Posted on 02/08/2018 10:22:03 AM PST by Starman417
As you know, I've been wondering about whether the Russia collusion theory was ever a reality or a construct of FBI. I put together a timeline of events, this time including Carter Page and some pivotal events with which you are familiar. Have a look at how it went down.
2013: Carter Page is working for the FBI to help catch spies
June 2015: Trump announces candidacy
Clinton campaign puts down payment on the false dossier
April 2016: Perkins Coie, using money from the Clinton campaign and DNC, hires Fusion GPS. Marc Elias, a Perkins Coie partner and general counsel for both the campaign and DNC, would serve as the bagman.
That month, Federal Election Commission records show that the Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie a total of $150,000 for legal services. The DNC paid the firm around $107,000. It is unclear how much of that went to Fusion GPS. Both the campaign and DNC would pay Perkins Coie hundreds of thousands more dollars throughout the campaign.
April 2016: Papadopoulos met with Joseph Mifsud
May 2016: Comey decides Clinton is innocent.
May 26, 2016: Trump secures nomination
June 2016: Australia informs US that Papadopoulos has information about Clinton emails when leaked Podesta emails appear online.
The scramble for the emails begins
June 2016: Fusion GPS hires former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele and his London-based firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, to investigate Trump’s ties to Russia. Steele discloses this in court filings earlier this year as part of a lawsuit he faces over the dossier. Steele said he worked for Fusion GPS from June through November.
June 20, 2016: Steele writes first memo of the dossier. It alleges that Trump used prostitutes during a visit to Moscow in 2013 and that the Kremlin was blackmailing him with the evidence. The memo also alleges that the Trump campaign was engaged in a well-orchestrated collusion campaign with Russian operatives.
July 5, 2016: With Strzok's input, Comey lets Clinton off the hook.
July 19, 2016: Trump officially becomes GOP nominee
July, 2016: Carter Page travels to Russia.
"Back in June 2016, I mentioned in passing that I happened to be planning to give a speech at a university in Moscow," Page told CNN. "Completely unrelated to my limited volunteer role with the campaign and as I've done dozens of times throughout my life."Very curiously, he would later testify without a lawyer.
Page’s decision to appear before the committee without a lawyer surprised members, including Conaway. Castro said Page’s decision to testify without a lawyer was “a first” for the committee. “You know, as an attorney myself, I certainly would think that somebody would want to have a lawyer with them, but there’s also a high cost financially for somebody to be able to afford a lawyer.”July 2016: Chatter began appearing on social media referring to damning information about Trump’s ties to Russia. Republican strategist Rick Wilson told The New York Times back in January, after the dossier was published, that he was first asked about the document by a reporter in July.
(This is when Steele begins leaking the story to the media)
Late July 2016: FBI opens investigation into Trump-Russia- signed off by Peter Strzok.
I think this started as an investigation into who might have the Clinton emails but then it morphed into the collusion accusation.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...
Thank you for putting this together. Have been wondering if someone would put together a timeline. I’ve been noting events and dates on a spreadsheet just to help things make sense — just started today.
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Add: July 2016-Seth Rich Murdered.
As of 2-8-18 there has been no investigation conducted. No evidence collected. No case pending.
Ping for later
I put it on 4 pages and emailed to friends and relatives, who enjoy hitting liberals with baseball bats wrapped in timelines like this.
| Date | Description | Source | Link | ||||||||||||||
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| 7/23/14 | House Select Committee on Benghazi reaches agreement with State Dept. to produce Clinton emails relevant to their investigation | USNews | https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-19/paul-combetta-computer-specialist-who-deleted-hillary-clinton-emails-may-have-asked-reddit-for-tips | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/14 | Clinton IT aide Paul Combetta, using the alias "stonetear", requests assistance on Reddit for deleting VIP email addresses | USNews | https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-19/paul-combetta-computer-specialist-who-deleted-hillary-clinton-emails-may-have-asked-reddit-for-tips | ||||||||||||||
| 10/15/14 | Clinton team instructs Datto to begin purging emails from their backup storage devices, which they apparently failed to do | Exam | http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clintons-tech-firm-worried-about-involvement-in-cover-up/article/2573526 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/2/15 | News that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private email server for official State Dept. business is disclosed in the New York Times | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/us/politics/hillary-clintons-use-of-private-email-at-state-department-raises-flags.html | ||||||||||||||
| 3/3/15 | Clinton aides call Platte River Networks, which operated her email server, to confirm all emails were deleted per their 2014 order | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-investigation.html?_r=1&mtrref=undefined | ||||||||||||||
| 3/9/15 | Clinton associate Terry McCauliffe meets with FBI official Andrew McCabe's wife Jill to encourage her to run for office | JW | https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-fbi-records-show-fbi-leaderships-conflicts-interest-discussions-clinton-email-investigation/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/12/15 | Jill McCabe announces her candidacy for the state senate in Virginia | JW | https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-fbi-records-show-fbi-leaderships-conflicts-interest-discussions-clinton-email-investigation/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/31/15 | Clinton IT specialist Paul Combetta realizes he had not deleted all of Clinton's emails, uses BleachBit software to do so | Politico | https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/best-of-clinton-fbi-report-227692 | ||||||||||||||
| 4/29/15 | FBI warns Andrew McCabe about potential conflicts of interest related to his wife's campaign | Newsweek | http://www.newsweek.com/andrew-mccabe-hillary-clinton-emails-conflict-interest-fbi-772331 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/19/15 | DOJ official Peter Kadzik, writing from personal email account, emails John Podesta to warn of House probe into Clinton's emails | Wikileaks | https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/43150 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/24/15 | Discovery of classified information on Clinton's private email server announced; the matter is referred to the FBI | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/15/15 | FBI opens criminal investigation into Clinton's email server and mishandling of classified data led by Andrew McCabe in DC office | FBI | https://vault.fbi.gov/october-2016-application-affidavit-and-search-warrant-related-to-email-server-investigation/October%202016%20Application%20Affidavit%20and%20Search%20Warrant%20Related%20to%20Email%20Server%20Investigation%20Part%2001%20of%2001 | ||||||||||||||
| 7/20/15 | DOJ DAG Sally Yates writes to DOJ Inspector General, saying National Security Division (NSD) is not subject to IG review | DOJ | https://www.ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/OLC%20IG%20Act%20Opinion%20-%207-20-15%20.pdf | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/15 | State Dept. and other officials make security referral related to classified information possessed by Clinton and associates | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/15 | After complaints from Clinton camp, New York Times edits story about email probe, removing "criminal" references | TheWrap | https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-times-alters-hillary-clinton-story-in-response-to-complaints-we-received-from-the-clinton-camp/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/15/15 | McCabe uses his official FBI email to promote his wife's candidacy for the State Senate in Virginia | JW | https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-doj-mccabe-2-production-01494-pg-24-25/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/1/15 | FBI official Andrew McCabe's wife Jill starts receiving bulk of $700,000 from Clinton associate Gov. Terry McCauliffe's political entities | Ballotopedia | https://ballotpedia.org/Jill_McCabe | https://truepundit.com/fbi-director-lobbied-against-criminal-charges-for-hillary-after-clinton-insider-paid-his-wife-700k/ | |||||||||||||
| 10/3/15 | FBI seizes the Platte River Networks server as well as the "Pagliano" server, which were used to host Clinton email services | Thompson | http://www.thompsontimeline.com/tag/david-kendall/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/5/15 | FBI's Strzok sends letter to Datto, Inc. demanding the newly discovered backup server be turned over | DOJ | https://twitter.com/TruthinGov2016/status/945115416736796673 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/6/15 | FBI receives backup of Clinton emails held by Datto, Inc. (possibly claimed by Agent Strzok) | McClatchy | http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article37968711.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/15/15 | On or around this date, McCabe emails investigators that Clinton will get an "HQ Special" (special or lenient treatment) | Fox | https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/944439946416340992 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/11/15 | On 60 Minutes, President Obama absolves Hillary Clinton of blame for her private email server: did not pose "a national security problem" | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/11/politics/barack-obama-60-minutes-hillary-clinton/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/15/16 | John Giacalone, head of FBI's National Security Division, retires after reportedly seeing Clinton probe go "sideways" | TruePundit | https://truepundit.com/fbi-director-lobbied-against-criminal-charges-for-hillary-after-clinton-insider-paid-his-wife-700k/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/19/16 | Intelligence Community Inspector General reports Clinton's private email server had SAP (highest classification level) data on it | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/19/inspector-general-clinton-emails-had-intel-from-most-secretive-classified-programs.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/29/16 | FBI director James Comey names Andrew McCabe deputy director, with responsibility for oversight of Clinton investigation | FBI | https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/andrew-mccabe-named-deputy-director-of-the-fbi | ||||||||||||||
| 2/15/16 | State Dept. finds that 2,115 of the 30,490 emails produced by Clinton were classified and therefore grossly mishandled | FBI | https://vault.fbi.gov/october-2016-application-affidavit-and-search-warrant-related-to-email-server-investigation/October%202016%20Application%20Affidavit%20and%20Search%20Warrant%20Related%20to%20Email%20Server%20Investigation%20Part%2001%20of%2001 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/4/16 | FBI's Peter Strzok texts his mistress Lisa Page, an FBI attorney, calling Trump "an idiot", whose nomination would be "good for Hillary" | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/6/16 | Former Hillary State Dept. representative George Papadopoulos learns he will join Trump campaign as a low-level foreign policy adviser | DOJ | https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download | ||||||||||||||
| 3/15/16 | Between this date and 9/15/16, Papadopoulos tries 6 times to arrange meetings between Trump campaign and Russians, all are rejected | ABC | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-russian-businessman-source-key-trump-dossier-claims/story?id=45019603 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/19/16 | Hackers gain access to emails of Democrat operative John Podesta | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-wikileaks-timeline/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 3/28/16 | Paul Manafort hired as Trump campaign manager (Fusion GPS's Simpson and wife had reported on Manafort's Russian ties in 2008) | Tablet | http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate | ||||||||||||||
| 4/5/16 | FBI's Strzok interviews Clinton aide Huma Abedin | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 4/9/16 | FBI's Strzok interviews Clinton aide Cheryl Mills | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 4/12/16 | Law firm Perkins Coie, using money from the Clinton campaign and DNC, hires Fusion GPS to find incriminating data on Trump | FEC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 4/18/16 | NSA's Rogers forces stop to illegal abuse of FISA 702 inquiries on US citizens (e.g., Manafort) by DOJ/FBI and private contractors | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/11/the-doj-and-fbi-worked-with-fusion-gps-on-operation-trump/ | ||||||||||||||
| 4/19/16 | Wife of Fusion GPS founder Simpson, Mary Jacoby, visits White House and meets with Obama and/or Obama aides | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/21/oh-dear-trail-of-russian-dossier-origination-now-directly-leads-to-the-obama-white-house/ | ||||||||||||||
| 4/25/16 | Obama campaign organization makes first of its payments to Perkins Coie (OFA payments to firm would total $972,000) | FEC | http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/29/obamas-campaign-gave-972000-law-firm-funneled-money-fusion-gps/#.WjwY4L_iThg.twitter | ||||||||||||||
| 4/25/16 | FBI's James Baker and DOJ's FISA attorneys visit White House for two back-to-back meetings | White House | https://twitter.com/ckadoodldooUS/status/944982488497172482 | ||||||||||||||
| 4/26/16 | Low-level Trump staffer George Papadopoulos meets with Russian contact in London and is reportedly offered "dirt" on Clinton | NRO | http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453264/donald-trump-george-papadopoulos-indictment-exculpatory-trump | ||||||||||||||
| 4/30/16 | DNC IT staff reports suspected hacking on its server(s) to FBI, but fails to turn over the server to the agency, instead hires Crowdstrike | Politico | https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/russian-government-hackers-broke-into-dnc-servers-stole-trump-oppo-224315 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/2/16 | FBI director Comey drafts statement exonerating Clinton before interviewing her or other key witnesses | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 5/3/16 | Trump becomes the presumptive Republican nominee for the office of president | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93Russia_dossier | ||||||||||||||
| 5/3/16 | Clinton IT specialist Paul Combetta admits lying to the FBI about erasing emails using BleachBit but is not charged for the crime | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 5/3/16 | Email from DNC contractor Ali Chalupa states she connected Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News "to the Ukrainians" | DNC | https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/3962 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/5/16 | FBI's Lisa Page and James Baker meet with Obama deputy at White House, likely topic is forthcoming FISA request | White House | https://twitter.com/ckadoodldooUS/status/944982488497172482 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/5/16 | Washington Post reports there is "scant evidence" of a crime committed by Clinton through her use of a private email server | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 5/9/16 | Clinton aide Cheryl Mills interviewed by FBI; she receives immunity, limited searches of emails, and deal allows destruction of her laptop | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-aide-leaves-interview-once-the-fbi-broaches-an-off-limits-topic/2016/05/10/cce5e0e8-161c-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html?utm_term=.552ba74eedb1 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/15/16 | Crowdstrike claims it investigated DNC hacking and that Russians were responsible; FBI still denied access to server to confirm | Crowdstrike | https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/ | ||||||||||||||
| 5/15/16 | Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ executive Bruce Ohr, is secretly hired by Fusion GPS, presumably to work on Russian "Dossier" | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/wife-demoted-doj-official-worked-for-firm-behind-anti-trump-dossier.html | ||||||||||||||
| 5/16/16 | Draft statement by FBI directory Comey exonerating Clinton, before key interviews, is circulated to FBI leadership | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 5/21/16 | According to Mueller investigation, Trump campaign official refuses Papadopoulos offer to broker meetings with Russian officials | NRO | http://www.nationalreview.com/article/453264/donald-trump-george-papadopoulos-indictment-exculpatory-trump | ||||||||||||||
| 5/23/16 | Nellie Ohr applies for HAM radio license, presumably to create covert communication channel and avoid government surveillance | FCC | http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/LicArchive/license.jsp?archive=Y&licKey=12382876 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/4/16 | Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports, via anonymous sources, that Russians hacked the DNC | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-government-hackers-penetrated-dnc-stole-opposition-research-on-trump/2016/06/14/cf006cb4-316e-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?hpid=hp_no-name_no-name:page/breaking-news-bar&tid=a_breakingnews&utm_term=.94b04ef12773 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/9/16 | Donald Trump Jr. meets with Russian attorney after being lured by the promise of opposition research | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html | ||||||||||||||
| 6/9/16 | After meeting with Bernie Sanders in White House, President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton | USA Today | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2016/06/09/barack-obama-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-democratic-party/85639104/ | ||||||||||||||
| 6/12/16 | Wikileaks' Assange warns that Clinton emails will be leaked | ITV | http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06-12/assange-on-peston-on-sunday-more-clinton-leaks-to-come/ | ||||||||||||||
| 6/15/16 | Ex-MI-6 agent Christopher Steele is hired by Hillary Clinton's campaign through Fusion GPS, according to UK court filings | UK | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2KXyxqtVUxEb2pwRmphOXM/view?usp=sharing | ||||||||||||||
| 6/15/16 | Romanian hacker "Guccifer" claims to have hacked DNC; analysis indicates faux "Russian" fingerprints were inserted into some files | The Nation | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/guccifer-20-claims-credit-for-dnc-hack/2016/06/15/abdcdf48-3366-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?utm_term=.b2fbd3eadc9c | ||||||||||||||
| 6/15/16 | FBI agent Peter Strzok changes wording of Clinton charges from criminal designation "grossly negligent" to "extremely careless" | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/fbi-agent-fired-from-russia-probe-oversaw-flynn-interviews-changed-comey-memos-on-clinton-charges.html | ||||||||||||||
| 6/20/16 | Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele releases first memo related to Russian "Dossier" | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 6/27/16 | A.G. Loretta Lynch secretly meets with Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac; they later deny discussing the investigation | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/1/16 | FBI's Page texts Strzok: Loretta Lynch aware of plan to exonerate Clinton no matter what investigation may show | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1801/22/cnr.04.html | ||||||||||||||
| 7/2/16 | Clinton interviewed by FBI and Peter Strzok for 3.5 hours; she is not placed under oath nor recorded | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 7/5/16 | FISA Court denies FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign | NRO | http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap | ||||||||||||||
| 7/5/16 | Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele shares Russian "Dossier" with the FBI | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/5/16 | FBI director Comey announces he does not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for use of her email server | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/5/16 | Romanian hacker "Guccifer" claims to have hacked DNC again ("Guccifer 2.0") | The Nation | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/guccifer-20-claims-credit-for-dnc-hack/2016/06/15/abdcdf48-3366-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html?utm_term=.b2fbd3eadc9c | ||||||||||||||
| 7/5/16 | Date that forensics indicate that DNC emails were copied by an insider via USB and not hacked via external actors | The Nation | https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/6/16 | A.G. Loretta Lynch accepts Comey's recommendation not to charge Clinton for mishandling classified information | USA Today | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/07/james-comey-testimony-a-timeline-fbi/102581874/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/10/16 | DNC staffer Seth Rich murdered in as yet unsolved case | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich | ||||||||||||||
| 7/22/16 | Wikileaks releases archive of emails stolen from Democrat National Committee (DNC) that show undermining of Sanders campaign | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/16 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns as Chair of DNC due to Wikileaks revelations about Sanders | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hacked-emails-cast-doubt-on-hopes-for-party-unity-at-democratic-convention/2016/07/24/a446c260-51a9-11e6-b7de-dfe509430c39_story.html?utm_term=.d6ba79f39f23 | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/16 | Clinton aide Robbie Mook claims Russians hacked DNC and Clinton campaign to aid Trump | Politico | https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/robby-mook-russians-emails-trump-226084 | ||||||||||||||
| 7/25/16 | Wikileaks' Assange says he timed release of DNC emails to impact convention; says "no one" knows who provided emails | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/politics/assange-timed-wikileaks-release-of-democratic-emails-to-harm-hillary-clinton.html | ||||||||||||||
| 7/25/16 | FBI announces it will investigate the DNC hack revealed by Wikileaks, Peter Strzok handpicked to lead investigation | Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak | ||||||||||||||
| 7/30/16 | FBI opens counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian "collusion" with Trump campaign led by Peter Strzok | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/6/16 | FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about a "menace", presumably meaning Trump | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/10/16 | Bernie Sanders reported to have purchased a $575,000 lakeside home | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/08/10/bernie-sanders-buys-a-half-million-dollar-vacation-home-and-the-internet-cries-hypocrisy/?utm_term=.63d263792364 | ||||||||||||||
| 8/10/16 | Washington Post implies John Brennan may have shared "Dossier" with President Obama around this date | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?utm_term=.fcda779022f5 | ||||||||||||||
| 8/15/16 | FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about needing an "insurance policy" against Trump | CNN | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/12/politics/peter-strzok-texts-released/index.html?__twitter_impression=true | ||||||||||||||
| 8/16/16 | FBI writes Congress defending decision not to prosecute Clinton, stating it was 'extreme carelessness' and not 'gross negligence' | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b | ||||||||||||||
| 8/17/16 | On this day, NBC's Dilanian, Windrem, Arkin report claim M. Flynn clashed with intel officials during initial briefing with Trump team | NBC | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/u-s-official-donald-trump-s-body-language-claim-doesn-n644856 | ||||||||||||||
| 8/25/16 | CIA director James Brennan informs Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid about possible Russian "collusion" with Trump campaign | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/27/16 | Reid sends a letter to Comey referencing allegations made about Carter Page in the dossier | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 9/5/16 | Hillary Clinton accuses Russia of interfering with U.S. election | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-russia.html | ||||||||||||||
| 9/8/16 | NYT reports that Paul Combetta, Clinton's IT specialist, mass-deleted emails from her server in spite of records preservation request | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/us/politics/hillary-clinton-emails-investigation.html?_r=1&mtrref=undefined | ||||||||||||||
| 9/15/16 | Papadoulos emails Russian contact Boris Epshteyn trying to connect him with Sergei Millian, author of much of the Fusion GPS "Dossier" | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-low-level-volunteer-papadopoulos-sought-high-profile-as-trump-adviser/2017/10/31/dc737a42-be5f-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html?utm_term=.19bfd4df75f5 | ||||||||||||||
| 9/15/16 | FISA Court approves FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign based upon Russian "Dossier" | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/03/report-trump-campaign-adviser-was-under-secret-surveillance-much-earlier-than-previously-thought/ | ||||||||||||||
| 9/21/16 | New York Times, Washington Post, and Yahoo News verbally briefed by Steele on Russian "Dossier" according to court filings | UK | https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2KXyxqtVUxEb2pwRmphOXM/view?usp=sharing | ||||||||||||||
| 9/23/16 | Yahoo News publishes report based upon Russian "Dossier" and possible Russian collusion with Trump campaign | Yahoo | http://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_151322062469013&key=e7609c039c08d3ae00aebd97e6f0bffd&libId=jb5p32l3010110e3000DAbwwoz62t&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2017%2F10%2F28%2Ffinally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier%2F&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fu-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&title=Timeline%20Showing%20When%20Clinton%2C%20DNC%20Started%20Th%20%7C%20The%20Daily%20Caller&txt=an%20article | ||||||||||||||
| 9/26/16 | DOJ National Security Divison (NSD) admits to FISC that surveillance included Obama's political opponents | FISC | https://www.ignet.gov/sites/default/files/files/OLC%20IG%20Act%20Opinion%20-%207-20-15%20.pdf | ||||||||||||||
| 9/27/16 | John Carlin, head of DOJ National Security Division and involved with FISA requests, announces he is resigning | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/head-of-justice-departments-national-security-division-to-step-down/2016/09/27/59cb95c4-84e6-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html?utm_term=.5b0c867c3a69 | ||||||||||||||
| 9/28/16 | Comey claims his decision to exonerate Clinton was not made until after her interview with FBI agents | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef | ||||||||||||||
| 10/3/16 | FBI agents seize computer of Anthony Weiner during investigation of his communications with underage females | Tribune | http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-emails-investigation-20161102-story.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/7/16 | Access Hollywood releases graphic audiotape of Donald Trump bragging about hitting on women | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/politics/one-year-access-hollywood-russia-podesta-email/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/7/16 | Wikileaks releases archive of emails stolen from Clinton operative John Podesta | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/07/politics/one-year-access-hollywood-russia-podesta-email/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/7/16 | Obama administration officially accuses Russia of meddling in 2016 presidential election | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b | ||||||||||||||
| 10/12/16 | FBI agents tell McCabe and Strzok it's discovers 650,000 emails on Weiner's laptop, many of which were Huma Abedin's | WSJ | https://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/13/16 | McCabe organizes FBI response to WSJ revelations that his wife's campaign was funded by Clinton associates | JWS | https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-fbi-records-show-fbi-leaderships-conflicts-interest-discussions-clinton-email-investigation/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/14/16 | Strzok's wife Melissa Hodgman given a major promotion to deputy director of SEC's Enforcement Division | TP | https://truepundit.com/insurance-policy-fbis-mccabe-and-strzok-concealed-damaging-hillary-clinton-evidence-for-weeks-just-before-the-election/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/15/16 | FBI meets with Fusion GPS contractor Steele and offers to pay him for more Russian "Dossier" material | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/24/16 | NSA director Rogers apprises FISA Court (FISC) of numerous cases where U.S. persons were improperly/illegally surveilled | FISC | http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Top-Secret-FISA-Court-Order.pdf | ||||||||||||||
| 10/24/16 | CBS reveals McCabe's wife received $700K in campaign donations from Clinton associate Gov. Terry McCauliffe | CBS | https://www.cbsnews.com/news/terry-mcauliffes-pac-donated-to-campaign-of-fbi-officials-wife/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/27/16 | During Comey staff meeting, McCabe and Strzok are asked why they're sitting on the Huma/Weiner email disclosure | Tribune | http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-emails-investigation-20161102-story.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/28/16 | Comey announces he is reopening investigation into Clinton's email server due to information found on Anthony Weiner's computer | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/29/16 | Attorney Joe DiGenova reports that the FBI never destroyed Cheryl Mills' and Heather Samuelson's PCs, despite agreement to do so | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/29/dc-attorney-fbi-never-destroyed-laptops-of-clinton-aides/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/30/16 | Judge Kevin Fox grants a search and seizure warrant to the FBI for Clinton emails on Huma Abedin's laptop | FBI | https://vault.fbi.gov/october-2016-application-affidavit-and-search-warrant-related-to-email-server-investigation/October%202016%20Application%20Affidavit%20and%20Search%20Warrant%20Related%20to%20Email%20Server%20Investigation%20Part%2001%20of%2001 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/30/16 | Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's writes to James Comey asking him to release "explosive" information on Russian "collusion" | TPM | http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known | ||||||||||||||
| 10/31/16 | FBI lead counsel James Baker leaks "Dossier" information to David Corn of Mother Jones that ties Trump to Russian "collusion" | Mother Jones | https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/22/trump-dossier-fbi-james-baker-david-corn-mother-jones-316157 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/31/16 | Clinton campaign issues statement, citing Slate, about server in Trump Tower that secretly communicated with Russia | Clinton | https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/793250312119263233 | ||||||||||||||
| 11/1/16 | In spite of numerous conflicts of interest, Andrew McCabe waits until this date before recusing himself from Clinton email probe | JW | https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-documents-show-fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-not-recuse-clinton-email-scandal-investigation-week-presidential-election/ | ||||||||||||||
| 11/6/16 | Comey exonerates Clinton again after Weiner documents are reviewed "around the clock" | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b | ||||||||||||||
| 11/8/16 | Donald Trump is elected President of the United States | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 11/9/16 | FBI's Strzok and Page text each other about a "secret society" to undermine Trump as well as "'deleting text messages" | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/23/senators-want-doj-to-explain-delay-in-revealing-that-strzok-page-texts-were-missing.html | ||||||||||||||
| 11/15/16 | DOJ official Bruce Ohr meets in secret with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele regarding Russian "Dossier" | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html | ||||||||||||||
| 11/15/16 | FBI agrees to continue funding Steele and his "Dossier" | TPM | http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known | ||||||||||||||
| 11/17/16 | NSA Head Mike Rogers travels to Trump Tower (likely warning of illegal surveillance); Trump transition team immediate moves to NJ | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/03/03/occams-razor-did-nsa-admiral-mike-rogers-warn-trump-on-november-17th-2016/ | ||||||||||||||
| 11/18/16 | WaPo reports that James Clapper and other officials want Rogers removed from his post | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/pentagon-and-intelligence-community-chiefs-have-urged-obama-to-remove-the-head-of-the-nsa/2016/11/19/44de6ea6-adff-11e6-977a-1030f822fc35_story.html?utm_term=.b82f16d866de | ||||||||||||||
| 11/18/16 | Sen. John McCain told of the Russian "Dossier"; a copy is sent to McCain and key aides | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/9/16 | CIA tells Congress that they believe the Russians hacked the DNC to help defeat Hillary Clinton's campaign | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/9/16 | McCain provides a copy of Russian "Dossier" to FBI director James Comey | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/9/16 | President Obama orders intelligence community to investigate Russian influence on U.S. election | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/14/16 | Beginning of period that DOJ "failed to preserve" Strzok-Page texts that that ends on 5/17/17 | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/14/16 | Citing unnamed intelligence officials (likely Strzok or Page), Washington Post reports on "Russian election hacking" | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/12/14/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-cias-assessment-into-russia-hacking-so-far/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/2/17 | Wikileaks' Assange says he guarantees emails did not come from Russia; that Obama administration is trying to undermine Trump | Time | http://time.com/4620806/julian-assange-russia-hack-fox-hannity/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/5/17 | FBI says DNC refused to turn over server to determine nature of leaks | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/fbi-russia-hacking-dnc-crowdstrike/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/6/17 | Comey briefs President-Elect Trump on existence of "salacious and unverified" Russian "Dossier" | CNS | https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/comey-even-though-it-was-salacious-and-unverified-we-knew-media-was-about | ||||||||||||||
| 1/6/17 | Within hours of Comey's meeting with Trump, existence of "Dossier" leaked by CNN (James Clapper named as possible leaker) | FNC | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/31/ron-desantis-nyt-papadopoulos-russia-probe-claim-not-what-fbi-and-doj-told-congressional-investigators/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/7/17 | Comey demands "Dossier" be included in final intelligence community report on Russian meddling in the U.S. election | FNC | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/05/05/comey-pressed-for-anti-trump-dossier-in-classified-russia-report-sources-say.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/10/17 | U.S. intelligence chiefs Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Rogers brief Obama on Russian "Dossier" and attempts to "influence" Trump | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/10/17 | BuzzFeed releases full Fusion GPS "Dossier" | BuzzFeed | https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.wao5vgDE6#.io8bXPQ9V | ||||||||||||||
| 1/11/17 | WSJ identifies author of Russian "Dossier" as Christopher Steele | WSJ | https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553 | ||||||||||||||
| 1/12/17 | DOJ IG Michael Horowitz announces probe into actions of FBI including McCabe's role in Clinton email scandal | DOJ | https://oig.justice.gov/press/2017/2017-01-12.pdf | ||||||||||||||
| 1/12/17 | WaPo's David Ignatius cites government sources that indicates Michael Flynn spoke with Russia's Kislyak several times | WaPo | https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/950350031026032640.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/19/17 | NYT reports law enforcement officials "intercepted" communications of Trump officials, including Paul Manafort | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html? | ||||||||||||||
| 1/22/17 | Michael Flynn sworn in as National Security Adviser | Moyer | http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/24/17 | Michael Flynn gives voluntary interview to FBI regarding Russian "collusion"; interviewer is Peter Strzok | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 1/26/17 | Acting A.G. Sally Yates and Bill Priestap inform White House counsel that Flynn was "compromised" by Russian actors | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 1/27/17 | Former Clinton State Dept. representative George Papadopoulos interviewed by FBI, which results in his eventual indictment | DOJ | https://www.justice.gov/file/1007346/download | ||||||||||||||
| 1/30/17 | DOJ official (later Mueller SC "righthand" man) Andrew Weissmann congratulates Acting A.G. Yates for defying Trump travel ban order | JW | https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-justice-department-records-show-strong-support-mueller-deputy-andrew-weissmann-top-doj-officials-yates-refusal-enforce-president-trump-travel-ban/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/30/17 | Russian operative Sergei Millian named as source of information for "Dossier" fed to Steele and Fusion GPS | ABC | http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-russian-businessman-source-key-trump-dossier-claims/story?id=45019603 | ||||||||||||||
| 1/30/17 | Acting A.G. Sally Yates fired by President Trump for refusing to enforce his travel ban orders | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 2/8/17 | Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/18/10-things-to-know-about-sen-jeff-sessions-donald-trumps-pick-for-attorney-general/ | ||||||||||||||
| 2/13/17 | Flynn fired by President after leaks claim that the aide has discussed sanctions with Russian actors, which Flynn denies | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 2/14/17 | In meeting with Trump, Comey says he was asked by President if he could see fit to "letting Flynn go" | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 2/14/17 | House Intelligence Chair Nunes says the FBI must explain why Flynn was recorded, unmasked and then leaked to the press | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/02/14/fbi-needs-to-explain-why-michael-flynn-was-recorded-gop-intelligence-chairman-says/?utm_term=.1c25f1701442 | ||||||||||||||
| 2/27/17 | House Intelligence Chair Nunes says that he has seen absolutely no evidence of Russia-Trump "collusion" | Salon | https://www.salon.com/2017/02/27/gop-intelligence-chairman-theres-no-evidence-of-anything-regarding-russia-trump-campaign-contacts/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/2/17 | A.G. Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia "collusion" investigation, citing prior contacts with the Russian Ambassador | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/jeff-sessions-russia-trump-investigation-democrats.html | ||||||||||||||
| 3/5/17 | Obama DNI James Clapper states that he knows of no FISA warrant ever approved of Trump and his associates | MSNBC | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/10/a-political-battle-over-dossiers-fisa-warrants-and-surveillance-clouds-a-much-bigger-story/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/20/17 | Comey testifies FBI secretly investigated Trump-Russia "collusion" starting in June 2016 and unlawfully hid that fact from Congress | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/20/17 | Vanity Fair publishes puff piece on Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS and their work to create the "Dossier" | Vanity Fair | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele | ||||||||||||||
| 3/20/17 | Comey denies accusations that the Trump campaign had been wiretapped by the U.S. government | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b | ||||||||||||||
| 3/20/17 | DNI James Clapper denies any abuse of FISA to surveill Trump or his associates | MSNBC | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/10/a-political-battle-over-dossiers-fisa-warrants-and-surveillance-clouds-a-much-bigger-story/ | ||||||||||||||
| 3/20/17 | Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly denounces surveillance and unmasking of Trump aides by Obama officials | Exam | http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/spicer-blasts-unmasking-of-flynn/article/2617884 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/3/17 | House Intelligence Chair Nunes informs POTUS that he believes Trump and his staff were illegally surveilled and unmasked | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/devin-nunes-trump-communications/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 3/22/17 | House Intelligence Chair Nunes demands that CIA, FBI and NSA disclose nature of unlawful surveillance he had discovered | HIC | https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=774 | ||||||||||||||
| 3/27/17 | Former Obama official Evelyn Farkas admits Obama administration spied on Trump to find Russian "collusion" ties | MSNBC | https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=gapRNpEjXUo | ||||||||||||||
| 3/28/17 | Sen. Chuck Grassley writes to Comey over concern that McCabe's investigation of Clinton was tainted by campaign donations | SJC | https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion | ||||||||||||||
| 4/6/17 | House Intel Chair Nunes temporarily relinquishes control of committee due to allegations he leaked classified information | Politico | https://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/nunes-to-step-aside-from-russia-probe-236951 | ||||||||||||||
| 5/9/17 | Trump fires FBI director James Comey | Time | http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 5/10/17 | Washington Post asserts Comey had requested additional funding and resources for Russia investigation before his firing | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b | ||||||||||||||
| 5/10/17 | Huma Abedin husband Anthony Weiner signs plea agreement for crime of transmitting obscene material to a minor | Hill | http://thehill.com/homenews/news/334255-anthony-weiner-pleads-guilty-i-have-a-sickness | ||||||||||||||
| 5/12/17 | Trump tweets that Comey better hope there are no tapes of their conversations "before he starts leaking to the press" | Hill | http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/333081-trump-warns-comey-better-hope-there-are-no-tapes-of-our-meeting | ||||||||||||||
| 5/16/17 | Robert Mueller said to have interviewed with President Trump for FBI director role, but details of meeting unclear | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/13/politics/trump-robert-mueller-fbi-director-interview/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 5/17/17 | DOJ names Robert Mueller special counsel to investigate Russian influence on election | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html | ||||||||||||||
| 5/17/17 | End of period that DOJ "failed to preserve" Strzok-Page texts that that began on 12/14/16 | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/ | ||||||||||||||
| 5/19/17 | Strzok texts Page about Mueller "collusion" probe: "the odds are nothing [of collusion] ... there's no big there there." | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/23/fbis-strzok-allegedly-dismissed-mueller-probe-no-big-there-there.html | ||||||||||||||
| 5/19/17 | Strzok texts Page; calls Mueller probe "an investigation leading to impeachment?" | Exam | https://twitter.com/sarahcwestwood/status/955848982978269184 | ||||||||||||||
| 6/8/17 | Comey admits he leaked records of his conversation in order to spur the naming of a special counsel | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/08/politics/james-comey-testimony-donald-trump/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 6/15/17 | Former DHS head Jeh Johnson tells Congress that the DNC refused to turn over its server so it could throughly investigate "hack" | Times | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/5/dnc-email-server-most-wanted-evidence-for-russia-i/ | ||||||||||||||
| 6/24/17 | Wife of Fusion GPS founder Simpson, Mary Jacoby, writes on Facebook that her husband deserves the credit for "Russia-gate" | Tablet | http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate | ||||||||||||||
| 7/7/17 | Comey asserts "Dossier" was "salacious and unverified", but was important because media was prepared to report it | CNS | https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/comey-even-though-it-was-salacious-and-unverified-we-knew-media-was-about | ||||||||||||||
| 7/13/17 | CNN reports Strzok is working for Mueller's special counsel investigation | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/peter-strzok-special-counsel-russia-fbi/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 7/14/17 | DNC contractor Ali Chalupa denies working with Ukrainians to undermine Trump in spite of her leaked email from 5/3/16 | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/dnc-contractor-ukraine-alexandra-chalupa-trump/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 7/20/17 | DOJ Inspector General receives compromising texts of Mueller investigator Peter Strzok from FBI | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/24/17 | Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (VIPS) reports that there is no evidence that Russians hacked DNC (see 7/5/16) | VIPS | https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/ | ||||||||||||||
| 7/27/17 | DOJ Inspector General meets with Mueller and Rosenstein to inform them of Strzok's text messages | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/4/17 | AG Sessions and DNI Coats reveal a new FBI anti-leak team has been formed under DAG Rosentstein | PBS | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/21/fbi-mysteriously-loses-five-months-of-text-messages-between-peter-strzok-and-lisa-page/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/9/17 | The Nation reports evidence that DNC insiders, not Russian hackers, compromised Democrat IT systems | The Nation | https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/10/17 | DOJ Inspector General requests all communications between Strzok and Page | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/22/17 | Fusion GPS chief Glenn Simpson meets with Senate committee for 10 hours, but refuses to divulge who funded "Dossier" | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 8/24/17 | House Intel Chair Nunes subpoenas DOJ and FBI for documents related to "Dossier", which Strzok is believed to be behind | DC | http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/peter-strzok-special-counsel-russia-fbi/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 9/1/17 | NBC's Dilanian, believed to be a Fusion GPS flack, misreports on Trump Jr.'s 6/9 meeting with Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya | Federalist | http://thefederalist.com/2017/12/04/fusion-gps-scandal-implicates-media-possible-pay-publish-scheme/ | ||||||||||||||
| 9/14/17 | Susan Rice admits she surveilled Trump administration after the election and later unmasked the identities of key aides | Times | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/susan-rice-reveals-why-she-unmasked-trump-campaign/ | ||||||||||||||
| 9/24/17 | Obama DNI James Clapper reiterates he knew of no FISA warrant ever approved of Trump and his associates | CNN | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/10/a-political-battle-over-dossiers-fisa-warrants-and-surveillance-clouds-a-much-bigger-story/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/18/17 | Two Fusion GPS officials plead the Fifth Amendment during House Intelligence Committee interviews | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/18/fusion-gps-partners-plead-the-fifth-during-house-intel-appearance/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/24/17 | Washington Post reveals Clinton campaign and DNC funded Fusion GPS and Russian "Dossier" | TPM | http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known | ||||||||||||||
| 10/28/17 | Close ties between CNN and Fusion GPS revealed through personal social media accounts | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/cnns-undisclosed-ties-to-fusion-gps/ | ||||||||||||||
| 10/29/17 | NBC's Dilanian reports upon an illegal leak from the Mueller investigation that the first indictment will be issued Monday | NBC | https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-approves-first-charges-mueller-s-russia-probe-report-n815246 | ||||||||||||||
| 10/30/17 | Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos indicted as part of Mueller's investigation | NYT | https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/special-counsel-indictments.html | ||||||||||||||
| 10/31/17 | FBI refuses House Intel Committee (chaired by Nunes) request to interview Strzok | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/ | ||||||||||||||
| 11/5/17 | House investigators say they believe Fusion GPS paid reporters to disseminate contents of "Dossier" | Times | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/nov/5/journalist-pay-questioned-in-russian-dossier-court/ | ||||||||||||||
| 11/30/17 | Flynn signs plea agreeement with special counsel, admitting he lied about sanctions conversations | NPR | https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story | ||||||||||||||
| 12/2/17 | Washington Post reveals existence of incriminating messages between Peter Strzok revealing anti-Trump biases | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/two-senior-fbi-officials-on-clinton-trump-probes-exchanged-politically-charged-texts-disparaging-trump/2017/12/02/9846421c-d707-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html?utm_term=.2fa2cb13cf0c | ||||||||||||||
| 12/4/17 | CNN reveals Strzok changed wording of Clinton investigation to avoid criminal charges | CNN | http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/peter-strzok-james-comey/index.html?sr=twCNNp120417peter-strzok-james-comey0420PMStory&CNNPolitics=Tw | ||||||||||||||
| 12/6/17 | DOJ executive Bruce Ohr demoted after revelations he secretly met with Fusion GPS, which had secretly employed his wife Nellie | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/6/17 | Rep. Adam Schiff accused of leaking privileged notes of meeting between Trump. Jr and House Intelligence Committee to CNN | Hill | http://thehill.com/homenews/house/365470-republicans-call-for-an-inquiry-into-house-intel-panel-russia-investigation | ||||||||||||||
| 12/7/17 | Fox News reveals Ohr was in contact with Fusion GPS at the same time the FISA application was submitted and granted | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/7/17 | Rep. Jim Jordan grills FBI director Wray: was Dossier used to secure FISA warrant? Wray refuses to answer | RCP | https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/12/07/rep_jim_jordan_grills_fbi_director_wray_about_peter_strzok.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/7/17 | House Ethics Committee clears Chairman Nunes of accusations that he leaked classified information, said to be a "frivolous" charge | Politico | https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/07/ethics-committee-clears-rep-devin-nunes-287125 | ||||||||||||||
| 12/7/17 | Judge presiding over Michael Flynn criminal case, Rudolph Contreras, is recused according to court statement, for reasons unknown | Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-flynn/judge-presiding-over-michael-flynn-criminal-case-is-recused-court-idUSKBN1E202V | ||||||||||||||
| 12/11/17 | Fox News reveals Ohr's wife was hired by Fusion GPS to create opposition research against Trump | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/wife-demoted-doj-official-worked-for-firm-behind-anti-trump-dossier.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/12/17 | 375 text messages between Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page are released | CNN | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/12/politics/peter-strzok-texts-released/index.html?__twitter_impression=true | ||||||||||||||
| 12/12/17 | Deputy FBI director Anrew McCabe cancels testimony before Congress after revelations about Nellie and Bruce Ohr's ties to Fusion GPS | Breitbart | http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/12/12/deputy-fbi-director-delays-testimony-after-report-reveals-fusion-gps-paid-officials-wife/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/13/17 | DOJ IG reports it has all Strzok-Page text messages between 12/14/16 and 5/17/17, which conflicts with FBI statement on 1/19/18 | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/23/senators-want-doj-to-explain-delay-in-revealing-that-strzok-page-texts-were-missing.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/13/17 | Deputy A.G. Rosenstein refuses to tell Congress whether the FBI paid for the Fusion GPS "Dossier" | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/deputy-ag-wont-say-whether-the-fbi-paid-for-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/14/17 | Rep. Jim Jordan states DOJ/FBI leadership attempted to fix the presidential election by inventing a "Russian Collusion" narrative | Fox | http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/boom-gop-rep-jim-jordan-proof-fbi-worked-republican-party-election-video/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/18/17 | Demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr fails to appear before Congress | FoxBiz | http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/12/just-incredible-tom-fitton-stunned-bruce-ohr-ditches-senate-intel-committee-hearing-video/ | ||||||||||||||
| 12/18/17 | GOP lawmakers call for investigation into leaks of privileged interview between Trump Jr. and House Intelligence Committee | Hill | http://thehill.com/homenews/house/365470-republicans-call-for-an-inquiry-into-house-intel-panel-russia-investigation | ||||||||||||||
| 12/18/17 | Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley calls for the firing of FBI's McCabe | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/19/fbi-s-mccabe-faces-gop-calls-for-ouster-ahead-closed-door-testimony.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/19/17 | FBI's McCabe testifies in private to House Intel Commitee a day after and is unable to answer questions about the "Dossier" | Exam | http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-frustrated-lawmakers-pressed-fbis-mccabe-for-answers-on-trump-dossier-they-got-nothing/article/2644225 | ||||||||||||||
| 12/21/17 | FBI's top General Counsel -- James A. Baker -- said to have leaked "Dossier" to Mother Jones, is reassigned by FBI Director Wray | WaPo | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-top-lawyer-said-to-be-reassigned/2017/12/21/2ac76640-e6b5-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html?utm_term=.418ee85e094c | ||||||||||||||
| 12/21/17 | FBI's McCabe admits Clinton email investigation led by "small group" in headquarters, not in the local field office per usual practice | Hill | http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/367141-congressional-investigators-find-irregularities-in-fbis-handling-of | ||||||||||||||
| 12/23/17 | FBI's McCabe announces his retirement in 2018 | Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-fbi/fbi-deputy-director-mccabe-to-retire-in-2018-washington-post-idUSKBN1EH0P2 | ||||||||||||||
| 12/29/17 | State Dept. releases cache of emails found on Weiner-Abedin laptop, several of which contained classified information | CNN | https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/29/politics/huma-abedin-state-department-email-release/index.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/30/17 | Sen. Lindsey Graham cites major concern over how "Dossier" was used by the DOJ, implying it was disguised and presented to FISC | Fox | http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/12/lindsey-graham-doj-used-anti-trump-dossier-in-court.php? | ||||||||||||||
| 12/30/17 | DNC-linked NYT's Haberman markets narrative that FBI opened Trump investigation due to George Papadopoulos, not "Dossier" | NYT | https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/947185141306101760.html | ||||||||||||||
| 12/31/17 | NY Times reports Clinton associates offered up to $500,000 to females to report sexual harrassment by Trump | NYT | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/31/hillary-clinton-backer-paid-500g-to-fund-women-accusing-trump-sexual-misconduct-before-election-day-report-says.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/2/18 | Fusion GPS founders write NYT op-ed asserting "Dossier" claims; fail to address funding sources, Nellie Ohr involvement, etc. | NYT | http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/02/fusion-gps-partners-make-first-public-comments-about-the-dossier/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/3/18 | Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley writes DAG Rosenstein: did Comey leak classified info to Columbia Professor Daniel Richman? | SJC | https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-presses-justice-department-about-classification-comey-memos | ||||||||||||||
| 1/5/18 | Judicial Watch reveals that all of Comey's leaked memos were classified, which represents intentional and criminal behavior by Comey | FoxBiz | http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5702579939001/?playlist_id=933116636001#sp=show-clips | ||||||||||||||
| 1/8/18 | DOJ's Bruce Ohr is either removed or resigns from his second high-level position, this time as head of OCDETF | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/08/doj-official-linked-to-trump-dossier-leaves-another-high-level-post/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/8/18 | DailyMail finds emails showing Huma Abedin intentionally copied State Dept. emails to Weiner laptop and lied to FBI about that fact | DailyMail | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5233467/Huma-Abedin-backed-emails-Anthony-Weiners-laptop.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/10/18 | Researcher CTH reveals FBI/DOJ likely used FISA 702 "About Inquiries", not warrants, to wiretap Trump and his assocates at any time | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/10/a-political-battle-over-dossiers-fisa-warrants-and-surveillance-clouds-a-much-bigger-story/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/10/18 | Sara Carter reports law enforcement sources tell her FISA process was illegally abused to surveill Trump campaign | Carter | https://saraacarter.com/2018/01/10/was-the-dnc-clinton-campaign-funded-dossier-used-to-obtain-trump-fisa-warrant/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/11/18 | Document dump reveals FBI not only paid Fusion GPS but also allowed the private firm to submit FISA "About Inquiries" | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/11/the-doj-and-fbi-worked-with-fusion-gps-on-operation-trump/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/12/18 | DOJ Inspect General releases first batch of 1.2 million documents related to investigation of DOJ/FBI malfeasance days early | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/12/giddy-up-friday-night-document-surprise-from-office-of-inspector-general/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/14/18 | McCabe, Rosenstein, Weissmann and Obama judge Theodore Chuang all tied to apparent effort to cover-up Uranium One scandal | ImpRex | http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2018/01/bombshells-doj-rosenstein-weissmann-and.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/14/18 | Ex-Trump adviser Michael Caputo says up to 1,000 GOP-linked persons were spied on by Obama DOJ/FBI illegal unmasking activities | Fox | https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/952500960299044864 | ||||||||||||||
| 1/15/18 | DNC-linked NYT's Shane markets narrative that Clinton campaign was duped by Russian "Dossier" disinformation campaign | C-SPAN | https://youtu.be/3uLb-JdECTE | ||||||||||||||
| 1/15/18 | Date that DOJ Inspector General expected to turn over 1.2 million documents related to DOJ/FBI handling of Clinton probe | CTH | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/28/intelligence-committee-chairman-devin-nunes-gives-doj-until-january-3rd-to-produce-documents/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/16/18 | Byron York reports Congressional Investigators believe Obama State Dept. may have played a role in disseminating "Dossier" | Exam | http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-trump-dossier-probes-now-include-possible-state-department-involvement/article/2646017? | ||||||||||||||
| 1/18/18 | Report on FISA abuse is made available to all House members; reaction is stunning: "Very foundations of our democracy are at risk" | FoxBiz | https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/18/rep-matt-gaetz-on-fisa-corruption-memo-very-foundations-of-our-democracy-at-risk/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/19/18 | Senate investigators reveal FBI claims it "failed to preserve" five months of Strzok-Page text messages between 12/14/16 and 5/17/17 | DC | http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/21/fbi-agents-felt-pressure-wrap-up-clinton-email-probe-trump/ | ||||||||||||||
| 1/19/18 | NBC's Dilanian, with a history of ties to Fusion GPS, markets false claim that Russian "bots" are behind #ReleaseTheMemo hashtag | https://twitter.com/KenDilanianNBC/status/954479740353687554 | |||||||||||||||
| 1/21/18 | Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) hints that highest level of the Obama DOJ/FBI lied to the FISA court in order to surveil Trump and associates | CNN | https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/955198450521473024 | ||||||||||||||
| 1/23/18 | Senate Homeland Security Chair Ron Johnson releases 384 pages of new Strzok-Page texts | Fox | http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/23/fbis-strzok-allegedly-dismissed-mueller-probe-no-big-there-there.html | ||||||||||||||
| 1/23/18 | Johnson notes evidence of "corruption at highest levels of FBI"; and as former FBI head, Mueller must be dismissed as special counsel | RCP | https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/23/sen_ron_johnson_we_are_seeing_evidence_of_corruption_at_the_highest_levels_of_fbi.html |
Wow, quite a timeline.
Is there a reason you are excerpting your own work here?
bookmark
“I think this started as an investigation into who might have the Clinton emails but then it morphed into the collusion accusation.”
I would describe the email scandal more specifically as a coverup effort.
Now we learn that the FBI was helping to destroy evidence during an ongoing criminal investigation.
Crimes were committed that require a second special counsel to investigate.
What is the connection between Perkins Coie, Fusion GPS and Gloria Allred?
BKMK
I just remember Seth's brother LAUGHING when they were on TV and he had some TOY next to him that was Seth's favorite thing to dress up as....can't remember that part though....it sure was weird for a beloved brother to be LAUGHING!
On 9-8 you mention Boris Epshteyn....Pretty sure he was a Trump supporter....am I wrong? Haven’t seen him in a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGG Time!
The is what the Compost reported.
In September, Papadopoulos emailed another Trump aide, Boris Epshteyn, and told him he planned to be in New York and hoped to set up meetings around the U.N. General Assembly meeting.
The email was described to The Washington Post in August of this year and is among 20,000 pages of documents that the Trump campaign has turned over to the White House, Congressional committees and defense attorneys.
Papadopoulos wrote that he wanted to connect Epshteyn with a friend, Sergei Millian of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce, the emails said.
Millian would later be identified as a major source for the author of a dossier that included unsubstantiated salacious allegations about Trump’s activities in Russia, a claim Millian has denied.
Epshteyn said he never met Millian and declined to comment further. Asked in August to describe his relationship with Papadopoulos, Millian responded by email, “I can meet and talk to any person. . . . It’s none of your business.”
I do recall something along those lines. The
DC Police are totally political(and corrupt). They assigned this a case number but have done little except to clean up the crime scene. They botched that too. Then the FBI says it belongs to Capital Police. Fbi has all the evidence but will never admit it or turn it over. Same with the Awan Case. Found a computer belonging to Awan.FBI got away from this ASAP. Capitol Police took the computer and who knows where it went. Was last mentioned by DWS.
August 2015: Hillary For America campaign signs a Joint Fundraising Agreement with the DNC in exchange for paying Obama campaign debts. Marc Elias, a Perkins Coie partner, arranges the deal, which gives Hillary Clinton effective control of DNC campaign funds.
-PJ
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