*'''31 December.''' Kislyak explains to Flynn no retaliatory measures to Obama sanctions was done in deference to Flynn’s request. Flynn made no promises to Russia about the sanctions.
==2017 soft coup==
[[File:Mueller-and-yanu.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Special Counsel Robert Mueller [[colluding]] with Ukrainian President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. Yanukovych is considered a Putin stooge by many [[Deep State]]rs.]]
==2017 soft coup==
:''See : '''[[Russiagate timeline 2017|Russiagate timeline 2017 soft coup]]''''' and '''''[[Ukrainian collusion]]'''''
The information the FBI collected, and the material [[Christopher Steele]] and [[FusionGPS]] manufactured, were used to create the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]], and to manipulate the [[FISA]] court into granting a surveillance warrant on the Trump campaign - what [[Peter Strzok]] called “the insurance policy” against Trump's election. When [[James Comey]] reluctantly reopened the Clinton investigation ten days before the election in October 2016, and Hillary's lead in the polls started to drop, the "insurance policy" became operational: administration misinformation alleging collusion between Trump and Russia were rampant.<ref>https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump/</ref>