when did the SPYING start
You have more than you know
AUG 2015
Even before American intelligence agencies began investigating the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, European intelligence agencies were sounding the alarm. According to The Guardian, European intelligence officials first intercepted communications between Trump associates and Russian operatives as early as August 2015. The intercepts were reportedly so concerning that the head of the British intelligence service Robert Hannigan passed the intelligence directly to CIA chief John Brennan.
Over the next several months, intelligence agencies in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Estonia, Poland, and Australia, passed information to the U.S. regarding interactions between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.
In 2016
FISA-702(17) “About Queries” from legislatively authorized national security entities within the DOJ and FBI did NOT require FISA court approvals.
Notice how it was FBI “private contractors” that were conducting the unauthorized FISA-702 Queries via access to information on FBI storage systems.
March 28, 2016
you can bet that Simpson and Jacoby’s eyes lit up. And as it happened, at the exact same time that Trump hired Manafort, Fusion GPS was in negotiations with Perkins Coie, the law firm representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, to see if there was interest in the firm continuing the opposition research on the Trump campaign
APRIL 2016
Additionally, according to the BBC, in April 2016, “an intelligence agency of one of the Baltic States” provided Brennan with “a tape recording of a conversation about money from the Kremlin going into the US presidential campaign.”
April 19th, 2016
the day after the FBI stopped allowing access to the FISA database, the wife of Fusion-GPS founder Glenn Simpson, Mary B Jacoby, went to the White House.
Immediately following this White House visit the Clinton campaign hire Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research on Donald Trump, surrounding Russia?
04/25/16
FBI's James Baker and DOJ's FISA attorneys visit White House for two back-to-back meetings
May 23rd 2016
Knowing the NSA was reviewing FISA “Queries” - Nellie Ohr applied for a HAM radio license
July 5 2016
FISA Court denies FBI request for surveillance of Trump campaign
AUG-SEPT 2016
According to one account, GCHQ’s then head, Robert Hannigan, passed material in summer 2016 to the CIA chief, John Brennan. The matter was deemed so sensitive it was handled at “director level”. After an initially slow start, Brennan used GCHQ information and intelligence from other partners to launch a major inter-agency investigation.
In late August and September Brennan gave a series of classified briefings to the Gang of Eight, the top-ranking Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. He told them the agency had evidence the Kremlin might be trying to help Trump to win the presidency, the New York Times reported.
October 26th 2016
Admiral Rogers informed the FISA Court of numerous unauthorized FISA-702(17) “About Query” violations.
Subsequent to that FISC notification Mike Rogers stopped all FISA-702(17) “About Queries” permanently. They are no longer permitted.
November 17th 2016
Ten days after the election, Admiral Rogers traveled to Trump Tower without telling ODNI James Clapper. Rogers likely informs President-elect Trump of the prior surveillance activity by the FBI and DOJ, including the likelihood that all of Trump Tower’s email and phone communication were reviewed within the FISA-702 abuse.
https://themoscowproject.org/collusion-timeline
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/11/the-doj-and-fbi-worked-with-fusion-gps-on-operation-trump/
https://themoscowproject.org/collusion/european-intelligence-officials-say-trump-associates-russians-communicating/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/13/british-spies-first-to-spot-trump-team-links-russia#img-1