I think with all the stagnant air with all the other distractions in the news and the white noise drowning out everything, the timeline leading up to the election has been forgotten, so here is a short refresher.
7/5/16 - FISA Court denies FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign
7/5/16 - Christopher Steele shares Russian "Dossier" with FBI's Mike Gaeta; Gaeta's visit approved by Victoria Nuland
7/5/16 - Romanian hacker "Guccifer" claims to have hacked DNC again ("Guccifer 2.0") Bill Binney claims that forensics indicate that DNC emails were copied by an insider via USB and not hacked via external actors
7/10/16 - DNC staffer Seth Rich murdered in as yet unsolved case
7/12/16 - After approving FBI meeting with Steele (7/5/16), Victoria Nuland says she received key elements of "Dossier"
7/20/16 - Donald Trump officially becomes the Republican candidate for President
7/22/16 - Wikileaks releases archive of emails from DNC that show undermining of Sanders campaign
7/24/16 - Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigns as Chair of DNC due to Wikileaks revelations about undermining Sanders campaign
7/24/16 - HRD Campaign mgr Robbie Mook hit all the MSM networks claiming Russians hacked DNC and Clinton campaign to aid Trump
7/25/16 - FBI announces they are investigating the DNC hack
7/26/16 - Fusion GPS contractor Steele files new "Dossier" memo stating Russians hacked DNC (two days after Robbie Mook stated the same)
7/26/16 - Obama signs directive putting FBI in charge of responding to all cyber threats; Comey, Lynch and Clapper lead effort
7/30/16 - FBI opens counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian "collusion" with Trump campaign led by Strzok ("Crossfire Hurricane")
7/30/16 - DOJ's Bruce Ohr, Nellie Ohr and Christopher Steele meet at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington to discuss "Dossier"
8/2/16 - Strzok and Jos Pientka visit UK to meet with Alexander Downer
8/2/16 - Brennan sends "eyes only" document to Obama and three aides, about the Fusion GPS "dossier" existence
8/3/16 - Brennan briefs Harry Reid and others on possible Russia "collusion", with White House knowledge
8/4/16 - Brennan briefs Obama, Rice, Haines and McDonough in the Oval Office on "collusion", using Fusion GPS "dossier"
8/6/16 - Clinton issues the first tweet regarding Trump and Russia ("Seriously, what is going on with Trump and Russia?")
8/9/16 - Rice, Haines, Monaco, Clapper, Brennan, Lynch, Comey begin "Secret Circle" meetings on Russian "threat"; Adm is Rogers excluded from these meetings.
8/18/16 - Brennan's "Secret Circle" extended to SoS John Kerry and SoD Ash Carter (see 8/9/16); NSA's Rogers still excluded
8/27/16 - Harry Reid sends a letter to Comey referencing allegations made about Carter Page in the dossier
8/30/16 - House Democrats write Comey formally asking him to investigate Trump-Russia collusion in context of DNC hacking
9/5/16 - Hillary Clinton goes on the record with the NYT and accuses Russia of interfering with U.S. election
9/15/16 - Steele meets with Strzok in Rome; and asks him to continue relaying "dossier" memos
9/21/16 - New York Times, Washington Post, and Yahoo News verbally briefed by Steele on Russian "Dossier" according to court filings
9/21/16 - Steele briefs Kerry aide Jonathan Winer on "dossier"; Winer prepares 2-page summary for Kerry and others
9/21/16 - Sidney Blumenthal passes Shearer "dossier" to Sec. of State John Kerry's aide Jonathan Winer
9/21/16 - FISA Court approves FBI request for NSL surveillance of Trump campaign based upon Russian "Dossier"
9/22/16 - Jonathan Winer passes Shearer "dossier" to Christopher Steele; this info is later folded into Steele's "dossier"
9/23/16 - Yahoo News' Isikoff publishes report based upon Russian "Dossier" and possible Russian collusion with Trump campaign's Carter Page
9/26/16 - DOJ National Security Division head John Carlin submits Section 702 certifications for 2016 and is aware of Rogers' compliance review
9/27/16 - John Carlin, head of DOJ National Security Division and involved with FISA requests, announces he is resigning
9/27/16 - Weiner's laptop is discovered to have HRC's emails on it.
10/7/16 - Wikileaks releases archive of emails from Clinton operative John Podesta that morning
10/7/16 - Access Hollywood releases graphic audio tape of Donald Trump bragging about hitting on women 15:00 hrs EST
10/7/16 - In a prime time press conference Obama administration officially accuses Russia of meddling in 2016 presidential election
10/15/16 - FBI meets with Fusion GPS contractor Steele and offers to pay him for more Russian "Dossier" material
10/21/16 - Adm Rogers shuts down all "About Query" activity and reports his findings to the DOJ at 09:00 briefing
10/21/16 - DOJ/FBI file first FISA Title I surveillance request for Carter Page using "salacious and unverified", DNC/Clinton funded "Dossier" 16:30 hrs
10/24/16 - Adm Rogers verbally apprises FISA Court (FISC) of numerous cases where U.S. persons were improperly/illegally surveilled including Trump Tower
10/26/16 - NSA's Rogers notifies FISC in writing of FISA abuse, presumably to prevent 2016 certification of DOJ's abusive processes (see 9/26/16)
11/8/16 - Trump Elected POTUS11/15/16 - Bruce Ohr meets in secret with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele regarding Russian "Dossier" and inform them that the FBI will continue to fund it.
11/17/16 - Mike Rogers travels to Trump Tower warning of illegal surveillance; Trump transition team immediately moves to his Country Club in Bedminster NJ
11/18/16 - James Clapper informs WH officials he want Adm Rogers removed from his post at the NSA, Obama refuses to act.
11/18/16 - McCain told of the Russian "Dossier"; a copy is sent to McCain and key aides.
11/20/16 - Steele is terminated as a source for the FBI after he is caught in communications with multiple press outlets.
11/21/16 - Bruce Ohr meets with Strzok and Page; Ohr is told by Strzok he can continue to "go back to Chris" (Steele) despite Steele's formal termination.
12/9/16 - Brennan tells Congress that they believe the Russians hacked the DNC to help defeat Hillary Clinton's campaign
12/9/16 - McCain Walks the copy of the dossier he received in to Comey at the Hoover building.
12/9/16 - Obama orders intelligence community to investigate Russian influence on U.S. election
12/15/16 - Clapper issues a 23 page memo changing the dissemination loosening the procedures and breadth of EC 12333
1/2/17 - James Clapper instructs James Comey to inform Trump of "Dossier" at Trump Tower
1/3/16 - Loretta Lynch signed the new rules, submitted by Clapper, permitting the N.S.A. to disseminate "raw signals intelligence information,"
1/5/16 - Comey secretly meets with Obama, Biden, Yates and Rice, which was never disclosed to Congress, and in direct conflict with his sworn testimony
1/6/16 - 09:00 hrs Comey briefs President-Elect Trump on existence of "salacious and unverified" Russian "Dossier"
1/6/16 - Clapper leaks details of "Dossier" and Comey's meeting with Trump to CNN's Jake Tapper, within hours of Comey's meeting with Trump, existence of "Dossier" reported by CNN
1/20/17 - At 12:15 hrs, Susan Rice forwards herself and email detailing the Jan 5th meeting with Obama, Biden, Yates and Comey, as almost a CYA type of move. They same meeting Comey failed to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee when he was asked directly under oath if he had ever met with Obama during that time period.
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