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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.
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What is the connection between Perkins Coie, Fusion GPS and Gloria Allred?
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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!
Thanks for the info, great work.
Not sure if it is the same info but her is a link to a timeline as well.
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-timeline-of-treason-how-fbi.html
Regards.
Thank you, I was just looking for a timeline.
thanx you both for the outstanding effort you put into these time lines.
sure helps paint the picture.
Wow. I wish I knew how to copy that!
This needs to be a stand alone post... I don’t usually support ‘vanities’, but this is an exception. Wonderful work.
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Date Description Source Link
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 izJill 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/