U.S. ATTEMPTED COUP TIMELINE

Timing 

3/19/16 DNC allegedly hacked

4/26/16 Papadopolous offered “dirt”

6/12/16 Trump Tower meeting

6/12/16 Assange “we have HRC emails”

02/12/18 One can only deduce that the DNC wasn’t hacked because the server was never forensically examined by the FBI since the DNC refused. DNC contracted a private company called CrowdStrike 

Watch video · Julian Assange has said the hack of the Democratic Party in the run up to the US elections was not Russia but instead an ‘inside job’. express.co.uk  Many people believe the murdered (under suspicious circumstances) Seth Rich was the person who gave the information to Wikileaks.

Carter Page -Mole? Why did FBI suspect Trump campaign adviser was a foreign agent?  mcclatchy

Manafort was wired by the FBI under FISA/C since 2014. Mole?

Late 1990’s The Council on Foreign Relations awarded Carter Page one of its prized international affairs fellowships. mcclatchydc Page confirmed Friday that he worked in Western Morocco as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. At the Naval Academy, Page was a Trident Scholar, a prestigious designation that allowed him to serve as a researcher his senior year on the House Armed Services Committee. The scholarship put him in the office of Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis., shortly before the congressman became Clinton’s defense secretary. Page also said he had served multiple tours in the Middle East and Europe as a surface warfare officer, and that he had later worked in the Pentagon on nuclear nonproliferation matters. mcclatchydc

01/21/09 Hillary Clinton sworn in as Secretary of State. stategov

12/08/11  Ellen Nakashima Cyber-intruder sparks response. The first sign of trouble was a mysterious signal emanating from deep within the U.S. military’s classified computer network. The government’s top cyberwarriors couldn’t immediately tell who created the program or why, although they would come to suspect the Russian intelligence service. Pentagon officials consider the incident, discovered in October 2008, to be the most serious breach of the U.S. military’s classified computer systems. The response, over the past three years, transformed the government’s approach to cybersecurity archive

06/10/13  FISA Court Has Rejected only .03 Percent Of All Government Surveillance Requests motherjones

01//11/2017 Dossier published by Buzzfeed

10/13/14  WaPo Ellen Nakashima Russian hackers use ‘zero-day’ to hack NATO, Ukraine in cyber-spy campaign. A Russian hacking group probably working for the government has been exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spy on NATO, the Ukrainian government, a U.S. university researcher and other national security targets, according to a new report. The group has been active since at least 2009, according to research by iSight Partners, a cybersecurity firm. ISight dubbed the recently detected hacking group SandWorm because of references embedded in its code to the science-fiction novel “Dune.” “This is consistent with espionage activity,” said iSight Senior Director Stephen Ward. “ https://archive.is/5Vaud

10/28/14  WaPo Ellen Nakashima Hackers breach some White House computers. Hackers thought to be working for the Russian government breached the unclassified White House computer networks in recent weeks, sources said, resulting in temporary disruptions to some services while cybersecurity teams worked to contain the intrusion.

07/23/14  House Select Committee on Benghazi reaches agreement with State Dept. to produce Clinton emails relevant to their investigation. USNews

07/24/14  Clinton IT aide Paul Combetta, using the alias “stonetear”, requests assistance on Reddit for deleting VIP email addresses. USNews

10/15/14  Clinton team instructs Datto to begin purging emails from their backup storage devices, which they apparently failed to do WaExaminer

03/02/15  News that Hillary Clinton exclusively used a private email server for official State Dept. business is disclosed in the NYT

03/03/15  Clinton aides called Platte River Networks, which operated her email server, to confirm all emails were deleted per their 2014 order NYT

03/09/15  Clinton associate Terry McCauliffe meets with FBI official Andrew McCabe’s wife Jill to encourage her to run for office. JW

03/12/15  Jill McCabe announces her candidacy for the state senate in Virginia; her husband Andrew would likley lead probe of Clinton email server. JW

03/31/15  Clinton IT specialist Paul Combetta realizes he had not deleted all of Clinton’s emails, uses BleachBit software to do so. Politico

04/29/15  FBI warns Andrew McCabe about potential conflicts of interest related to his wife’s campaign Newsweek

05/8/16   Clapper tells a conference that “officials had seen signs of attempted cyberattacks on 2016 presidential campaigns.” WaPo

05/19/15  DOJ official Peter Kadzik, writing from personal email account, emails John Podesta to warn of House probe into Clinton’s emails Wikileaks

06/24/15  Discovery of classified information on Clinton’s private email server announced; the matter is referred to the FBI. Time

07/15/15  FBI opens criminal investigation into Clinton’s email server and mishandling of classified data led by Andrew McCabe in DC office FBI

07/20/15  DOJ DAG Sally Yates writes to DOJ Inspector General, saying National Security Division (NSD) is not subject to IG review DOJ

07/24/15  State Dept. and other officials make security referral related to classified information possessed by Clinton and associates WaPo

07/24/15  After complaints from Clinton camp, New York Times edits story about email probe, removing “criminal” references TheWrap

08/15/15  McCabe uses his official FBI email to promote his wife’s candidacy for the State Senate in Virginia JW

09/03/15 Bryan Pagliano, who helped Clinton set up and maintain her private email server, declined to talk to the FBI and the State Department inspector general’s office, as well as a congressional committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself yahoo

09/05/15 The Post reported the Clintons paid Bryan Pagliano $5,000 for computer services before he joined the State Department, citing a financial disclosure form he filed in April 2009. IT director for Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign.  fortune

10/01/15  FBI official Andrew McCabe’s wife Jill starts receiving bulk of $700,000 from Clinton associate Gov. Terry McCauliffe’s political entities Ballotopedia   TruePundit

10/03/15  FBI seizes the Platte River Networks server as well as the “Pagliano” server, which were used to host Clinton email services Thompson

10/05/15  FBI’s Strzok sends letter to Datto, Inc. demanding the newly discovered backup server be turned over DOJ

10/06/15  FBI receives backup of Clinton emails held by Datto, Inc. (possibly claimed by Agent Strzok) McClatchy

10/15/15  On or around this date, McCabe emails investigators that Clinton will get an “HQ Special” (special or lenient treatment) Fox

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

01/15/16  John Giacalone, head of FBI’s National Security Division, retires after reportedly seeing Clinton probe go “sideways” TruePundit

01/19/16  Hillary Clinton had SAP documents on her unsecured server and the State Department knew about unsecured server as early as 2011. Fox

01/19/16  Intelligence Community Inspector General reports Clinton’s private email server had SAP (highest classification level) data on it Fox

01/29/16  FBI director James Comey names Andrew McCabe deputy director, with responsibility for oversight of Clinton investigation FBI

02/15/16  State Dept. finds that 2,115 of the 30,490 emails produced by Clinton were classified and therefore grossly mishandled FBI

02/25/16  FBI’s Peter Strzok texts his mistress Lisa Page, an FBI attorney, saying they can’t go after Hillary because she could be next president Fox

03/04/16  FBI’s Strzok texts his mistress Page, calling Trump “an idiot”, whose nomination would be “good for Hillary” DC

03/06/16  Former Hillary State Dept. representative George Papadopoulos learns he will join Trump campaign as a low-level foreign policy adviser DOJ

03/15/16  Between this date and 9/15/16, Papadopoulos tries 6 times to arrange meetings between Trump campaign and Russians, all are rejected ABC

03/19/16 Hackers gain access to emails of Democrat operative John Podesta CNN

03/28/16  Paul Manafort hired as Trump campaign manager (Fusion GPS’s Simpson and wife had reported on Manafort’s Russian ties in 2008) Tablet

04/05/16  FBI’s Strzok interviews Clinton aide Huma Abedin DC

04/07/16 Perkins Coie hired crowd strike them to solve the “Russia hack.” Perkins Coie was involved then too. pacermonitor

04/09/16  FBI’s Strzok interviews Clinton aide Cheryl Mills DC

04/12/16  Law firm Perkins Coie, using money from the Clinton campaign and DNC, hires Fusion GPS to find incriminating data on Trump FEC

04/18/16  NSA’s Rogers begins probe into illegal abuse of FISA 702 inquiries on US citizens (e.g., Manafort) by DOJ/FBI and private contractors CTH 

04/19/16  Wife of Fusion GPS founder Simpson, Mary Jacoby, visits White House and meets with Obama and/or Obama aides CTH

04/29/16   DNC meets M. Sussman of Perkins Coie. Sussman calls CrowdStrike on May 4; by May 5 CrowdStrike had installed its software to find hack.  NYT 

04/25/16  Obama campaign organization makes first of its payments to Perkins Coie (OFA payments to firm would total $972,000). FEC

04/25/16  FBI’s James Baker and DOJ’s FISA attorneys visit White House for two back-to-back meetings. White House

04/26/16  Low-level Trump staffer George Papadopoulos meets with Russian contact in London and is reportedly offered “dirt” on Clinton. NRO

04/29/16  DNC declines to release CrowdStrike report on Bernie/DNC hack. WaPo

04/30/16  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

05/02/16  FBI director Comey drafts statement exonerating Clinton before interviewing her or other key witnesses. WaPo

05/03/16. Trump becomes the presumptive Republican nominee for the office of president. Wikipedia 

05/03/16  Clinton IT specialist Paul Combetta admits lying to the FBI about erasing emails using BleachBit but is not charged for the crime  WaPo

05/03/16  Email from DNC contractor Ali Chalupa states she connected Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News “to the Ukrainians”. DNC

05/05/16  FBI’s Lisa Page and James Baker meet with Obama deputy at White House, likely topic is forthcoming FISA request. White House

05/05/16  Washington Post reports there is “scant evidence” of a crime committed by Clinton through her use of a private email server.  WaPo

05/15/16  Crowdstrike claims it investigated DNC hacking and that Russians were responsible; FBI still denied access to server to confirm. Crowdstrike

05/15/16  Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ executive Bruce Ohr, is secretly hired by Fusion GPS, presumably to work on Russian “Dossier”. Fox

05/21/16  According to Mueller investigation, Trump campaign official refuses Papadopoulos offer to broker meetings with Russian officials. NRO

05/23/16  Nellie Ohr applies for HAM radio license, presumably to create covert communication channel and avoid government surveillance  FCC

06/04/16  Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports, via anonymous sources, that Russians hacked the DNC. WaPo

07/06/16 Guccifer 2.0,’ after releasing files he supposedly got by hacking the DNC computers, claims to be working with Trump. All evidence points to Guccifer 2.0’s being a creation of the DNC. A comprehensive resource on Guccifer 2.0 is at http://g-2.space/

06/09/16  Donald Trump Jr. meets with Russian attorney after being lured by the promise of opposition research. NYT 

06/09/16  After meeting with Bernie Sanders in White House, President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton. USA Today

06/12/16  Wikileaks’ Assange warns that Clinton emails will be leaked. ITV

06/13/16  Australia’s U.S. ambassador told the FBI about Trump aide George Papadopoulos’s claim that Moscow had email dirt on Hillary – but did THAT really launch the Russia probe? It’s still unclear how much 28-year-old George Papadopoulos knew, and whether – as the New York Times now claims – the revelation shocked the FBI into a counterintelligence probe of the Trump team’s Russia ties beginning that July. But the Sydney Morning Herald has confirmed that a drink-fueled gabfest between Papadopoulos and Australia’s High Commissioner to Britain Alexander Downer did happen. dailymail.

06/16/16  Russian government hackers broke into DNC servers, stole Trump oppo. The hackers had access to the information for approximately one year. politico. 

06/14/16  WaPo (Ellen Nakashima) first to break that Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded to the breach. “It’s the job of every foreign intelligence service to collect intelligence against their adversaries,” said Shawn Henry, president of CrowdStrike, the cyber firm called in to handle the DNC breach and a former head of the FBI’s cyber division.  https://archive.is/wavcD

06/15/16  Ex-MI-6 agent Christopher Steele is hired by Hillary Clinton’s campaign through Fusion GPS, according to UK court filings. UK

06/15/16  FBI agent Peter Strzok changes wording of Clinton charges from criminal designation “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless”.  Fox

06/20/16  Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele releases first memo related to Russian “Dossier”. DC

07/02/16  Clinton interviewed by FBI and Peter Strzok for 3.5 hours; she is not placed under oath nor recorded. WaPo

07/05/16  Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele shares Russian “Dossier” with the FBI. DC

07/05/16  Date that forensics indicate that DNC emails were copied by an insider via USB and not hacked via external actors. The Nation

07/06/16  A.G. Loretta Lynch accepts Comey‘s recommendation not to charge Clinton for mishandling classified information USA Today

07/07/16  Trump associate Carter Page gives a speech on economic policy in Russia; NYT reports this speech raised FBI’s attention. NYT.  (NYT introduced Page to mix)

07/10/16  DNC staffer Seth Rich murdered in as yet unsolved case. Wikipedia  

07/14/16 Secret Ledger in Ukraine Lists Cash for Donald Trump’s Campaign Chief

07/16/16  Senator Grassley sends letter to FBI/Comey, stating concern about FBI agents assigned to Clinton email case being forced to sign a secret non-disclosure agreement, which prevents them from sharing info under the Whistle Blower Act. foxnews

07/06/16  Guccifer 2.0, after releasing files he supposedly got by hacking the DNC computers, claims to be working with Trump. All evidence points to Guccifer 2.0’s being a creation of the DNC. A comprehensive resource on Guccifer 2.0 > http://g-2.space/

07/10/16  Murder of Seth Rich employee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) (wiki left wing) wiki

08/06/16  FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about a “menace”, presumably meaning Trump. DC

08/10/16  Bernie Sanders reported to have purchased a $575,000 lakeside home  WaPo

08/14/16 Trump leaks the facts of Paul Manafort’s criminality to the New York Times and then promptly fires him. NYT

08/10/16  Washington Post implies John Brennan may have shared “Dossier” with President Obama around this date  WaPo

Between 8/10/16 NYP Story and 8/15/16 NYT Manafort (M a plant?) piece. Mike Rogers secretly contacts Trump and tips him off about the wiretapping, dossier and secret FISA warrant on Manafort’s phone (since 2014) and the Trump Campaign moles. NYP NYT

08/15/16  FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about needing an “insurance policy” against Trump  CNN

08/15/16  Strzok and Page discuss evading rules for preserving their communications since other agencies don’t follow the rules either  Carter

08/16/16  FBI writes Congress defending decision not to prosecute Clinton, stating it was ‘extreme carelessness’ and not ‘gross negligence’. WaPo

08/17/16  On this day, NBC’s Dilanian, Windrem, Arkin report claim M. Flynn clashed with intel officials during initial briefing with Trump team. NBC

08/19/16  Manafort resigns (or is forced out) as Trump campaign adviser  NYT

08/25/16  CIA director James Brennan informs Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid about possible Russian “collusion” with Trump campaign. DC

08/27/16  Reid sends a letter to Comey referencing allegations made about Carter Page in the dossier. DC

09/02/16  FBI releases summary of interview with Hillary Clinton regarding her use of an illegal email server for all official business. FBI

09/05/16  Hillary Clinton accuses Russia of interfering with U.S. election  NYT 

09/08/16  NYT reports that Paul Combetta, Clinton’s IT specialist, mass-deleted emails from her server in spite of records preservation request. NYT

09/10/16  FBI’s Strzok admits withholding of evidence of Clinton’s crimes from Congress; Comey and other FBI officials are aware of obstruction  Fox

09/15/16  Papadoulos emails Russian contact Boris Epshteyn trying to connect him with Sergei Millian, author of much of the Fusion GPS “Dossier”.  WaPo   wiki

09/15/16  FISA Court approves FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign based upon Russian “Dossier”. DC

09/23/16  Yahoo News publishes report based upon Russian “Dossier” and possible Russian collusion with Trump campaign. Yahoo

09/26/16  DOJ National Security Divison (NSD) admits to FISC that surveillance included Obama’s political opponents. FISC

09/27/16  John Carlin, head of DOJ National Security Division and involved with FISA requests, announces he is resigning. WaPo

09/28/16  Comey claims his decision to exonerate Clinton was not made until after her interview with FBI agents. WaPo

10/03/16  FBI agents seize computer of Anthony Weiner during investigation of his communications with underage females. Tribune

10/07/16  Access Hollywood releases graphic audiotape of Donald Trump bragging about hitting on women. CNN

10/07/16  Wikileaks releases archive of emails stolen from Clinton operative John Podesta. CNN

10/07/16  Obama administration officially accuses Russia of meddling in 2016 presidential election. WaPo

10/12/16  FBI agents tell McCabe and Strzok they discover 650,000 emails on Weiner’s laptop, many of which were Huma Abedin‘s. WSJ

10/13/16  McCabe organizes FBI response to WSJ revelations that his wife’s campaign was funded by Clinton associates. JWS

10/14/16  Strzok’s wife Melissa Hodgman given a major promotion to deputy director of SEC’s Enforcement Division. TP

10/15/16  FBI meets with Fusion GPS contractor Steele and offers to pay him for more Russian “Dossier” material. DC

10/21/16  DOJ/FBI file first FISA Title I surveillance request for Carter Page using “salacious and unverified”, DNC-funded “Dossier”. CTH

10/24/16  NSA director Rogers apprises FISA Court (FISC) of numerous cases where U.S. persons were improperly/illegally surveilled. FISC

10/24/16  CBS reveals McCabe’s wife received $700K in campaign donations from Clinton associate Gov. Terry McCauliffe. CBS

10/27/16  During Comey staff meeting, McCabe and Strzok are asked why they’re sitting on the Huma/Weiner email disclosure. Tribune

10/28/16  Comey announces he is reopening investigation into Clinton’s email server due to information found on Anthony Weiner’s computer. Time

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

10/30/16  Judge Kevin Fox grants a search and seizure warrant to the FBI for Clinton emails on Huma Abedin’s laptop. FBI

10/30/16  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s writes to James Comey asking him to release “explosive” information on Russian “collusion”. TPM

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

10/31/16  Clinton campaign issues statement, citing Slate, about server in Trump Tower that secretly communicated with Russia  Clinton

11/01/16  In spite of numerous conflicts of interest, Andrew McCabe waits until this date before recusing himself from Clinton email probe. JW

11/06/16  Comey exonerates Clinton again after Weiner documents are reviewed “around the clock”.   WaPo

11/08/16  Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. Time

11/09/16  FBI’s Strzok and Page text each other about a “secret society” to undermine Trump as well as “‘deleting text messages”.   Fox

11/14/16  According to Yevgeniy Nikulin the FBI tried to bribe him into confessing to hacking the DNC servers on behalf of Donald Trump, offering him refuge in the United States and millions of dollars. (I seem to remember that Guccifer 1 also alleged that the FBI bribed him to confess to the DNC hack)

11/15/16   DOJ official Bruce Ohr meets in secret with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele regarding Russian “Dossier”  Fox

11/15/16   FBI agrees to continue funding Steele and his “Dossier”.  TPM

11//16/16  The United States formally requests extradition of Nikulin from the Czech Republic.

11/17/16  NSA Head Mike Rogers travels to Trump Tower (likely warning of illegal surveillance); Trump transition team immediate moves to NJ. CTH

11/18/16  WaPo reports that James Clapper and other officials want Rogers removed from his post. WaPo

11/18/16  Sen. John McCain told of the Russian “Dossier”; a copy is sent to McCain and key aides.  DC

11/31/16  John Podesta tweets that computer scientists discovered Trump’s ‘covert server.’

12/09/16  CIA tells Congress that they believe the Russians hacked the DNC to help defeat Hillary Clinton’s campaign. WaPo

12/09/16  McCain provides a copy of Russian “Dossier” to FBI director James Comey. DC

12/09/16  President Obama orders intelligence community to investigate Russian influence on U.S. election. Time 

12/13/16  Obama Says Russia Did NOT Rig Election for Trump conservativetribune

12/14/16  Beginning of period that DOJ “failed to preserve” Strzok-Page texts that that ends on 5/17/17 (later recovered by DOJ IG office).  DC

12/14/16  Citing unnamed intelligence officials (likely Strzok or Page), Washington Post reports on “Russian election hacking”. WaPo

01/02/17  Wikileaks’ Assange says he guarantees emails did not come from Russia; that Obama administration is trying to undermine Trump. Time

01/05/17  FBI says DNC refused to turn over server to determine nature of leaks. CNN

01/06/17  Comey briefs President-Elect Trump on existence of “salacious and unverified” Russian “Dossier”. CNS

01/06/17  Within hours of Comey’s meeting with Trump, existence of “Dossier” leaked by CNN (James Clapper named as possible leaker). FNC

01/07/17  Comey demands “Dossier” be included in final intelligence community report on Russian meddling in the U.S. election. FNC

01/10/17  U.S. intelligence chiefs Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Rogers brief Obama on Russian “Dossier” and attempts to “influence” Trump  CNN

01/10/17  BuzzFeed releases full Fusion GPS “Dossier”.  BuzzFeed

01/11/17  John Podesta meets with Fusion GPS founder Simpson; but later tells Senate Intelligence Committee he has no knowledge of “dossier“. NYT

01/11/17  WSJ identifies author of Russian “Dossier” as Christopher Steele. WSJ

01/12/17  DOJ IG Michael Horowitz announces probe into actions of FBI including McCabe’s role in Clinton email scandal. DOJ

01/12/17  WaPo’s David Ignatius cites government sources that indicates Michael Flynn spoke with Russia’s Kislyak several times. WaPo

01/12/17  Remember, someone inside the govt committed a felony by leaking the contents of Flynn’s intercepted communications to David Ignatius of the WaPo. This kickstarted the “Logan Act” narrative which was pushed by Sally Yates to go after Flynn. twitter 

01/19/17  NYT reports law enforcement officials “intercepted” communications of Trump officials, including Paul Manafort. NYT

01/19/17  The day before Trump’s inauguration, DOJ/FBI have FISA surveillance request renewed (see 10/21/16, renewal #1). CTH

01/22/17  Michael Flynn sworn in as National Security Adviser. Moyer

01/24/17  Michael Flynn gives voluntary interview to FBI regarding Russian “collusion”; interviewer is Peter Strzok. NPR

01/26/17  Acting A.G. Sally Yates and Bill Priestap inform White House counsel that Flynn was “compromised” by Russian actors. NPR

01/27/17  Former Clinton State Dept. representative George Papadopoulos (lied) interviewed by FBI, which results in his eventual indictment. DOJ

01/30/17  DOJ official (later Mueller SC “righthand” man) Andrew Weissmann congratulates Acting A.G. Yates for defying Trump travel ban order. JW

01/30/17  Russian operative Sergei Millian named as source of information for “Dossier” fed to Steele and Fusion GPS. ABC

01/30/17  Acting A.G. Sally Yates fired by President Trump for refusing to enforce his travel ban orders. NPR

02/08/17  Jeff Sessions confirmed as Attorney General. WaPo

02/13/17  Flynn fired by President after leaks claim that the aide has discussed sanctions with Russian actors, which Flynn denies. NPR

02/14/17  In meeting with Trump, Comey says he was asked by President if he could see fit to “letting Flynn go”. NPR

02/14/17  House Intelligence Chair Nunes says the FBI must explain why Flynn was recorded, unmasked and then leaked to the press. WaPo

02/15/17  McCabe tells Reince Priebus that FBI sees no evidence of Russian “collusion”, but he and Comey refuse to publicly state. Beast

02/16/17  CNN reports that the White House “pressured” FBI into clearing administration of collusion charges; believed leaked by McCabe. CNN

02/18/17  One month ago, the NYT reported that “In its final days (11days), the Obama administration expanded the power of the NSA to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government’s 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections. zerohedge

02/27/17  House Intelligence Chair Nunes says that he has seen absolutely no evidence of Russia-Trump “collusion”. Salon

03/02/17  A.G. Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia “collusion” investigation, citing prior contacts with the Russian Ambassador. NYT

03/05/17  Obama DNI James Clapper states that he knows of no FISA warrant ever approved of Trump and his associates. MSNBC

03/10/17  CNN reports that the FBI is still investigating the Trump server-Alfa bank connection. FBI investigation continues into ‘odd’ computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization  CNN

03/20/17  Comey testifies FBI secretly investigated Trump-Russia “collusion” starting in June 2016 and unlawfully hid that fact from Congress. Time

03/20/17  Vanity Fair publishes puff piece on Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS and their work to create the “Dossier”. Vanity Fair

03/20/17  Comey denies accusations that the Trump campaign had been wiretapped by the U.S. government. WaPo

04/17/17 Page confirmed that he cooperated with the FBI in its prosecution of a Russian intelligence operative and two other Russian agents in 2013. mcclatchydc

03/20/17  DNI James Clapper denies any abuse of FISA to surveill Trump or his associates. MSNBC

03/20/17  Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly denounces surveillance and unmasking of Trump aides by Obama officials. Exam

03/03/17  House Intelligence Chair Nunes informs POTUS that he believes Trump and his staff were illegally surveilled and unmasked. CNN

03/22/17  House Intelligence Chair Nunes demands that CIA, FBI and NSA disclose nature of unlawful surveillance he had discovered. HIC

03/23/17  An influential British think tank and Ukraine’s military are disputing a report that the U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has used to buttress its claims of Russian hacking in the presidential election.  mediachecker 

03/27/17  Former Obama official Evelyn Farkas admits Obama administration spied on Trump to find Russian “collusion” ties. MSNBC

03/28/17  Sen. Chuck Grassley writes to Comey over concern that McCabe’s investigation of Clinton was tainted by campaign donations. SJC

04/06/17  House Intel Chair Nunes temporarily relinquishes control of committee due to allegations he leaked classified information  Politico

04/25/17 Rod Rosenstein is approved by the Senate. 94-6. Nominated by Trump. WaPo

01/19/17  DOJ/FBI have FISA surveillance request renewed (see 10/21/16, this is renewal #2). CTH

05/09/17  Rosenstein recommends that Trump fire FBI director James Comey. Time

05/10/17  Washington Post asserts Comey had requested additional funding and resources for Russia investigation before his firing. WaPo

05/12/17  Trump tweets that Comey better hope there are no tapes of their conversations “before he starts leaking to the press”. Hill

05/15/17  DAG Rosenstein reportedly approves extension of FISA surveillance of Trump associate Carter Page based upon fraudulent “dossier”. NYT

05/16/17  Robert Mueller said to have interviewed with President Trump for FBI director role, but details of meeting unclear. CNN

05/17/17  DOJ’s Rosenstein names Robert Mueller special counsel to investigate Russian influence on election. NYT

05/17/17  End of period that DOJ “failed to preserve” Strzok-Page texts that that began on 12/14/16 (later recovered by DOJ IG office). DC

05/19/17  Strzok texts Page about Mueller “collusion” probe: “the odds are nothing [of collusion] … there’s no big there there.”  Fox

05/19/17  Strzok texts Page; calls Mueller probe “an investigation leading to impeachment?”  Exam

06/08/17  Comey admits he leaked records of his conversation in order to spur the naming of a special counsel. CNN

06/15/17  Former DHS head Jeh Johnson tells Congress that the DNC refused to turn over its server so it could throughly investigate “hack”. Times

06/24/17  Wife of Fusion GPS founder Simpson, Mary Jacoby, writes on Facebook that her husband deserves the credit for “Russia-gate”. Tablet

07/07/17  Comey asserts “Dossier” was “salacious and unverified”, but was important because media was prepared to report it. CNS

07/13/17  CNN reports Strzok is working for Mueller’s special counsel investigation.  CNN

07/14/17  DNC contractor Ali Chalupa denies working with Ukrainians to undermine Trump in spite of her leaked email from 5/3/16. CNN

07/18/17  DOJ/FBI have FISA surveillance request renewed (see 10/21/16, this is renewal #3). CTH

07/20/17  DOJ Inspector General receives compromising texts of Mueller investigator Peter Strzok from FBI. DC

07/24/17  Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (VIPS) reports that there is no evidence that Russians hacked DNC (see 7/5/16). VIPS

07/27/17  DOJ Inspector General meets with Mueller and Rosenstein to inform them of Strzok’s text messages. DC

08/04/17  AG Sessions and DNI Coats reveal a new FBI anti-leak team has been formed under DAG Rosentstein. PBS

08/09/17  The Nation reports evidence that DNC insiders, not Russian hackers, compromised Democrat IT systems. The Nation

08/10/17  DOJ Inspector General requests all communications between Strzok and Page DC

08/22/17  Fusion GPS chief Glenn Simpson meets with Senate committee for 10 hours, but refuses to divulge who funded “Dossier”. DC

08/24/17  House Intel Chair Nunes subpoenas DOJ and FBI for documents related to “Dossier”, which Strzok is believed to be behind. DC

09/01/17  NBC’s Dilanian, believed to be a Fusion GPS flack, misreports on Trump Jr.’s 6/9 meeting with Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya. Federalist

09/14/17  Susan Rice admits she surveilled Trump administration after the election and later unmasked the identities of key aides. Times

09/24/17 Obama DNI James Clapper reiterates he knew of no FISA warrant ever approved of Trump and his associates. CNN

10/02/17  It Wasn’t Comey’s Decision to Exonerate Hillary – It Was Obama’s national review

10/18/17  Two Fusion GPS officials plead the Fifth Amendment during House Intelligence Committee interviews. DC

10/24/17  Washington Post reveals Clinton campaign and DNC funded Fusion GPS and Russian “Dossier”. TPM

10/26/17  Obama changed NSA policy to stop all about queries for the FISC. conservativetreehouse

10/28/17  Close ties between CNN and Fusion GPS revealed through personal social media accounts. DC

10/29/17  NBC’s Dilanian reports upon an illegal leak from the Mueller investigation that the first indictment will be issued Monday. NBC

10/30/17  Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos indicted as part of Mueller’s investigation. NYT

10/31/17  FBI refuses House Intel Committee (chaired by Nunes) request to interview Strzok. DC

10/31/17

11/30/17  Flynn signs plea agreeement with special counsel, admitting he lied about sanctions conversations NPR

12/01/17  U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras presides over hearing where Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI Reuters

12/02/17  Washington Post reveals existence of incriminating messages between Peter Strzok revealing anti-Trump biases  WaPo

12/04/17 CNN reveals Strzok changed wording of Clinton investigation to avoid criminal charges CNN

12/06/17 DOJ executive Bruce Ohr demoted after revelations he secretly met with Fusion GPS, which had secretly employed his wife Nellie  Fox

12/06/17  Rep. Adam Schiff accused of leaking privileged notes of meeting between Trump. Jr and House Intelligence Committee to CNN  Hill

12/07/17  Fox News reveals Ohr was in contact with Fusion GPS at the same time the FISA application was submitted and granted. Fox

12/07/17  Rep. Jim Jordan grills FBI director Wray: was Dossier used to secure FISA warrant? Wray refuses to answer RCP

12/07/17  Judge presiding over Flynn case, Rudolph Contreras (also a FISA judge), is recused according to court statement, for reasons unknown Reuters

12/11/17  Fox News reveals Ohr’s wife was hired by Fusion GPS to create opposition research against Trump Fox

George Webb Report: Rogue FBI Andrew McCabe, Peter Srozok & Lisa Page used a Shared DropBox which stored their Text Messages to each other. McCabe Illegally deleted 5 months of Text Messages  youtube

12/12/17  375 text messages between Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page are released CNN

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

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

12/13/17  Deputy A.G. Rosenstein refuses to tell Congress whether the FBI paid for the Fusion GPS “Dossier” DC

12/14/17  Rep. Jim Jordan states DOJ/FBI leadership attempted to fix the presidential election by inventing a “Russian Collusion” narrative Fox

12/18/17  Demoted DOJ official Bruce Ohr fails to appear before Congress FoxBiz

12/18/17  GOP lawmakers call for investigation into leaks of privileged interview between Trump Jr. and House Intelligence Committee Hill

12/18/17  Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley calls for the firing of FBI’s McCabe Fox

12/18/17  Bruce Ohr no show to Congress

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

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

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

12/22/17  Rep. Gaetz tells Fox News that Congress has email evidence that Andrew McCabe said Hillary was going to get a “HQ Special”. Presumably meaning special treatment of her investigation by a handpicked team at FBI Headquarters, that we now know included Peter Strzok. Fox

12/23/17  FBI’s McCabe announces his retirement in 2018 Reuters

12/29/17  State Dept. releases cache of emails found on Weiner-Abedin laptop, several of which contained classified information CNN

12/30/17  Obama kicks Russian Diplomats out because of hacking. guardian

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

12/30/17  State Department Releases Emails Containing Classified Information From Laptop Of Anthony Weiner And Huma Abedin   oann

12/30/17  DNC-linked NYT’s Haberman markets narrative that FBI opened Trump investigation due to George Papadopoulos, not “Dossier” NYT

12/30/17  Was A Drunken Conversation Really All The Probable Cause The FBI Needed To Investigate A Presidential Campaign?  redstate 

12/31/17  NY Times reports Clinton associates offered up to $500,000 to females to report sexual harrassment by Trump NYT

01/02/18  Fusion GPS founders write NYT op-ed asserting “Dossier” claims; fail to address funding sources, Nellie Ohr involvement, etc. NYT

01/03/18  Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley writes DAG Rosenstein: did Comey leak classified info to Columbia Professor Daniel Richman? SJC

01/03/18  James Clapper admits he never heard of Papadopoulos while he was the head of the US Intel for the Obama Administration truepundit

01/05/18  House Committee Receives Fusion GPS’s Bank Records  DC

01/05/18  NSA Director Mike Rogers announces to staff his intention to resign. This would free him up to testify in any future investigations. Reuters

01/05/18  Judicial Watch reveals that all of Comey’s leaked memos were classified, which represents intentional and criminal behavior by Comey FoxBiz

01/08/18  DOJ’s Bruce Ohr is either removed or resigns from his second high-level position, this time as head of OCDETF DC

01/08/18  DailyMail finds emails showing Huma Abedin intentionally copied State Dept. emails to Weiner laptop and lied to FBI about that fact DailyMail

01/10/18  Researcher CTH reveals FBI/DOJ likely used FISA 702 “About Inquiries”, not warrants, to wiretap Trump and his assocates at any time CTH

01/10/18  Sara Carter reports law enforcement sources tell her FISA process was illegally abused to surveill Trump campaign Carter

01/11/18  Document dump reveals FBI not only paid Fusion GPS but also allowed the private firm to submit FISA “About Inquiries” CTH

01/14/18  Ex-Trump adviser Michael Caputo says up to 1,000 GOP-linked persons were spied on by Obama DOJ/FBI illegal unmasking activities Fox

01/15/18  DNC-linked NYT’s Shane markets narrative that Clinton campaign was duped by Russian “Dossier” disinformation campaign. C-SPAN

01/15/18  Date that DOJ Inspector General expected to turn over 1.2 million documents related to DOJ/FBI handling of Clinton probe. CTH

01/16/18  Byron York reports Congressional Investigators believe Obama State Dept. may have played a role in disseminating “Dossier” Exam

01/18/18  Report on FISA abuse is made available to all House members; reaction is stunning: “Very foundations of our democracy are at risk” FoxBiz

01/19/18  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

01/19/18  NBC’s Dilanian, with a history of ties to Fusion GPS, markets false claim that Russian “bots” are behind #ReleaseTheMemo hashtag Twitter

01/21/18  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

01/22/18  Robert Mueller ordered the deletion of Peter Strzok’s text messages after Strzok admitted they would expose and detail the @FBI’s entire plan to frame President Trump https://twitter.com/therealcornett/status/955520707978563586

01/23/18  Senate Homeland Security Chair Ron Johnson releases 384 pages of new Strzok-Page texts Fox

01/23/18 Sen. Ron Johnson: FBI Informant Says ‘Secret Society’ Held Secret Meetings Off-Site  pjmedia

01/23/18  Johnson notes evidence of “corruption at highest levels of FBI”; and as former FBI head, Mueller must be dismissed as special counsel RCP

01/24/18  Nunes FISA abuse memo said to name James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew McCabe as participants in unlawful surveillance DailyBeast

01/25/18  NYT’s Haberman and Schmidt report that Trump wanted to fire Mueller in June, but WH counsel threatened to quit rather than do so NYT

01/25/18  Missing five months of Strzok-Page text messages reported as recovered by DOJ IG Horowitz WaPo

01/29/18  FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe unexpectedly announces his immediate resignation (also reported as removed by Director Wray) Exam

01/29/18  House Intelligence Committee votes to release memo to the public outlining abuse of FISA surveillance by Obama administration Fox

01/30/18  Andrew McCabe stepped down from FBI despite wanting to stay a few months extra to enhance his pension.  cnn

01/31/18  Report that McCabe and Strzok hid discovery that Weiner computer held thousands of Clinton emails from Congress for weeks WSJ 

01/31/18  FBI issues statement of “grave concerns” about HPSCI memo; HPSCI Chairman Nunes replies that reasons are obvious Multiple

01/31/18  Special Counsel Mueller requests postponement of Flynn sentencing, likely due to potential evidence tampering (Form 302 changes) CTH.       directorblue

02/02/18  4-page FISA memo released: shows FBI/DOJ disguised DNC-sourced “dossier” and used it to illegally surveil Trump and associates Exam

02/02/18  Media reporting Russians wanted to recruit Carter Page. mcclatchydc

02/04/18  Former WH Chief of Staff Reince Priebus denies he ever heard Trump state a desire to fire Mueller NBC

02/05/18  Josh Campbell quit the FBI last week. Then he wrote an op-ed for The New York Times where he complained about people exposing the corruption and criminal acts by agency leaders. gatewaypundit

02/07/18  Carter Page denied being an agent for the FBI or Russia to the Daily Caller “Never did anything of that variety.”  DC  (see info below on Carter Page)

02/07/18  Email reveals that Michael Isikoff, whose Yahoo News article based on the “Steele dossier” was used to obtain the FISA interception warrant against the Trump campaign’s Carter Page, was secretly “working with” the DNC’s Alexandra Chalupa. https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/emailid/3962 …

02/07/18  Isikoff from Yahoo News says he was “stunned” to learn that his article was cited in the FISA warrant. We “believe” him. zerohedge

02/09/18  Warner Texts: markwarnertexts  Democrat Mark Warner’s texts with Russian oligarch lobbyist Adam Waldman in effort to contact Christopher Steele. Warner Texts: markwarnertexts twitter

02/09/18  ‘I truly hate these people’: Disgraced FBI agents trashed pro-lifers, wanted to stop March for Life | News | LifeSite

02/09/18  Strzok may have used his cell phone in a SCIF which might jeopardize Clinton’s trial – General “Anywhere I’ve ever been, someone is going to notice you using [a device in a SCIF], so that tells me the whole system at the FBI is broken,” he sad. “What’s going on in the general counsel’s office? How rampant is this? DC

NOTE on text: “We’re in Jims SCIF,” Strzok texted. If this didn’t jump out to him as a violation, it’s no wonder violations by Clinton didn’t. Worse, he may have done this in the presence of FBI’s general counsel, raising questions about FBI’s classified practices!

02//10/18  A shadowy Russian bilked American spies out of $100k last year, promising to deliver stolen NSA cyber weapons in a deal that he insisted would include compromising material on Trump…NSA got played.  twitter 

02/10/18  Katicas’ Timeline from FBI Notes:

02/12/18  Ambassador Rice appears to have used this email to document a January 5, 2017 Oval Office meeting between President Obama, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates regarding Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election.  In particular, Ambassador Rice wrote:  https://twitter.com

02/12/18  Comey told Congress FBI agents didn’t think Michael Flynn lied. Indeed, it appears the FBI did not think Flynn had done anything wrong in the calls. On January 23, the Washington Post reported that the FBI had reviewed the Flynn-Kislyak calls and “has not found any evidence of wrongdoing or illicit ties to the Russian government.” (The calls had been intercepted by U.S. intelligence because the U.S. monitored the Russian ambassador’s communications — something which Flynn, a former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, surely knew.)  TruePundit.  

02/12/18  Comey told Senate last time he met w/ Obama was “late 2016” In email, Susan Rice says Comey+Obama met in WH Oval Jan 2017 Who is lying? Comey remarks h/t @ChrisCPandolfo  DC   WH logs don’t corroborate Rice: http://white-house-logs.insidegov.com 

02/13/18  Former Senior FBI official who worked as director for cyber incident response at the NSC until April 2017 is now leading BuzzFeed’s effort to verify Trump dossier. BuzzFeed is being sued by Carter Page Russian technology executive Aleksej Gubarev and Michael Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer,. You can’t make it up. One would have thought Anthony Ferrante et al would have vetted the “dossier” prior to publishing, right? Is Buzzfeed actually paying them since Ferrante, who worked under Comey, likely was involved in the fraud doc. in the first place? Perhaps it was Ferrante who led the whole farce and now has to fix the deal w BF or they’ll squeal?  foreign policy

Chuck Ross Timeline October 2015 – October 2016: DC aka DailyCaller