This is according to what two unnamed “sources who have been briefed on the matter” will tell Yahoo News in July 2016. FBI officials privately meet with senior Clinton campaign officials and express concern that hackers are using “spear phishing” techniques to access the campaign’s computers. They ask the campaign to turn over internal computer logs and the personal email …
March 1, 2016 – Judicial Watch obtains Strzok-Page emails showing FBI’s special accommodation of Clinton email witnesses
“Judicial Watch announced today it received 35 pages of records of communications between former FBI official Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page that show the attorney representing three of Hillary Clinton’s aides met with senior FBI officials. (…) On March 1, 2016 an unidentified official from the FBI Office of General Counsel asks Baker if he’d had a chance to …
March 1, 2016 – The FBI is given a Russian intel doc citing an email that suggests AG Lynch assured a Clinton aide she would not let the email investigation go too far
“In the midst of the 2016 presidential primary season, the FBI received what was described as a Russian intelligence document claiming a tacit understanding between the Clinton campaign and the Justice Department over the inquiry into whether she intentionally revealed classified information through her use of a private email server. The Russian document cited a supposed email describing how then-Attorney …
March 2, 2016 – Devon Archer meets with SoS John Kerry shortly after Ukraine prosecutor Shokin resigns
(…) Archer was scheduled to meet with Kerry on March 2, 2016, weeks before the Ukrainian parliament removed Shokin from his position, a redacted State Department email reported on by Fox News shows. The new evidence that Hunter’s partner Devin Archer met with then Secretary of State John Kerry is particularly concerning due to the date after Biden forcing the Ukrainians to …
Clinton’s campaign manager privately says “We brought up the existence of [Clinton’s] emails in research this summer but were told that everything was taken care of.”
On March 2, 2015, Clinton campaign chair John Podesta emails Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, and asks him, “Did you have any idea of the depth of this story?” He is referring to the New York Times front page story from earlier in the day about Clinton exclusively using a private email account while secretary of state. Mook replies, “Nope. …
March 4, 2016 – Strzok and Page texts are favorable toward Clinton, not so favorable toward Trump, at same time both are being investigated by FBI
“FBI agent Peter Strzok praised Hillary Clinton and said he would vote for her for president while also leading the investigation into her possible mishandling of classified information. In March 2016, Strzok sent his mistress Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer, text messages saying that “Hillary should win 100,000,000 – 0.” And asked who he would vote for in the election, …
March 7 – October 31, 2016: Fusion GPS bank records show Russia-related payments to law firm representing Prevezon Holdings, sought to limit impact on Magnitsky sanctions
The records show that Fusion was also paid $523,651 by the law firm BakerHostetler between March 7, 2016 and Oct. 31, 2016. Fusion worked for BakerHostetler to investigate Bill Browder, a London-based banker who helped push through the Magnitsky Act, a sanctions law vehemently opposed by the Kremlin. BakerHostetler represented Prevezon Holdings and its owner, a Russian businessman named Denis Katsyv. Katsyv …
March 9, 2016: NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers discovers FBI contractors doing FISA-702 “About Queries”
“November 2015 through April 2016 FISA-702(17) “About Queries”, returns from searches, were identified by NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers, being conducted by the intelligence community (FBI), by “contractors” and “individuals” for reasons that: were unauthorized; were directly related to U.S. persons; and had nothing to do with National Security; and were conducted by people who did not request FISA Court Approval. …
March 11, 2016 – Hillary Clinton, The Podesta Group and the Saudi Regime: A Fatal Menage A Trois
If I told you that Democratic Party lobbyist Tony Podesta, whose brother John Podesta chairs Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, is a registered foreign agent on the Saudi government’s payroll, you’d probably think I was a Trump-thumping, conspiratorial nutcase. But it’s true. The lobby firm created by both Tony and John Podesta in 1988 receives $140,000 a month from the Saudi government, a government that beheads nonviolent dissidents, uses …
Donna Brazile, vice chair of the DNC, appears to leak a debate question to the Clinton campaign in advance.
Brazile writes an email to Clinton’s campaign Communications Director Jennifer Palmieri. It is CCed to Clinton campaign chair John Podesta. Podesta’s email account will later be hacked, resulting in the release of the email by WikiLeaks on October 11, 2016. Brazile is also a CNN and ABC contributor at the time. In July 2016, she will be promoted to the …
March 14, 2016 – Mifsud is a Western intelligence asset who is part of a CIA intelligence “operation” against candidate Donald Trump
“According to an interview granted by the lawyer for intelligence asset Joseph Mifsud to journalist John Solomon, professor Mifsud admitted to being a western intelligence asset who was part of a CIA intelligence “operation” against candidate Donald Trump in March 2016. Solomon notes that an audio-taped deposition exists from Joseph Mifsud prior to going into hiding after the 2016 Presidential …
March 14, 2016 – The UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee releases a report: Libyan intervention based on erroneous assumptions
The Foreign Affairs Committee has published a report examining the intervention and subsequent collapse of Libya. Read the report summary Read the report conclusion and recommendations Read the full report: Libya: Examination of intervention and collapse and the UK’s future policy options 2011 intervention In March 2011, the UK and France led the international community to support an intervention in …
March 14, 2016 – Russian official claims CIA Director Brennan makes a secret trip to Moscow
“John Brennan, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), made a secret visit to Moscow in March, according to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov. The visit, he said, had nothing to do with Russia’s decision two weeks ago to begin withdrawing from Syria. “It’s no secret that Brennan was here,” Syromolotov was quoted by the Interfax news agency …
March 14, 2016 – George Papadopoulos is introduced to Joseph Mifsud and becomes the flashpoint of Spygate and Russiagate
“The recently released transcript of George Papadopoulos’s congressional testimony reveals a significant fact: Papadopoulos’s introduction to Joseph Mifsud—the source of the “Russia has Hillary’s emails” tip that purportedly prompted the FBI to launch an investigation into the Trump campaign—was arranged mere days after Papadopoulos announced he was joining the Trump campaign. Saturday evening, Papadopoulos rocked Twitter with claims that “a woman in London, …
March 15, 2016 – Clapper and Comey make secret visits to Australia
“America’s top spy, the US Director of National Intelligence, is on a secret visit to Australia, ABC has learned. James Robert Clapper Jr directs the US National Intelligence Program and reports directly to President Barack Obama. So far the Federal Government is refusing to give any details of his activities and meetings while in Australia, but the United States embassy …
March, 2016 – Newt Gingrich paid Judicial Watch to hunt for Clinton server hack
“In the summer of 2016, the FBI interview report noted, the interviewee reported that a senior staff member of the US Senate Judiciary Committee contacted him “out of concerns data from Clinton’s e-mail server might end up overseas. Specifically [name redacted] wanted to determine if there was an intrusion into Clinton’s server and, if so, whether exfiltrated data fell into …
March 2016 – Steele’s newly hired ‘primary sub-source’ has a criminal history and is poorly vetted by the FBI
“The mysterious “Primary Subsource” that Christopher Steele has long hidden behind to defend his discredited Trump-Russia dossier is former Brookings Institution analyst — Igor “Iggy” Danchenko, a Russian national whose past includes criminal convictions and other personal baggage ignored by the FBI in vetting him and the information he fed to Steele, according to congressional sources and records obtained by …
March 19, 2016 – The phishing email that hacks the account of John Podesta, originates from Ukraine
“This appears to be the phishing email that hacked Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s Gmail account. Further, The Clinton campaign’s own computer help desk thought it was real email sent by Google, even though the email address had a suspicious “googlemail.com” extension.” The email, with the subject line “*Someone has your password,*” greeted Podesta, “Hi John” and then said, “Someone …
March 21, 2016 – Clinton camp worries about fundraiser with ‘fraud’ Theranos CEO host; goes ahead with it anyway
“The Clinton campaign privately worried about the optics of having Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes host a fundraiser at their headquarters, but opted to go ahead with the event anyway after a change of venue. At the time, Theranos and Holmes were in the process of being exposed for having faked lab results for blood tests of thousands of Americans, …
March 22, 2016 – American lobbyist firm for Burisma pays Ukrainian embassy official to open door for meetings with Ukraine prosecutors
“In a newly sworn affidavit prepared for a European court, Shokin testified that when he was fired March 2016, he was told the reason was that Biden was unhappy about the Burisma investigation. “The truth is that I was forced out because I was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into Burisma Holdings, a natural gas firm active in Ukraine and Joe Biden’s …
March 23, 2016 – DOJ prosecutor, Lisa Holtyn, emails Bruce Ohr asking him to hook her and other prosecutors up with his wife Nellie Ohr, conflicts with testimony she had no role in DOJ investigations
On [March] 23, 2016, DOJ prosecutor Lisa Holtyn emails Bruce Ohr to see if he could connect her as well as prosecutors Joe Wheatley and Ivana Nizich with his wife, Nellie Ohr, as she could be a “great resource” for them. He replies, “I’m sure Nellie would be delighted to speak with them. I’m pretty sure there is no conflict of …
March 28, 2016 – National Archives refuses to release Hillary Clinton’s draft indictments in response to a Judicial Watch FOIA request
“Should the American public be allowed to view the draft indictment of Hillary Clinton over the Whitewater case? Judicial Watch, the organization founded to promote transparency in government, has sued to make the allegations against her public. According to Judicial Watch: The draft indictments relate to allegations that Clinton provided false information and withheld evidence from federal investigators to conceal …
March 29, 2016 – The Ukrainian Parliament officially ousts Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin
“Bowing to pressure from international donors, the Ukrainian Parliament voted on Tuesday to remove a prosecutor general who had clung to power for months despite visible signs of corruption. But in a be-careful-what-you-wish-for moment, veteran observers of Ukrainian politics said that the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, had played an important role in balancing competing political interests, helping maintain stability during a …
March 29, 2016 – Manafort joins the Trump campaign
“The Trump campaign announced it had brought on Manafort, a veteran political strategist, to help the real estate mogul prevent delegates from bolting and choosing another nominee at the Republican National Convention in July. Although Trump led the Republican field in both votes and delegates, he was still unpopular among many Republicans, and it was unclear if he would end …
March 2016 – Former Feinstein staffer, Daniel Jones, and his possible early involvement with Fusion GPS during 2016 elections
“In a March 8, 2018, op-ed for The Daily Caller titled “The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ Is False Public Manipulation,” Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska noted how “the disintegration of evidence-based journalism permits a surprisingly small number of individuals to destroy bilateral or multilateral relations.” Deripaska then described an unusual meeting that took place on March 16, 2017, between his lawyer and …