Re: US spy agencies secretly surveil Republican Presidential candidate
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Date: June 28, 2020 08:31PM
April 2014: President Barack Obama fires Gen. Michael Flynn as chief of DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) after clashing with the administration over Iran policies, Syrian civil war, rise of ISIS
September 2015: Stefan Halper is awarded a $245,000 contract by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessments for a “China Russia” study. The ONA was later described by Gen. Flynn’s attorney Sydney Powell as a CIA “slush” fund.
December 2015: Gen. Flynn travels to Moscow and is photographed with Vladimir Putin. OCONUS lures approved. Halper begins drawing down expenses on his ONA contract.
January 2016: The “Lokhova operation” begins. Halper associate Christopher Andrew, a University of Cambridge professor, invites British academic Svetlana Lokhova to dinner on behalf of Halper. Lokhova declines to attend. The former Bush aide used Lokhova to dirty up National Security Advisor Gen. Michael Flynn in a sustained media campaign serving as the basis of an investigation of Gen. Flynn. Halper provides his stories to John Brennan who forwards it to the FBI.
February 2016: Halper’s first of his three taxpayer paid trips to United Kingdom. Halper spread lies to members of Cambridge Intelligence Seminar about Svetlana Lokhova’s supposed links to Russian intelligence.
March 2016: The “George Papadopoulos operation” begins commences when a Maltese professor, Joseph Mifsud, meets Papadopoulos.
May 2016: Australian High Commissioner Alexander Downer meets Papadopoulos and much later passes information to U.S. State Department, which is the excuse to open Crossfire Hurricane in July. Trump campaign adviser Stephen Miller is invited to participate in a July symposium at the University of Cambridge arranged by Halper’s academic department. Miller declines.
June 2016: The “Carter Page operation” begins. A Halper associate at Cambridge, Steven Schrage, invites Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, to the July symposium. Page accepts.
July 2016: Wikileaks releases hacked emails from DNC (Democrat National Committee)
July 2016: Fusion GPS, funded by Democrats, contacts FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team with allegations claiming Russian ties with Trump aides, entities [this would be stories planted by Stefan Halper regarding Flynn, Page, Papadopoulos, etc.]
July 2016: Halper’s second expenses-paid trip to the United Kingdom where he first meets with Page at the Cambridge symposium on July 11, 2016. Downer also speaks with Page, who is sitting next to him during the keynote address delivered by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Halper granted a second larger contract of $455,000 by the ONA.
Summer 2016: FBI Director James Comey tells POTUS Obama about FBI’s Trump-Russia probe
August 2016: FBI official Peter Strzok texts Lisa Page about “insurance policy” they discussed in Andrew McCabe’s office
August 6, 2016: FBI opens a sub-case probe into Michael Flynn under Crossfire Hurricane umbrella
August 17, 2016: FBI secretly uses intelligence briefing to surveil candidate Trump, Michael Flynn for FBI Crossfire Hurricane investigation
August 2016: Halper reports his “eyewitness” account to the FBI who open a counter intelligence operation on Gen. Flynn. Halper invites Page to visit him in Virginia. Contacts between the two increase as the FISA application is being drafted. Halper emails Trump campaign Co-Chair Sam Clovis and arranges to meet with him.
September 2, 2016: Lisa Page texts Peter Strzok that Obama wants to be read-in on everything the FBI is doing on the Russia collusion case: “POTUS wants to know everything we are doing.”
September 5, 2016: During an international summit in China, President Obama tells Russian leader Putin to “cut it out” with election meddling
September 2016: Halper writes to Papadopoulos, inviting him to London. Both Halper and Azra Turk a US government undercover-investigator and “honey trap” seek to elicit information from him about the Trump Campaign
October 2016: Christopher Steele tells FBI his dossier source is a “boaster,” “egotist” who “may engage in some embellishment”
October 2016: DOJ (Department of Justice) Office of Intelligence red flags FBI Dir. Comey & team that “Steele had been to develop opposition research” by Clinton campaign, DNC
October 2016: Comey, team use Steele dossier for FISA warrant on Carter Page despite knowing “Steele may have been hired by someone associated with presidential candidate Clinton or the DNC,” Part of “elaborate Russia disinformation campaign.” – DOJ IG
October 21, 2016: FBI’s first FISA warrant to spy on Carter Page; three renewals on Jan. 12, April 7 & June 29, 2017
October 2016: Halper has a second recorded meeting with Carter Page just before the successful FISA application. FBI meet with Steele in Italy to offer him a significant reward for dirt on Gen. Flynn.
November 2016: President Obama advises incoming President Trump not to hire Flynn as an advisor
December 2016: Obama administration sanctions Russia for election meddling; Michael Flynn discusses US-Russia sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak
November 2016: After announcement of Gen. Flynn’s appointment as NSA; Halper’s lies are communicated by Christopher Steele via Sen. John McCain to James Comey of the FBI. Halper’s concoctions used as predicate for the FBI surveillance of Gen. Flynn. The House Intelligence Committee briefed by the Intelligence Agencies that “nothing unusual” during in 2016 Presidential election.
December 2016: CIA tells FBI that it views Steeler dossier as “internet rumor”
December 2016: Halper and Steele brief the U.S. and UK press on allegations about Gen. Flynn and Lokhova. The FT article falsely claims Kremlin penetration of the Cambridge Seminar. Halper associate and former head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, reportedly meets with former MI6 agent Christopher Steele.
January 2017: FBI finds little evidence to support Trump-Russia collusion theory – DOJ IG
January 2017: Flurry of coup related activity; Lies, Leaks and Investigation. Start of House Investigation into “Russian Interference.” Publication of Intelligence Community Assessment based in big part on Steele and Halper’s “intelligence”. Publication of Steele dossier. Ambush FBI interview …
January-March 2017: Steele’s sources indicate doubt to FBI on Steele’s credibility, tell FBI that he/she disagreed with Steele, “raised doubt about the reliability of Steele’s descriptions,” “never expected Steele to put the primary sub-source’s statements in reports or present them as facts,” “just talk,” “word of mouth and hearsay,” “over beers”, made in “jest”
By January 4, 2017: FBI agents find “no derogatory information” on Flynn for Trump-Russia probe
January 4, 2017: Strzok stops FBI closing Flynn case, “7th floor asked for it”
January 4, 2017: Strzok texts Lisa Page: Flynn case still open, “serendipitously good.”
Page: “Phew, but yeah, that’s amazing that he is still open.”
January 5, 2017: Comey, Brennan, Clapper brief Obama, Biden, Sally Yates, Susan Rice in Oval Office about Russia, upcoming talk with Trump. Comey advises team not to discuss Russia with Flynn; Obama discusses details of Flynn phone call
January 6, 2017: Comey briefs President-Elect Trump at Trump Tower about Steele dossier
January 20, 2017: Susan Rice email Obama commitment by the book; Comey proceeding by the book
January 24, 2017: FBI official notes: “Truth/Admission or to get him [FLYNN] to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired? … If we get him to admit to breaking Logan Act give this to DOJ … If we’re seen as playing games WH [White House] will be furious.”
January 24, 2017: Strzok & FBI Agent interview Flynn at White House, circumvent White House counsel, Flynn has no lawyer present. Flynn, who at the time was national security adviser to Trump, was approached by a pair of FBI agents [Strzok and Pientka] for an interview at the White House. They wanted to discuss his communications with then-Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak regarding sanctions in December 2016, which had been picked up in wiretapped discussions. This interview would later form the basis for a false-statement charge and guilty plea.
February 2017: Gen. Flynn resigns. Christopher Andrew writes a newspaper article regarding Gen. Flynn. Lokhova approached by multiple U.S. media outlets who were briefed by Halper false stories about her supposed relationship with Gen. Flynn. Allegation of “inappropriate contact” (affair) put to multiple individuals including the legal representatives of Gen. Flynn.
February 10, 2017: Strzok texts Lisa Page about altering Flynn’s 302 interview record “I made your edits… I also emailed you an updated 302… hopefully it doesn’t need much more editing. I will polish it this weekend, and have it ready for Monday. I really appreciate your time and edits.”
February 13, 2017: Flynn resignation letter admits he misled Vice President about talks with Russian Ambassador. The resignation came as he was accused of misleading Vice President Pence and other senior White House officials about those same communications with Kislyak. Pence, after being briefed by Flynn, had said in television interviews that Flynn did not discuss sanctions with the ambassador.
February 14, 2017: Trump talks to Comey about Flynn case, says he hopes Comey can “let this go”
March 2017: Halper campaign targeting Gen. Flynn and Lokhova continues with articles in The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. Brennan Congressional testimony delayed.
March 30, 2017: Trump asks Comey to “lift the cloud” of the Russia investigation
Spring 2017: Comey arranges for media leaks of his memos about talks with Trump
May 2017: Trump fires Comey, media reports Trump asked Comey to go easy on Flynn, based on Comey’s memos of his talks with Trump
May 2017: Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to take over the investigation of Russian meddling and possible collusion with Trump associates in the 2016 election.
May 2017: Brennan delivers delayed testimony to Congress. Brennan makes allegation that a top Trump campaign advisor later, identified by Washington Post as Gen. Flynn, has been compromised by Russian intelligence. Mueller inquiry opens.
September 2017: Halper speaks with Carter Page for the last time; the FISA warrant on Page expires.
March 2018: Halper identified as a key player in Crossfire Hurricane operation by Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller.
May 2018: FBI and DOJ leaks to The Washington Post and The New York Times partially reveal Halper’s role in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation. Halper’s false allegations regarding Gen. Flynn and Lokhova appear in the Washington Post and New York Times.