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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>
*'''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>
*'''September.''' Isikoff met with Steele and Simpson at a DC hotel in a meeting arranged by Simpson.
[[File:Download-2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Vladimir Putin with Oleg Deripaska. The FBI asked Deripaska for assistance peddling the Russia collusion hoax. Andrew McCabe has been the FBI's chief contact with Deripaska since 2009.]]
*According to [[Adam Waldman]]'s account, [[Oleg Deripaska]] was approached by three FBI agents in New York; at least one agent (McCabe) had worked with Deripaska on the aborted effort to rescue Robert Levinson. According to [[David Ignatius]] of ''[[WaPo]]'': {{quotebox|“We think Russia is colluding with the Trump campaign, and we think Manafort is the key guy,” one of the agents told Deripaska, according to the knowledgeable source. The oligarch responded, “I hate Manafort, and I’m suing him.”<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-gop-spin-on-the-russia-probe-reads-like-a-noir-thriller--but-doesnt-add-up/2018/09/25/1b940c92-c0ca-11e8-be77-516336a26305_story.html</ref>}} John Solomon of ''The Hill'' reported, {{Quotebox|"Deripaska laughed but realized, despite the joviality, that they were serious," said his agent [[Adam Waldman]]. "So he told them in his informed opinion the idea they were proposing was false. 'You are trying to create something out of nothing,' he told them."<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch</ref>}}
*'''30 October.''' '''Steele fired by the FBI''' for unauthorized disclosure to the media of his relationship with the FBI to [[David Corn]] of a ''Mother Jones'' magazine.<ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3571705/posts</ref><ref>https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-records-show-dossier-author-deemed-not-suitable-for-use-as-source-show-several-fbi-payments-in-2016/</ref>
*'''8 Election Day.'''
*'''8 Election Day.'''
*'''10 November.''' Andrea Chalupa, sister of Alexandra Chalupa, then tweeted: “All election day Anonymous hackers working w/DOJ updated my sister: they were at war w/RU hackers in our systems”.<ref>https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa/status/796932400878063617</ref>
*'''10 November.''' Andrea Chalupa, sister of Alexandra Chalupa, then tweeted: “All election day Anonymous hackers working w/DOJ updated my sister: they were at war w/RU hackers in our systems”.<ref>https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa/status/796932400878063617</ref>
*'''21 November.''' '''Bruce Ohr recruited as conduit from Steele to Strzok - in violation of FBI rules.''' Bruce Ohr notes state that Ohr met with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. The notes read, “no prosecution yet, pushing ahead on M case,” in reference to Paul Manafort." Ohr's notes indicate that the FBI "may go back to Chris [Steele]" just 20 days after firing Steele for violating bureau rules.<ref>https://saraacarter.com/breaking-bruce-ohr-docs-raise-serious-questions/</ref> Ohr is introduced to [[Joe Pientka]], who became Ohr’s FBI handler. Pientka was also present with Strzok during the Jan. 24, 2017, interview of then [[national security adviser]] Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
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