser was trying to gather information that would show that, you know, or give more detail about what Paul Manafort had done with respect to Deripaska.” The money relates to a failed Ukrainian cable TV project Deripaska invested money with Manafort in.

::*"Paul Hauser, who was an attorney working for Oleg Deripaska, had information about Paul Manafort, that Paul Manafort had entered into some kind of business deal with Oleg Deripaska, had stolen a large amount of money from Oleg Deripaska, and that Paul Hauser was trying to gather information that would show that, you know, or give more detail about what Paul Manafort had done with respect to Deripaska.” The money relates to a failed Ukrainian cable TV project Deripaska invested money with Manafort in.

::*In 2016 the NSA collected the records of 151 million American phone calls through the use of [[FISA Court]] orders to collect information from 42 individuals.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-surveillance-phone-records-millions-despite-reforms-court-orders-a7716561.html</ref> This involved the distribution of 3,914 reports which contained information about Americans gathered in warrantless surveillance programs.

::*In 2016 the NSA collected the records of 151 million American phone calls through the use of [[FISA Court]] orders to collect information from 42 individuals.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-surveillance-phone-records-millions-despite-reforms-court-orders-a7716561.html</ref> This involved the distribution of 3,914 reports which contained information about Americans gathered in warrantless surveillance programs.

*'''14 August.''' >Deripaska's revenge: ''New York Times'' publishes ''Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief''” two weeks after Bruce Ohr’s meeting with Steele. The article states: “Mr. Deripaska would later say he invested $18.9 million in Pericles [Manafort's company] in 2008 to complete the acquisition of Black Sea Cable. But the planned purchase—including the question of who ended up with the Black Sea assets—has since become the subject of a dispute between Mr. Deripaska and Mr. Manafort.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref>

*'''14 August.''' Deripaska's revenge: ''New York Times'' publishes ''Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief''” two weeks after Bruce Ohr’s meeting with Steele. The article states: “Mr. Deripaska would later say he invested $18.9 million in Pericles [Manafort's company] in 2008 to complete the acquisition of Black Sea Cable. But the planned purchase—including the question of who ended up with the Black Sea assets—has since become the subject of a dispute between Mr. Deripaska and Mr. Manafort.”<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/us/politics/paul-manafort-ukraine-donald-trump.html</ref>

*'''28 August.''' Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament,  tells the the ''Financial Times'' of London that “a Trump presidency would change the pro-Ukrainian agenda in American foreign policy.” Leshchenko gave the Black Ledger file of the Ukrainian Party of Regions to Alexandra Chalupa and Glenn Simpson; Chalupa gave it to Mike Isiskoff and Simpson gave it to Nellie Ohr. When Isikoff published allegations about Paul Manafort from the files, Manafort resigned the next day. Nellie Ohr and Christopher Steele used some of the Black Ledger file in the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/ties-to-ukrainian-national-a-unifying-theme-in-early-attacks-on-trump_2872609.html</ref>

*'''28 August.''' Serhiy Leshchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament,  tells the the ''Financial Times'' of London that “a Trump presidency would change the pro-Ukrainian agenda in American foreign policy.” Leshchenko gave the Black Ledger file of the Ukrainian Party of Regions to Alexandra Chalupa and Glenn Simpson; Chalupa gave it to Mike Isiskoff and Simpson gave it to Nellie Ohr. When Isikoff published allegations about Paul Manafort from the files, Manafort resigned the next day. Nellie Ohr and Christopher Steele used some of the Black Ledger file in the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/ties-to-ukrainian-national-a-unifying-theme-in-early-attacks-on-trump_2872609.html</ref>