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===Trump Tower meeting===

===Trump Tower meeting===

[[File:Rinat Akhmetov and Leonid Kuchma.png|right|300px|thumb|Rinat Akhmetov, a [[corrupt]] [[oligarch]] who acquired [[Azovstal]] after the collapse of the [[USSR]] in 1991, with former Ukraine president Leonid Kuchma.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/12/16/the-autumn-of-oligarchs-in-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/Za3iAdRjYQc</ref> Akhmetov [[collude]]d with the [[FBI]] to arrange the 2016 [[Trump Tower meeting]] with [[Donald Trump, Jr.]] in an effort to frame the Trump organization in the [[Russiagate hoax]].]]

[[File:Rinat Akhmetov and Leonid Kuchma.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Rinat Akhmetov]], a [[corrupt]] [[oligarch]] who acquired [[Azovstal]] after the collapse of the [[USSR]] in 1991, with former Ukraine president Leonid Kuchma.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2022/12/16/the-autumn-of-oligarchs-in-ukraine/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/Za3iAdRjYQc</ref> Akhmetov [[collude]]d with the [[FBI]] to arrange the 2016 [[Trump Tower meeting]] with [[Donald Trump, Jr.]] in an effort to frame the Trump organization in the [[Russiagate hoax]].]]

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>https://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>

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>https://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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Throughout July, August and September 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', [[ABC News]], [[Ken Dilanian]] of [[NBC News]], [[David Corn]] of ''Mother Jones'', [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''Steele dossier'' narrative for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>  

Throughout July, August and September 2016 FusionGPS paid [[journalist]]s from the ''[[New York Times]]'', [[ABC News]], [[Ken Dilanian]] of [[NBC News]], [[David Corn]] of ''Mother Jones'', [[Michael Isikoff]] of Yahoo! News and others to listen to Christopher Steele and shop the ''[[Steele dossier]]'' [[narrative]] for mainstream publication. Court papers confirm payments.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fusion-gps-paid-journalists-court-papers-confirm/article/2641454</ref>  

Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story  from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>

Although the Obama administration illegally kept secret from [[Gang of Eight|Congressional oversight]] the FBI's surveillance of Trump and the Trump organization, on September 23, 2016 the first [[fake news]] story  from the joint Obama FBI/FusionGPS operation appeared in the [[mainstream media]]. A story in Yahoo! News by Michael Isikoff about an FBI briefing for Congress sourced to the FBI and not [[Hillary Clinton]]'s  opposition researchers at FusionGPS or Christopher Steele was based on the contents of the ''Steele dossier''.<ref>https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html</ref>

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