James Comey and media scandal

 

James Comey and Our Poisoned Politics

Five years ago, the FBI boss was busy selling the bogus Steele dossier.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of perhaps the greatest media scandal of our age. Outlets like CNN and BuzzFeed flogged a bogus dossier of salacious claims funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign, even while admitting they didn’t know whether the dossier’s allegations against Donald Trump were true or false. It wasn’t necessarily that reporters had mistaken fake news for the real stuff—they simply didn’t care or acknowledge that they had an obligation to vet anti-Trump claims before disseminating them. The pathetic media excuse for running with the story was that important people in the government were talking about it. And no one wanted to talk about it more than the FBI’s then-director, James Comey. He kept talking about it even after his department had failed to corroborate it, and even though the CIA viewed it as mere “Internet rumor.” On this day five years ago, Mr. Comey emailed Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. As the dossier story was raging in the press, Mr. Comey mounted an unsuccessful effort to stop Mr. Clapper from publicly acknowledging that U.S. intelligence agencies had not deemed the dossier reliable and were not relying upon its claims, which had been compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele. According to the Obama-appointed Justice Department inspector general who reported on the government abuses in this case in 2019, Mr. Comey’s Jan. 11, 2017 email to Mr. Clapper included the following: I just had a chance to review the proposed talking points on this for today. Perhaps it is a nit, but I worry that it may not be best to say “The IC has not made any judgment that the information in the document is reliable.” I say that because we HAVE concluded that the source [Steele] is reliable and has a track record with us of reporting reliable information; we have some visibility into his source network, some of which we have determined to be sub-sources in a position to report on such things; and much of what he reports in the current document is consistent with and corroborative of other reporting... In the long history of Beltway bureaucratic maneuvering, has a government memo ever included so much inaccuracy in so few words? Mr. Steele had already been fired by the FBI as a confidential source, and his story was falling apart. The day after the Comey email, the FBI received a U.S. intelligence report warning of a particular inaccuracy in the dossier and assessing that the material was “part of a Russian disinformation campaign to denigrate U.S. foreign relations.” Read the article (paywall) https://www.wsj.com/articles/james-comey-and-our-poisoned-politics-11641944998?

Summary of the Memo

Timeline of the DNC and FBi meddling in the election of Donald Trump

06/24/15  Discovery of classified information on Clinton’s private email server announced; the matter is referred to the FBI  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

07/24/15 State Dept. and other officials make security referral related to classified information possessed by Clinton and associates  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

07/24/15  After complaints from Clinton camp, New York Times edits story about email probe, removing "criminal" references https://www.thewrap.com/new-york-times-alters-hillary-clinton-story-in-response-to-complaints-we-received-from-the-clinton-camp/

09/15/15  FBI official Andrew McCabe's wife Jill receives $700,000 from Clinton associate Gov. Terry McCauliffe's political entities https://ballotpedia.org/Jill_McCabe

01/19/16  Intelligence Community Inspector General reports Clinton's private email server had SAP (highest classification level) data on it  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/19/inspector-general-clinton-emails-had-intel-from-most-secretive-classified-programs.html

01/29/16  FBI director James Comey names Andrew McCabe deputy director, with responsibility for oversight of Clinton investigation https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/andrew-mccabe-named-deputy-director-of-the-fbi

03/04/16  FBI's Peter Strzok texts his mistress Lisa Page, an FBI attorney, calling Trump "an idiot", whose nomination would be "good for Hillary" http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

03/19/16  Hackers gain access to emails of Democrat operative John Podesta  http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-wikileaks-timeline/index.html

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) http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/251897/obama-steele-dossier-russiagate

04/05/16  FBI's Strzok interviews Clinton aide Huma Abedin http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

04/09/16  FBI's Strzok interviews Clinton aide Cheryl Mills http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

04/12/16  Law firm Perkins Coie, using money from the Clinton campaign and DNC, hires Fusion GPS to find incriminating data on Trump  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

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  https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/russian-government-hackers-broke-into-dnc-servers-stole-trump-oppo-224315

05/02/16  FBI director Comey drafts statement exonerating Clinton before interviewing her or other key witnesses https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

05/03/16  Trump becomes the presumptive Republican nominee for the office of president   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93Russia_dossier

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  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

05/05/16   Washington Post reports there is "scant evidence" of a crime committed by Clinton through her use of a private email server  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

05/15/16   Crowdstrike claims it investigated DNC hacking and that Russians were responsible; FBI still denied access to server to confirm https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/bears-midst-intrusion-democratic-national-committee/ 

05/16/16  Draft statement by FBI directory Comey exonerating Clinton, before key interviews, is circulated to FBI leadership  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

05/15/16  Nellie Ohr, wife of DOJ executive Bruce Ohr, is secretly hired by Fusion GPS, presumably to work on Russian "Dossier" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/11/wife-demoted-doj-official-worked-for-firm-behind-anti-trump-dossier.html

05/23/16  Nellie Ohr applies for HAM radio license, presumably to create covert communication channel and avoid government surveillance  http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/LicArchive/license.jsp?archive=Y&licKey=12382876

06/09/16 Donald Trump Jr. meets with Russian attorney after being lured by the promise of opposition research https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html

06/12/16  Wikileaks' Assange warns that Clinton emails will be leaked  http://www.itv.com/news/update/2016-06-12/assange-on-peston-on-sunday-more-clinton-leaks-to-come/

06/15/16 Ex-MI-6 agent Christopher Steele is hired by Hillary Clinton's campaign through Fusion GPS, according to UK court filings    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2KXyxqtVUxEb2pwRmphOXM/view?usp=sharing

06/15/16   FBI agent Peter Strzok changes wording of Clinton charges from criminal designation “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless"   http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/04/fbi-agent-fired-from-russia-probe-oversaw-flynn-interviews-changed-comey-memos-on-clinton-charges.html

06/20/16  Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele releases first memo related to Russian "Dossier"  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

06/27/16  A.G. Loretta Lynch secretly meets with Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac; they later deny discussing the investigation  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

07/02/16  Clinton interviewed by FBI and Peter Strzok for 3.5 hours; she is not placed under oath nor recorded  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

07/05/16  FISA Court denies FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign  http://www.nationalreview.com/article/443768/obama-fisa-trump-wiretap

07/05/16  Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele shares Russian "Dossier" with the FBI  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

07/05/16  FBI director Comey announces he does not recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for use of her email server  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

07/06/16  A.G. Loretta Lynch accepts Comey's recommendation not to charge Clinton for mishandling classified information  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/07/james-comey-testimony-a-timeline-fbi/102581874/

07/10/16  DNC staffer Seth Rich murdered in as yet unsolved case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich

07/22/16  Wikileaks releases archive of emails stolen from Democrat National Committee (DNC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak

07/24/16  Clinton aide Robbie Mook claims Russians hacked DNC and Clinton campaign to aid Trump https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/robby-mook-russians-emails-trump-226084

07/25/16  Wikileaks' Assange says he timed release of DNC emails to impact convention; says "no one" knows who provided emails https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/politics/assange-timed-wikileaks-release-of-democratic-emails-to-harm-hillary-clinton.html

07/25/16  FBI announces it will investigate the DNC hack revealed by Wikileaks, Peter Strzok handpicked to lead investigation  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Democratic_National_Committee_email_leak

07/30/16  FBI opens counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian "collusion" with Trump campaign led bt Peter Strzok http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

08/06/16  FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about a "menace", presumably meaning Trump http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

08/10/16  Washington Post implies John Brennan may have shared "Dossier" with President Obama around this date https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?utm_term=.fcda779022f5

08/15/16  FBI investigator Strzok texts mistress about needing an "insurance policy" against Trump  https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/12/politics/peter-strzok-texts-released/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

08/16/16  FBI writes Congress defending decision not to prosecute Clinton, stating it was ‘extreme carelessness’ and not ‘gross negligence’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b

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 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/u-s-official-donald-trump-s-body-language-claim-doesn-n644856

08/25/16  CIA director James Brennan informs Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid about possible Russian "collusion" with Trump campaign  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

08/27/16  Reid sends a letter to Comey referencing allegations made about Carter Page in the dossier  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

09/01/16   NBC's Dilanian, believed to be a Fusion GPS flack, reports on Trump Jr.'s 6/9 meeting with Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya http://thefederalist.com/2017/12/04/fusion-gps-scandal-implicates-media-possible-pay-publish-scheme/

09/05/16  Hillary Clinton accuses Russia of interfering with U.S. election  https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/06/us/politics/hillary-clinton-russia.html

09/15/16  FISA Court approves FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign based upon Russian "Dossier"  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

09/21/16  New York Times, Washington Post, and Yahoo News verbally briefed by Steele on Russian "Dossier" according to court filings   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2KXyxqtVUxEb2pwRmphOXM/view?usp=sharing

09/23/16   Yahoo News publishes report based upon Russian "Dossier" and possible collusion with Trump campaign  https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-s-intel-officials-probe-ties-between-trump-adviser-and-kremlin-175046002.html

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

09/28/16  Comey claims his decision to exonerate Clinton was not made until after her interview with FBI agents https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/20/timeline-james-comeys-decision-making-on-the-clinton-probe/?utm_term=.0cead386f5ef

10/03/16  FBI agents seize computer of Anthony Weiner during investigation of his communications with underage females http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-emails-investigation-20161102-story.html

10/07/16  Obama administration officially accuses Russia of meddling in 2016 presidential election
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 https://www.wsj.com/articles/laptop-may-include-thousands-of-emails-linked-to-hillary-clintons-private-server-1477854957

10/14/16  Strzok's wife Melissa Hodgman given a major promotion to deputy director of SEC’s Enforcement Division 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  http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

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

10/30/16  Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's writes to James Comey asking him to release "explosive" information on Russian "collusion"   http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known

10/31/16  Fusion GPS contractor Steele feeds information to David Corn of Mother Jones that ties Trump to Russian "collusion" http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/veteran-spy-gave-fbi-info-alleging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump/#

10/31/16  Clinton campaign issues statement, citing Slate, about server in Trump Tower that secretly communicated with Russia https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/793250312119263233

11/06/16  Comey exonerates Clinton again after Weiner documents are reviewed "around the clock"  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b

11/08/16  Donald Trump is elected President of the United States  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

11/15/16  DOJ official Bruce Ohr meets in secret with Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson and Christopher Steele regarding Russian "Dossier" 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" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known

11/18/16  Sen. John McCain told of the Russian "Dossier"; a copy is sent to McCain and key aides
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

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

12/09/16   McCain provides a copy of Russian "Dossier" to FBI director James Comey   http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

12/09/16  President Obama orders intelligence community to investigate Russian influence on U.S. election  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

01/02/17  Wikileaks' Assange says he guarantees emails did not come from Russia; that Obama administration is trying to undermine Trump http://time.com/4620806/julian-assange-russia-hack-fox-hannity/

01/05/17  FBI says DNC refused to turn over server to determine nature of leaks http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/05/politics/fbi-russia-hacking-dnc-crowdstrike/index.html

01/06/17  Comey briefs President-Elect Trump on existence of "salacious and unverified" Russian "Dossier" https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/comey-even-though-it-was-salacious-and-unverified-we-knew-media-was-about

01/10/17   U.S. intelligence chiefs Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Rogers brief Obama on Russian "Dossier" and attempts to "influence" Trump http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/donald-trump-intelligence-report-russia/index.html

01/10/17  BuzzFeed releases full Fusion GPS "Dossier"
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kenbensinger/these-reports-allege-trump-has-deep-ties-to-russia?utm_term=.wao5vgDE6#.io8bXPQ9V

01/11/17  WSJ identifies author of Russian "Dossier" as Christopher Steele https://www.wsj.com/articles/christopher-steele-ex-british-intelligence-officer-said-to-have-prepared-dossier-on-trump-1484162553

01/12/17  DOJ IG Michael Horowitz announces probe into actions of FBI including McCabe's role in Clinton email scandal https://oig.justice.gov/press/2017/2017-01-12.pdf

01/19/17  NYT reports law enforcement officials "intercepted" communications of Trump officials, including Paul Manafort https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/us/politics/trump-russia-associates-investigation.html?

01/22/17  Michael Flynn sworn in as National Security Adviser
Moyer http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/

01/24/17  Michael Flynn gives voluntary interview to FBI regarding Russian "collusion"; interviewer is Peter Strzok  https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

01/26/17 Acting A.G. Sally Yates and Bill Priestap inform White House counsel that Flynn was "compromised" by Russian actors https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

01/30/17  Acting A.G. Sally Yates fired by President Trump for refusing to enforce his travel ban orders https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

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

02/13/17 Flynn fired by President after leaks claim that the aide has discussed sanctions with Russian actors, which Flynn denies https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

02/14/17  In meeting with Trump, Comey says he was asked by President if he could see fit to "letting Flynn go" https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

03/02/17  A.G. Jeff Sessions recuses himself from Russia "collusion" investigation, citing prior contacts with the Russian Ambassador https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/jeff-sessions-russia-trump-investigation-democrats.html

03/20/17  Comey testifies before Congress that FBI secretly investigated potential Trump "collusion" and hid that fact from Congress  http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

03/20/17  Comey denies accusations that the Trump campaign had been wiretapped by the U.S. government https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b

03/20/17  Press Secretary Sean Spicer strongly denounces surveillance and unmasking of Trump aides by Obama officials http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/spicer-blasts-unmasking-of-flynn/article/2617884

03/28/17  Sen. Chuck Grassley writes to Comey over concern that McCabe's investigation of Clinton was tainted by campaign donations https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-examines-potential-conflicts-top-fbi-official%E2%80%99s-role-russia-collusion

05/09/17  Trump fires FBI director James Comey   http://time.com/4774278/james-comey-fired-timeline/

05/10/17  Washington Post asserts Comey had requested additional funding and resources for Russia investigation before his firing https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/09/comey-timeline-everything-that-led-up-to-his-firing/?utm_term=.1d521047582b

05/17/17 DOJ names Robert Mueller special counsel to investigate Russian influence on election https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html

06/15/17  Former DHS head Jeh Johnson tells Congress that the DNC refused to turn over its server so it could thoroughly investigate https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/5/dnc-email-server-most-wanted-evidence-for-russia-i/

07/07/17  Comey asserts "Dossier" was "salacious and unverified", but was important because media was prepared to report it https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/comey-even-though-it-was-salacious-and-unverified-we-knew-media-was-about

07/13/17  CNN reports Strzok is working for Mueller's special counsel investigation  http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/peter-strzok-special-counsel-russia-fbi/index.html

07/20/17  DOJ Inspector General receives compromising texts of Mueller investigator Peter Strzok from FBI http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/

07/24/17  Consortium of Intelligence Professionals (VIPS) reports that there is no evidence that Russians hacked DNC https://consortiumnews.com/2017/07/24/intel-vets-challenge-russia-hack-evidence/

07/27/17  DOJ Inspector General meets with Mueller and Rosenstein to inform them of Strzok's text messages http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/

08/09/17  The Nation reports evidence that DNC insiders, not Russian hackers, compromised Democrat IT systems  https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/

08/10/17  DOJ Inspector General requests all communications between Strzok and Page  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/13/new-details-emerge-about-discovery-of-fbi-agents-anti-trump-texts/

08/22/17 Fusion GPS chief Glenn Simpson meets with Senate committee for 10 hours, but refuses to divulge who funded "Dossier"
http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/28/finally-a-definitive-timeline-showing-when-clinton-dnc-started-the-russian-dossier/

08/24/17  House Intel Chair Nunes subpoenas DOJ and FBI for documents related to "Dossier", which Strzok is believed to be behind http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/13/politics/peter-strzok-special-counsel-russia-fbi/index.html

09/14/17  Susan Rice admits she surveilled Trump administration after the election and later unmasked the identities of key aides https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/14/susan-rice-reveals-why-she-unmasked-trump-campaign/

10/18/17  Two Fusion GPS officials plead the Fifth Amendment during House Intelligence Committee interviews
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" http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/trump-dossier-timeline-whats-known

10/29/17  NBC's Delanian reports upon an illegal leak from the Mueller investigation that the first indictment will be issued Monday https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/grand-jury-approves-first-charges-mueller-s-russia-probe-report-n815246

10/30/17  Manafort and Gates indicted as part of Mueller's investigation   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/special-counsel-indictments.html

10/31/17  FBI refuses House Intel Committee (chaired by Nunez) request to interview Strzok  http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/14/strzoks-texts-and-the-clinton-trump-investigations-a-definitive-timeline/

11/30/17  Flynn signs please agreement with special counsel, admitting he lied about sanctions conversations https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568319589/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-michael-flynn-story

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

12/04/17  CNN reveals Strzok changed wording of Clinton investigation to avoid criminal charges
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/peter-strzok-james-comey/index.html?sr=twCNNp120417peter-strzok-james-comey0420PMStory&CNNPolitics=Tw

12/06/17  DOJ executive Bruce Ohr demoted after revelations he secretly met with Fusion GPS, which had secretly employed his wife Nellie  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html

12/06/17  Rep. Adam Schiff accused of leaking privileged notes of meeting between Trump. Jr and House Intelligence Committee to CNN http://thehill.com/homenews/house/365470-republicans-call-for-an-inquiry-into-house-intel-panel-russia-investigation

12/07/17  Fox News reveals Ohr was in contact with Fusion GPS at the same time the FISA application was submitted and granted http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/07/top-doj-official-demoted-amid-probe-contacts-with-trump-dossier-firm.html

12/07/17   Rep. Jim Jordan grills FBI director Wray: was Dossier used to secure FISA warrant? Wray refuses to answer https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/12/07/rep_jim_jordan_grills_fbi_director_wray_about_peter_strzok.html

12/07/17  Judge presiding over Michael Flynn criminal case, Rudolph Contreras, is recused, according to court statement for reasons unknown 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  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
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/12/12/politics/peter-strzok-texts-released/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

12/12/17  Deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe cancels testimony before Congress after revelations about Nellie and Bruce Ohr are released 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 Deputy A.G. Rosenstein refuses to tell Congress whether the FBI paid for the Fusion GPS "Dossier"  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  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 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 http://thehill.com/homenews/house/365470-republicans-call-for-an-inquiry-into-house-intel-panel-russia-investigation

12/19/17  FBI's McCabe testifies in private to House Intel Committee a day after Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley called for his firing  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/19/fbi-s-mccabe-faces-gop-calls-for-ouster-ahead-closed-door-testimony.html

This is not my research, but was reformatted from a spread sheet.
Source:  http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2017/12/a-timeline-of-treason-how-fbi.html

The Trump investigation

The investigation is tainted with swill from the dossier, the spying by Obama Administration, adulterous and marital relationships within an overwhelmingly biased team, with the Trump hating media at the teats recycling the whole mess to the American people, it's little wonder that half the electorate are regurgitating slop.

The DOJ and the gag order

I know Democrats and the MSM are trying their best to ignore the ballooning  bribery and pay to play scandal of the Clintons, the CFIUS (inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person) with the FBI involvement. Democrats are calling it a plot by Brietbart and Fox. Bank receipts, pay offs, etc. Bob Mueller, who was with the FBI at the time of the transfer to Russia and the original investigation is implicated.  Plus the dossier scandal and the British spy.  Oh my.  So much to learn. Democrats were so eager to track every crumb of evidence when they thought it was about Trump colluding with Russia!

The Justice Department says it has lifted a gag order preventing an FBI informant from telling Congress details about the Obama-era deal in which a Russian-backed company bought a uranium firm with mines in the U.S. Although some Democrats will be willing to throw Hillary under the bus to save St. Obama, others will stand with her.  They still have the Clinton crime machine even if the foundation is gone to go after them.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/25/justice-department-provides-fbi-uranium-one-informant-to-congress.html