According to Durhams indictment of Igor Danchenko, Dolan was connected to the most sordid allegation in the Steele Dossierthat in 2013, Trump had engaged in salacious sexual activity while a guest in the presidential suite at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton hotel.REF, At the time, Dolan was employed by KGlobal, a Washington, D.C.based public relations firm.REF Prior to that, Dolan held several senior roles in Democratic political circles, including as the state chairman for President Bill Clintons 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns, adviser to Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign, and a volunteer for her 2016 campaign.REF As a public relations executive, Dolan interacted with senior officials in the Russian government, including the press secretary of the Russian Presidential Administration, as well as the Russian ambassador to the United States.REF, In June 2016, Dolan traveled to Moscow and stayed at the Ritz-Carlton. Christopher Steele (Orbis Business Intelligence). www.adobe.com. Department of Justice, Subject: Your FOIA Request FOIA-2021-01633. Durham's investigation is still active and is presenting evidence to a grand jury. @$F0 b`5 B D( 6= q27@ &^ # endobj Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and 41 Senate colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland to request an update on the status of Special Counsel John Durham's review of the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's inquiry into allegations of Russian collusion during . 86 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<941EA52D12A78343B6ADFE423C199631>]/Index[68 26]/Info 67 0 R/Length 86/Prev 360930/Root 69 0 R/Size 94/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Lord Durham believed that, to eliminate the possibility of rebellions, French Canadians had to adopt British-Canadian culture and the English language. According to Durhams indictment, Danchenko fabricated the Steele Dossiers central allegationthat the Trump campaign was conspiring with Russia. The two Canadas were subsequently merged into a single colony, the Province of Canada, in the 1840 Act of Union. 0000011232 00000 n 0000007240 00000 n The Steele Dossier sets forth the alleged conspiracy as described by Danchenko in report 2016/095: Danchenko claims that he heard the well-developed conspiracy allegation from Sergei Millian (referred to above as Source E), a BelarusianAmerican who formerly served as the president of the Russian American Chamber of Commerce in the USA.REF. We are unable to respond to your request while this matter is being litigated. In an effort to further increase public aware- ness of Soviet active measures, the FBI has provided me with an update of its 1983 report on Soviet active measures operations here in the United States. 0000017586 00000 n It is very difficult to make out from the avowals of parties the real objects of their struggles, and still less easy is it to discover any cause of such importance as would account for its uniting any large mass of the people in an attempt to overthrow, by forcible means, the existing form of Government. 0000009167 00000 n "The influence of the Durham Report." "[8], "A plan by which it is proposed to ensure the tranquil government of Lower Canada, must include in itself the means of putting an end to the agitation of national disputes in the legislature, by settling, at once and for ever, the national character of the Province. tfzN+j))).P"L rU*5qp\j+K^!he _ "Z;sg?2\$vnW45$G'uo51H.Y "*gh&8^Wg~s?RXvY3 ;pk+s h 0tvgS`cX>w%L)O Tr31L+%'0|3!Yc?tc.|1TeGw r2Pf)+j|s{p M4wHy:oOxu5 9c$V. Much remains to be uncovered, exposed, and proven by Durham. In total, Hillary for America (through Fusion GPS) paid Steele $168,000 for his efforts.REF, Durhams investigation has revealed that Steeles key sources for the dossier were not senior Russian officials or savvy Kremlin insiders, but rather Igor Danchenko (a Washington, D.C.based policy analyst); Charles Dolan, Jr. (a Washington, D.C.based public relations executive with a long history of working in Democrat Party politics); and Olga Galkina (a Cyprus-based Russian national who was a press secretary to a Russian tech company but had dreams of serving in a future Clinton State Department).REF, These dubious sources did not, in fact, provide any actual evidence of a conspiracy between Trump and Russia. John Durham Sussmann filing 2/11/22 Contributed by CNN Digital (CNN) p. 1. Lord Durham was sent back to Canada in 1838 by British Parliament and the Crown to investigate the cause behind the rebellions of both Upper and Lower Canada and propose suggestions to fix any remaining problems and lessen the chance of future rebellions. 0000002535 00000 n 0000011210 00000 n HtTn0+xt!| * Vz-[MTr(-^Cgv/7E~;/}*~M&4*(D "MMa)\4bL!%p%@ ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Special Counsel Robert Muellers report mentions the Prague allegation only in the context that Cohen denied that a such a meeting ever took place.REF The name of Igor Diveykin does not even appear in Muellers report. In June, it appeared in Canada in Ludger Duvernay's La Revue canadienne as Histoire de l'insurrection du Canada en rfutation du Rapport de Lord Durham (History of the insurrection of Canada in refutation of the Report of Lord Durham). Unravelling all of the major and minor players in Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign is daunting. Special Counsels Office Olga Galkina. At the Healthwatch County Durham annual event in November 2021, Pauline Fletcher, the Dental Commissioning Lead North East and North Cumbria provided an update on the current position, including a lot of useful information about the NHS dental contract. "[4] and called the French Canadians "a people with no literature and no history".[5]. Michael Sussmann resigned from Perkins Coie on the day he was indicted.REF His trial before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia commenced on May 16, 2022, and he was found not guilty on May 31. Although I hadexpected Mr.Durham to complete his work by the summer of2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as additional information he uncovered . [15] Lord Durham had not recommended this approach and had instead proposed that the representation should be based on the respective populations of the two regions. The report did not see any of its recommendations come into force in the African and Asian colonies, but some limited democratic reforms in India became possible that otherwise would not have been. 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Rogue Prosecutor Steve Descano Drops Case Against Criminal Who Crashed Car Into Familys Minivan, How DNA and Cell Phone Evidence in Idaho Murders Complied With the Fourth Amendment. This led to the Act of Union, 1840. However, Durham believed that the problems in mostly Lower Canada were not of a political nature, but rather of an ethnic one. The proposed merger would benefit Upper Canada as, whereas the construction of canals would to a considerable debt load, access to the fiscal surplus of former Lower Canada would allow that debt to be erased. In late July 2016, U.S. intelligence agencies discovered that Russian intelligence had assessed that Clinton had approved a disinformation operation against Trump. Foer expressed great interest in the story, e-mailing Fritsch: My editors are very excited about this piece. 170/03. 0000009189 00000 n Indictments filed by Durham show. MuckRock users can file, duplicate, track, and share public records requests In May 2019, then-Attorney General William Barr assigned federal prosecutor John Durham to investigate the origins of the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBIs) 2016 investigation into alleged collusion between the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and Russia, an investigation given the code name Crossfire Hurricane.REF For the purpose of protecting the investigation and providing additional independence to Durham, in October 2020, Barr formally appointed Durham as a special counsel charged to. It was that white paper, among other materials, that Sussmann gave to the FBI.REF As previously stated, Sussmann billed Hillary for America for his time working on the white paper.REF. Lord Durham's Report on the Affairs of British North America abridged to highlight constitutional defects and recommendations with context REPORT TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY YOUR MAJESTY, in entrusting me with the Government of the Province of Lower Canada, during the critical period of the suspension of its constitution, was . Hillary for America. "Lord Durham and the British Background of His Report. According to Papineau and other Patriotes, the analysis of the economic situation of French Canadians was biased. Indictments filed by Durham show that the Steele Dossier and Alfa-Bank allegations of a conspiracy between Trump and the Kremlin were entirely concocted. If dialing from a personal cell phone or an off-campus telephone within Durham, the call will immediately reach the Durham Emergency Communications Center. As part of Hillary for Americas disinformation campaign, Fusion GPS hired Steele and Orbis Business Intelligence (Steeles London-based firm) in June 2016 to investigate Trumps purported ties to Russia.REF In the months leading up to the election, Steele disseminated a steady stream of raw intelligence to the FBI, various media outlets, elected officials, and others. How Durham County Council is addressing the gender pay gap.. 10 It is one thing to dredge up a political candidates youthful indiscretions or shady financial dealings, but it is quite another to invent and fabricate sensational allegations, present them to the FBI as fact, and serve them to a willing media in the weeks before Election Day. DA Deberry will present the 2021 Annual Report virtually on Wednesday, February 16, at 6 p.m. Members of the public can view the presentation and submit questions on the Durham DA's Office . In Upper Canada it was rejected by the dominant Tory elite, while out-of-power reformers welcomed the ideal of responsible government. During his stay, Dolan received a tour of the presidential suite and met with the hotels general manager and other staff.REF Dolan was told during the hotel tour that Trump had once stayed as a guest in the presidential suite.REF Importantly, the staff member who provided the tour to Dolan did not mention any lewd or salacious activity by Trump during his stay in the presidential suite.REF, Danchenko had lunch with Dolan at some point during the June 2016 trip to Moscow.REF During interviews with the FBI, Danchenko claimed to have collected information concerning Trumps purported activities at the [Ritz-Carlton] from various sources, such as the hotels general manager and other staff.REF, It is unclear from Danchenkos indictment whether he actually heard about salacious information regarding Trump from Dolan, from Ritz-Carlton staff, or whether Danchenko simply embellished the information to appear valuable to Steele. Trump had hoped that Durham would deliver a report before the 2020 election that could help Trump's campaign. I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 1, 2021. His team drew upon a long tradition of petitioning and the example of political activism in Britain. Marc Elias was a partner at the Perkins Coie law firm and the lead attorney for Hillary for America at the firm. 4878-2020 Statement of Expenditures, April 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022 Danchenko, who has been friends with Galkina since they were both teenagers in Russia, described Galkina as a key source for what he called the Trump dossier.REF According to Danchenko, Galkina knows someone in the Kremlin with direct/indirect access to Sergey Ivanov (then chief of staff to the Russian Presidential Administration). lj-!36j2o((u tl#tCR]]MBhIt:Xj4r~'E9FM' Hillary for Americas disinformation efforts consisted of two main components: (1) creating and disseminating the so-called Steele Dossier that falsely alleged, inter alia, the existence of an extensive conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin;REF and (2) concocting false allegations regarding a secret computer communications link between the Trump organization and Alfa-Bank, Russias largest private commercial bank. Igor Danchenko is a Russian national who was once employed as a policy analyst for the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C.based think tank. As Fusion GPS began to receive Christopher Steeles salacious and unverified (in the words of former FBI Director James Comey) reports, it endeavored to widely disseminate the reports to journalists in the hope that the content of the reports would be published.REF. Eric HotchkissSenior Government Information SpecialistOffice of Information Policy, Subject: RE: Freedom of Information Act Request #FOIA-2021-01633. Read Here. : GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO INQUIRE INTO POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 1. 0000007868 00000 n Days after the 2016 election, Joffe stated in an e-mail that he was tentatively offered the top [cybersecurity] job by the Democrats when it looked like theyd win. It was considered controversial as it suggested radical ideas for the time, such as for the British Parliament granting the Canadas a responsible government. Select the All Archive Items drop down or use the search feature to access older documents. %PDF-1.6 % H|n@yL/_vWr'j+5R%{S]}8,73guzk!rp/[8P!* JqS!y| 7Aqma?%RI_%P4.|Zz7,(F"Ssf(1A>[g=BN\yqix2BM.d$V+d(#\=B }YBbB2~WNoUb#f}. Durham also visited the United States and wrote that he had assumed that he would find that the rebellions had been based on liberalism and economics. 0000093236 00000 n The newly created Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was required to have equal representation from Canada East and Canada West,[14] even though the population of Canada East was considerably larger. Other key witnesses, such as Rodney Joffe, have asserted their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid providing information to Durham and his investigators. Lord Durham was sent back to Canada in 1838 by British Parliament and the Crown to investigate the cause behind the rebellions of both Upper and Lower Canada and propose suggestions to fix any remaining problems and lessen the chance of future rebellions. ?[n$}wTI(@(AI4[zE(D)ZLe]u4L pDeeT:YQ'U k=Fqcjiv\EW2B9MqiX,>>e qkZNLX0'5)[\clvzu4`$R>"0l%* g?rxL>Q*\gPg#cBweLp&^v^nzP>2\S(no)\o{r$-D8O( Want the latest investigative and FOIA news? 21-582 (CRC): MICHAEL A. SUSSMANN,:: Defendant. He also wanted to resolve the issue of land over Prince Edward Island, but those suggestions failed to come to fruition since the Maritime Provinces were then uninterested. I would not impair a single prerogative of the Crown; on the contrary, I believe that the interests of the people of these Colonies require the protection of prerogatives, which have not hitherto been exercised. This paper summarizes Special Counsel Durhams findings to date regarding just some of the actions taken by key players in Hillary for Americas 2016 disinformation campaign against Trump. Special Counsel John Durham, of course, is scrutinizing the origins of the Obama administration's Trump/Russia probe a probe that holdover officials at the FBI and other government. Lord Durham's report on the affairs of British North America; by Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840; Lucas, Charles Prestwood, Sir, 1853-1931. %PDF-1.3 % Steven Groves The full story of Hillary for Americas 2016 disinformation campaign against Donald Trump may only come to light if and when federal prosecutor John Durham releases a final report at the conclusion of his investigationand the full truth may never be known. Danchenko pleaded not guilty to the charges, and his trial is currently set to commence on October 11, 2022.REF. t]dKeX)Q\tO=4{yG h[#fF _KQ/PUg8Iizs(Ni:g7a=|5;6Xv\+P j In Lower Canada, anglophone Tories were supportive because it would enable them to remain in power. The Durham investigation has determined that Lorenzen, a computer data scientist, was the original source behind the Alfa-Bank disinformation. Durham Tech 2020-2021 Annual Report (text only version) The 60th anniversary logo (a large 60 with Durham Tech -60 years of impact), is embossed over an image of the new Ingram Building. Durham brought along a small but highly talented staff, most notably including Charles Buller and Edward Gibbon Wakefield. 4 0 obj His Report contained many inaccuracies about Upper Canada and was bitterly resented in Lower Canada for its unsympathetic view of French Canadians. DAISY download. 0000017608 00000 n Responsible government was only granted to these colonies after 1848.[13]. Durhams investigation has revealed that senior members of Hillary for Americacampaign manager Robbie Mook, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and foreign policy advisor Jake Sullivan (who currently serves as President Joe Bidens National Security Advisor)were briefed on aspects of the disinformation scheme aimed at discrediting then-candidate Trump.REF Hillary for America, as well as the Democratic National Committee (DNC), spent more than $1 million to fund the disinformation campaign, then used the fruits of that campaign to calumniate candidate Trump. Regarding both of those components, concerted efforts were made by the Clinton campaign, Perkins Coie attorneys, Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele, and others to present false allegations to the FBI and to disseminate them to media outlets for the purpose of denigrating Trump and his campaign. Among other items that were ultimately reported in the Steele Dossier, Galkina was Danchenkos source for the allegations that Michael Cohen met with Russian officials in Prague in August or September 2016 and that Carter Page met with Igor Diveykin, a senior Kremlin officialan allegation later cited by the FBI in its FISA application to surveil Page.REF. \_2qiWo|K{mBh I received your voicemail asking for a status of your request for a copy of the Durham Report Executive Summary. He believed as those ideas were already available to the people and understood, nothing less would be accepted or tolerated and so it must be embraced to satisfy the people and maintain the peace: "establishing a representative government in the North American Colonies. endobj The Report on the Affairs of British North America,[1] (1839) commonly known as the Durham Report or Lord Durham's Report, is an important document in the history of Quebec, Ontario, Canada and the British Empire. 0000010627 00000 n In addition to exploiting the public and non-public data held by Internet Company-2 and Internet Company-3, Joffe tasked Lorenzen and two Georgia Tech computer researchersManos Antonakakis and David Dagonto search through Neustars Internet data for any information about Trumps potential ties to Russia.REF Joffes goal, according to Durham, was to support an inference and narrative regarding Trump that would please certain VIPs., From the beginning, Antonakakis was dubious about the alleged connection between the Trump organization and Russia. He was indicted by Durham on November 3, 2021, on five counts of making false statements to the FBI. 8~IHu8&'_ 0c _*@nHJgj(fY|\[b\88( R|0)c $_q2un3-W7hr.W7qt}yaH Fn6Xp_)G;&M. In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. "DURHAM REPORT ROCKS POLITICAL WORLD," one of the banners on One America News proclaimed. View the Durham Police Department Promise (PDF) View the Durham Police Department General Orders (PDF) : The Regional Municipality of Durham . Danchenko claims that in July 2016, he received a phone call from an anonymous caller he believed to be Millian, even though he had never met him and never heard his voice.REF Danchenko claimed that he and the mysterious caller spoke for 1015 minutes, during which time they discussed Paul Manafort, Carter Page, communications between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, and information to the effect that the Kremlin might be of help to get Trump elected.REF Danchenko further claimed that he and the anonymous caller agreed to meet in New York City in the future. That has been irrevocably done; and the experiment of depriving the people of their present constitutional power, is not to be thought of. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS He released a campaign statement regarding an article that had appeared in Slate magazine.REF Sullivan, as if learning about Alfa-Bank for the first time, feverishly stated: To amplify Sullivans statement, Hillary Clinton herself tweeted the press release to her 10 million followers, stating, Computer scientists have apparently uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.REF. He produced his famous and highly controversial Report on the Affairs of British North America (also known as the Durham Report) after a short stay in the region. hAk0a(NHpvYJ'!3CE=}3s`. "X $d,r\oor%]wz]r= Vo Dq/ The report of Durham was laid before Parliament in London on 11 February 1839. To the extent that was true at all, it was only true among Trump's closest political allies, not the. Durham knew how to organize support in Upper Canada. 0000007890 00000 n ", Anna Plassart, and Hugo Bonin, "Democratic struggle or national uprising? It was his opinion that those problems could be solved through the assimilation that he would expect to result from the way he recommends uniting the Canadas, factoring in the Anglophone majority in Upper Canada. Durham report proves Hillary Clinton not Trump was Putin's puppet By Rebekah Koffler February 17, 2022 5:24pm Updated Vladimir Putin's endgame of destabilizing Washington got a boost from. His report contains the famous assessment that Lower Canada had "two nations warring within the bosom of a single state. MuckRock is a non-profit collaborative news site that gives you the tools to keep our government transparent and accountable. Drinking Water System Category: Large Municipal Residential . There were extensive advance publicity and public processions to attract audiences for meetings. When providing information to Members of Congress after the fact, officials were careful to say that the intelligence community does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.REF Still, former CIA Director John Brennan briefed President Barack Obama on this intelligence. Q Choose the drop down menus to view archived documents. O. QC ,e Millian was essentially Igor Danchenkos deep throat sourcealthough in this instance, the source was entirely fabricated, according to Durhams indictment of Danchenko. In July, Dolan gifted Clintons autobiography to Galkina, inscribing it with To my good friend [Olga], A Great Democrat.REF Galkina apparently harbored ambitions to move to the U.S. if Clinton won the election. trailer << /Size 734 /Info 678 0 R /Root 682 0 R /Prev 221973 /ID[] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 682 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 680 0 R /Metadata 679 0 R /Outlines 54 0 R /OpenAction [ 684 0 R /XYZ null null null ] /PageMode /UseNone /PageLabels 677 0 R /StructTreeRoot 683 0 R /PieceInfo << /MarkedPDF << /LastModified (D:20030107235741)>> >> /LastModified (D:20030107235741) /MarkInfo << /Marked true /LetterspaceFlags 0 >> >> endobj 683 0 obj << /Type /StructTreeRoot /RoleMap 106 0 R /ClassMap 109 0 R /K 472 0 R /ParentTree 647 0 R /ParentTreeNextKey 21 >> endobj 732 0 obj << /S 360 /O 533 /L 549 /C 565 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 733 0 R >> stream [citation needed], Durham resigned on 9 October 1838 amid controversy excited in London by his decision of the penal questions[17] and was soon replaced by Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, who was responsible for implementing the Union of the Canadas. After the Upper and Lower Canada rebellions of 1837, Lord Durham was sent from England to investigate the cause of the unrest. Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed. ", Martin, Ged. 0000004883 00000 n Marc Elias resigned from Perkins Coie on August 22, 2021, less than a month before the extent of Elias alleged role in the Clinton disinformation campaign was revealed in the Sussmann indictment.REF, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch (Fusion GPS).

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