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[[File:Clinton-Tweet-300x406.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hillary Clinton and Biden [[National Security Advisor]] Jake Sullivan were the sources of the Trump-Russia smear.]]
The '''Russiagate scandal''', originally dubbed the '''Obamagate scandal''', was misconduct by [[Democrat]]s and foreign allies that later became [[fake news]] fomented by [[Opposition to Donald Trump|opponents of Trump]] and the [[liberal media]]. This began in approximately June of 2015 and lasted throughout the presidency of [[President Donald Trump]] and beyond, including the improper [[Trump impeachment 1.0]] and [[Trump impeachment 2.0]].
This page documents the events of '''Obamagate timeline 2016 election year,''' a record of known facts about [[President Obama]]'s misuse of foreign intelligence gathering for domestic political spying,<ref>Vadum, Matthew (September 22, 2017). [http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/267945/unmasking-powers-abuse-power-matthew-vadum#.WcWGLkg3qWs.facebook "Unmasking power's abuse of power"]. ''FrontPageMag'' website archive.</ref> media manipulation, wiretaps, intimidation of journalists and critics, use of government intelligence agencies to influence domestic elections,<ref>Baldwin, Steve (November 20, 2017). [https://spectator.org/should-the-fbi-be-abolished/ "Should the FBI be abolished?"] ''The American Spectator'' website.</ref> efforts to thwart the election of President Donald Trump, [[subversion]] of the new administration's personnel and agenda,<ref>Crabtree, Bryan (July 10, 2017). [https://townhall.com/columnists/bryancrabtree/2017/07/10/obamas-political-weapon-against-trump-n2352631 "Obama's political weapon against Trump".] ''Townhall'' website.</ref> and to delegitimize and undermine his presidency.<ref>Neumayr, George (February 4, 2018). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/02/03/memo_obamagate_confirmed_433265.html "Memo: Obamagate Confirmed"]. ''The American Spectator'' website. Reprinted at ''RealClear Politics'' website.</ref> The fraudulent Russiagate hoax served the duel purpose of hampering the Trump administration and destroying friendly relations between the United States and the [[Russian Federation]].
During and immediately after the [[2016 Presidential election]] , [[CIA director ]] Director [[John Brennan]], along with the Department of Justice and the FBI, targeted Donald Trump. This covert [[disinformation]] campaign became widely known in the [[fake news]] [[mainstream media]] as [[Trump-Russia]], alleging [[collusion]] between Trump and associates with Russia. The side that actually colluded with foreign powers was that of Hillary Clinton and the [[Democratic partyDemocrat Party]].<ref>Margolis, Matt (May 11, 2020). [https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2020/05/11/hillary-knew-about-trump-opposition-research-in-2016-according-to-podesta-testimony-n389856 "Uh-oh. Podesta says Hillary knew about Trump oppo research that ended up in Steele Dossier".] ''PJ Media'' website.</ref>
After [[President Donald Trump]] took office in January 2017, [[sedition|seditious]] activity, and an unwillingness to accept the results of a democratic election by Obama holdovers in the US [[Intelligence Community]], came to light.
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==2009-2014 Vanguardism==
[[File:Bill-clinton-moscow-speech.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Pay day: Bill Clinton in Moscow to pick up a $500,000 bribe for his wife Hillary Clinton's approval of the Russian purchase of an American uranium mining company. Clinton recieved received [[Vladimir Putin]]'s personal thanks.]]
:''See : '''[[Obamagate timeline 2009-2014]]'''''
The [[Obamagate|Obamagate scandal]] refers to several scandals during President [[Barack Obama ]]'s tenure, notably the misuse of government agencies, [[Uranium One bribery scandal]],<ref>Solomon, John and Spann, Alison (October 17, 2017). [https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration "FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow"]. ''The Hill'' website.</ref> media manipulation, illegal wiretapingwiretapping, and domestic spying on American citizens to harass political opponents and critics.
Seven large scale scandals have tainted the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] legacy:
*[[Russia collusion hoax]].
''Circa'' reported "As his presidency drew to a close, Barack Obama's top aides routinely reviewed intelligence reports gleaned from the National Security Agency’s incidental intercepts of Americans abroad, taking advantage of rules their boss relaxed starting in 2011 to help the government better fight terrorism, espionage by foreign enemies and hacking threats. ...Among those cleared to request and consume unmasked NSA-based intelligence reports about U.S. citizens were Obama’s national security adviser [[Susan Rice]], his CIA Director [[John Brennan]] and then-Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]."<ref>Solomon, John and Carter, Sara (March 29, 2017). [https://web.archive.org/web/20170329111420/http://circa.com/politics/barack-obama-changed-how-nsa-intercepts-of-americans-like-donald-trump-could-be-shared "Obama's rule changes opened door for NSA intercepts of Americans to reach political hands"]. ''Circa'' website. Archived at the Internet Archive.</ref> In 2013 ''[[The Guardian]]'' quoted [[Edward Snowden]] saying,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/nsa-secret-surveillance-lawmakers-live</ref>
{{Quotebox-float|“'''I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone''', from you or your accountant, to a federal judge, to '''even the president''' if I had a personal e-mail.<br><br>
What [[Nixon]] contemplated - misuse of the FBI and CIA against domestic opponents - but failed to accomplish yet was nevertheless forced from office, Obama achieved beyond anyone's wildest expectations. The post-[[Watergate]] reform [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] to supervise [[Executive Branch]] power was systematically and wantonly circumvented to harass political opponents in an attempt to dictate the outcome of the [[2016 presidential election]], and [[blackmail]] the winner with illegally gathered evidence should the Obama coterie of conspirators fail.
Obamagate timeline 2015 - the progressive police state documents how the [[Leftist]] [[authoritarian]] [[utopia]] under [[President Barack Obama]] was firmly in place to cover-up the [[crimes]] of [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]], compromise whomever the 2016 [[GOP]] nominee would be, and rig the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton. This assault on [[American ]] [[democracy]] is indisputable.
The origins of intelligence lures, FBI [[provocateur]]s or Spygate. [[Sally Yates]] terminates independent Inspector General oversight of the [[DOJ-National Security Division]]. [[Nellie Ohr]] hired as an FBI contractor to begin illegal [[FISA]] 702 surveillance on [[Michael Cohen]] and others. [[Papadopoulos]] set up.
Comey gives immunity to Clinton cronies who destroyed evidence under a Congressional [[subpoena]].
During a period of From November 2015 through April 18, 2016, Justice Department political insiders and outside political contractors, including [[FusionGPS]], accessed the [[NSA]] and FBI database using FISA-702(17) “About Queries”. They gathered information on political opposition of candidate [[Hillary Clinton]], including Donald Trump campaign officials and affiliates. NSA Director Mike Rogers suspected illegal abuse and instructed the NSA compliance officer to conduct a full [[FISA]] audit. The NSA began querying [[DOJ]] and [[FBI]] activity.<ref>https://youtu.be/CIJGH9RS2Fc</ref>
The unlawfully obtained [[FISA]] intelligence information ended up with Fusion GPS. The key personnel in FusionGPS are husband and wife [[Glenn Simpson]] and [[Mary Jacoby]]. Mary Jacoby’s relationship with the Clintons’ goes back to the Rose Law Firm.<ref group=note>
Obama’s political operatives within the DOJ-NSD were conducting illegal surveillance to monitor the Trump campaign. The NSD unit was working in coordination with [[Peter Strzok]] and others of the FBI Counterintelligence Division.
Sometime in early 2016 , NSA Director Admiral [[Mike Rogers]] became aware of “ongoing” and “intentional” violations of the [[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]] (FISA) - Section 702 surveillance. Specifically , item #17 “About Queries” of US persons. Rogers suspected FISA 702 (#17 – email and phone calls) surveillance activity was being used for reasons he deemed unlawful. Rogers ordered the NSA compliance officer to run a full audit on 702 NSA compliance. In October 2016 Rogers told the FISA court he became aware of unlawful surveillance and collection of US persons. The FBI counterintelligence division was monitoring Trump through FISA 702(17) upstream surveillance collected by a DOJ National Security Division that had no oversight.
Ten days after the election, on November 17, 2016, Dir. Rogers traveled to Trump Tower without telling DNI [[James Clapper]]. Rogers likely informed President-elect Trump of the illegal activity by the FBI and DOJ, including the probability that all of Trump Tower’s email and phone communication communications were being collected. Clapper then demanded that Rogers be fired. It appears Obama’s Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, is complicit as well.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/05/operation-condor-how-nsa-director-mike-rogers-saved-the-u-s-from-a-massive-constitutional-crisis/</ref>
The information the FBI collected, and the material Christopher Steele and [[FusionGPS]] manufactured, were used to create the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]], and to manipulate the FISA Court into granting a FISA warrant - what Peter Strzok called “the insurance policy” against Trump's election.
===January 2016===
[[File:Ciaramella Ukraine.png|right|300PX|thumb|Eric Ciaramella (middle right) collusion with Ukrainian officials in a meeting at the White House, flanked by Biden security adviser [[Michael Carpenter]] and Ciaramella's NSC colleague Liz Zentos.<ref>[https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2022/03/10/how_ukraine_conspired_with_dems_against_trump_to_prevent_the_kind_of_war_happening_now_under_biden_820873.html Ukraine Worked With Democrats Against Trump in Election 2016 to Stop Putin. That Bet Backfired Badly.] By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations, March 10, 2022</ref>]]
CIA operative Eric Ciaramella, working in the White House, requested Ukrainian officials to re-open reopen an investigation into Paul Manafort which the FBI had dismissed in 2014. The FBI under James Comey re-opened reopened the investigation at the same time Ciaramella met with Ukrainian officials in the White House. Ciaramella later became the Adam Schiff's alleged "whistleblower" in the [[Trump impeachment]] inquiry after the failure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to produce sufficient evidence to remove President Trump from office in 2019.
<!--*'''1 January.''' Mikk Marran officially became the Director General of the Estonian Information Board.-->
*'''2 January.''' Donald Trump says at a campaign rally the [[Obama/Biden administration]], along with [[Hillary Clinton]], created [[ISIS]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/QcEMH5YuI6E 'Clinton Created ISIS with Obama']</ref>
{{quotebox-float|"I heard from [[Adam Waldman|Adam WALDMAN]] [a Deripaska lawyer/lobbyist] yesterday that OD [ [[Oleg Deripaska]] ] is applying for another official US visa ice [sic] APEC [Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation] business at the end of February."}}
:Steele said Deripaska was being "encouraged by the Agency guys who told Adam [Waldman] that the USG [United States Government stance on [Deripaska] is softening." Steele concluded: "A positive development it seems." Steele also asked Ohr when he might be coming to London, or somewhere in Europe, "as I would be keen to meet up here and talk business." Ohr replied warmly the same day and said he would likely travel to Europe, but not the U.K., at least twice in February.<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/08/12/the-bruce-ohr-christopher-steele-conversations/#</ref>
[[File:Jill and Andy.jpeg|right|350px|thumb|The fix was in from the gitgo. 5 days after the Hillary email investigation began, former Clinton campaign manager Terry McAuliffe "recruited" McCabe's wife to run for the Virginia senateSenate. He and his PACs gave nearly $700,000. Much of the money was unspent after her loss. [[Mainstream media]] ignored the naked corruption until late October 2016.]]
*'''13 January.''' Strzok informed that he had failed his polygraph exam.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4738037/peter-strzoks-scope-polygraph</ref><ref>https://antipolygraph.org/cgi-bin/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1531070425</ref>
*'''14 January.''' FBI inspector general notifies Senate that [[Hillary Clinton]]'s servers had been flagged for classified information. Clinton servers are in New York; FBI Director [[James Comey]] runs the case out of the [[Washington , D.C.]], office, Deputy Dir. [[Andrew McCabe]] put in charge. McCabe's wife received $675000 from Virginia Gov. [[Terry McAuliffe]]'s political action committee for an unsuccessful state senate bid in 2015.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-24/prominent-democrat-connected-clintons-donated-675000-campaign-deputy-fbi-directors-w</ref> McAuliffe. a former DNC chairman and [[United States presidential election, 1996|Presidential campaign manager for Bill Clinton]], later [[Hillary Clinton 2008 presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton in 2008]] and Clinton Foundation Board member, came under FBI investigation for illegal campaign donations from a Chinese businessman.<ref>http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/</ref><ref>https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/23/politics/terry-mcauliffe-fbi-doj-federal-investigation-campaign-contributions/</ref> Despite evidence, McCabe refused to merge the McCauliffe investigation into the ongoing pay-to-play investigations of the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/10/30/fbi-investigation-bribery-clinton-foundation-spans-nation-multiple-field-offices-says-wsj/</ref>
:*Per Patrick Byrne: Hillary Clinton meets with FBI bagman to accept $18 million bribe in Operation Snowglobe sting.<ref>hhttps://reclaimthenet.org/rumble-odysee-sue-threat/</ref>
*'''15 January.''' Inspector General for the intelligence community Charles McCullough tells members of Congress that several dozen additional classified emails have been identified in Clinton’s stash, including some with a higher classification than top secret, regarding highly sensitive programs.
*'''16 January.''' Strzok and Lisa Page texted each other about Strzok’s imminent departure from the FBI’s Washington Field Office, which was set for two weeks time.
*'''17 January.''' Barack Obama announces final agreement on the [[Iran nuke deal]]. David Asher, Veteran illicit finance investigator at the [[Pentagon]] serving on the [[Project Cassandra]] task force looking into the Hezbollah criminal enterprise , said that Obama administration officials expressed concerns to him about alienating [[Tehran]] before, during and after the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. This was part of an effort to “defang, defund and undermine the investigations that were involving Iran and Hezbollah. The closer we got to the [Iran deal], the more these activities went away,” Asher said. “So much of the capability, whether it was special operations, whether it was law enforcement, whether it was [Treasury] designations — even the capacity, the personnel assigned to this mission — it was assiduously drained, almost to the last drop, by the end of the Obama administration.” Within months, task force officials said, Project Cassandra was all but dead. Some of its senior officials, including Jack Kelly the veteran DEA supervisory agent who created and led the task force, were transferred to other assignments. As a result, according to ''Politico'', the US government lost insight into not only drug trafficking and other criminal activity worldwide, but also into Hezbollah’s illicit conspiracies with top officials in the Iranian, Syrian, [[Venezuela]]n and Russian governments — all the way up to presidents [[Nicolas Maduro]], [[Bashar Assad]] and [[Vladimir Putin]], according to former task force members and other current and former U.S. officials. The derailment of Project Cassandra also undermined U.S. efforts to determine how much [[cocaine]] from the various Hezbollah-affiliated networks is coming into the United States, especially from Venezuela, where dozens of top civilian and military officials have been under investigation for more than a decade.<ref>https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/</ref>
:*''New York Post'' reports former State Dept. Inspector General Howard J. Krongard regarding Clinton server says:
{{quotebox-float|“It will never get to an indictment." For one, any criminal referral to the Justice Department from the FBI “will have to go through four loyal Democrat women” — Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, who heads the department’s criminal division; Deputy Attorney General [[Sally Yates]]; Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]]; and top White House adviser [[Valerie Jarrett]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2016/01/31/this-was-all-planned-former-ig-says-hillary-state-dept-are-lying/</ref><ref>https://freebeacon.com/issues/hillary-rakes-nearly-75000-justice-department-employees/</ref>}} The ''NYP'' further reports: