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*'''5 August.''' Strzok and Lisa Page engage in a tense conversation which involves an imminent meeting with “agency people” — an apparent reference to the CIA. Strzok suggested that, for the new case, they should conduct Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning meetings “with [REDACTED]” just “like we did with mye” — Mid Year Exam, the Clinton probe. After some back-and-forth over who should be invited to a major meeting about the new case, a meeting was held. In the aftermath Strzok and Lisa Page have an exchange implying Obama ordered the illegal surveillance of the Trump campaign: {{Quotebox|Strzok: And hi. Went well, best we could have expected. Other than [REDACTED] quote: “'''the White House is running this'''.”<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/strzok-page-texts-trump-russia-investigation-origins/</ref> My answer, “well, maybe for you they are.” And of course, I was planning on telling this guy, thanks for coming, we’ve got an hour, but with Bill [Priestap] there, I’ve got no control….<br>Lisa Page: Yeah, whatever (re the WH comment). We’ve got the emails that say otherwise.}}

*'''5 August.''' Strzok and Lisa Page engage in a tense conversation which involves an imminent meeting with “agency people” — an apparent reference to the CIA. Strzok suggested that, for the new case, they should conduct Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning meetings “with [REDACTED]” just “like we did with mye” — Mid Year Exam, the Clinton probe. After some back-and-forth over who should be invited to a major meeting about the new case, a meeting was held. In the aftermath Strzok and Lisa Page have an exchange implying Obama ordered the illegal surveillance of the Trump campaign: {{Quotebox|Strzok: And hi. Went well, best we could have expected. Other than [REDACTED] quote: “'''the White House is running this'''.”<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/strzok-page-texts-trump-russia-investigation-origins/</ref> My answer, “well, maybe for you they are.” And of course, I was planning on telling this guy, thanks for coming, we’ve got an hour, but with Bill [Priestap] there, I’ve got no control….<br>Lisa Page: Yeah, whatever (re the WH comment). We’ve got the emails that say otherwise.}}

:*Steele memo alleges growing backlash in Kremlin to DNC email hack and Trump support operation. Identifies Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as a key figure in the DNC hack.

:*Steele memo alleges growing backlash in Kremlin to DNC email hack and Trump support operation. Identifies Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as a key figure in the DNC hack.

:*Donna Brazile attends Obama birthday party at the White House. At the party she was pulled to the side by both Susan Rice (a member of the Deputies Meetings) and [[Eric Holder]], separately. Bbth encouraged Brazile to place "Russian hacking" at the top of her priority list.

:*Donna Brazile attends Obama birthday party at the White House. At the party she was pulled to the side by Susan Rice (a member of the Deputies Meetings) and [[Eric Holder]], separately. Bboth encouraged Brazile to place "Russian hacking" at the top of her priority list.

*'''6 August.'''  Hillary Clinton tweets: “Seriously, what is going on with Trump and Russia?” with a 1 minute, 45 second video attached.<ref>https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/762059962101198848</ref>

*'''6 August.'''  Hillary Clinton tweets: “Seriously, what is going on with Trump and Russia?” with a 1 minute, 45 second video attached.<ref>https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/762059962101198848</ref>