It was me: Sworn Trump enemy John McCain admits HE handed smear dossier to FBI

Daily Mail ^ | January 11,2017 | By DARREN BOYLE

[Hojczyk]

Arizona Senator who disowned Trump before election admits he handed document outlining claims of Kremlin blackmail to FBI

Brief statement claims that he received it and gave it directly to FBI Director James Comey because he was 'unable to make judgment about accuracy'

But Washington reporter Carl Bernstein says former British ambassador to Moscow handed it to McCain

Ambassador has not been named - and author of report also gave to FBI agent he knew at its station in Rome months ago

Report was apparently paid for first BY Republican enemies of Trump then by Democrats

Sworn Donald Trump enemy John McCain admitted Wednesday that he passed the dossier of claims of a Russian blackmail plot against the president-elect.

The Arizona senator issued a public statement amid mounting questions of his exact role in the affair - and how a document riddled with errors and unverifiable claims came to be published.

'Late last year, I received sensitive information that has since been made public,' he said.

'Upon examination of the contents, and unable to make a judgment about their accuracy, I delivered the information to the Director of the FBI.

'That has been the extent of my contact with the FBI or any other government agency regarding this issue.'

But the 2008 Republican loser, who disowned his party's candidate weeks before the election, may have been far more intimately involved than that.

The chain of how the document reached the FBI is not officially known.

However Carl Bernstein, the Watergate reporter who contributed to the first story about its existence, published by CNN on Tuesday afternoon, suggested that McCain was handed it by a former British ambassador to Moscow.

[Grampa Dave]

4 channel trolling the mediots, CIA, Rats, and McAnal.

[Thumper1960]

Can I, with good conscience then, call McCain a friggin’ asshole?

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

John McCain passes dossier alleging secret Trump-Russia contacts to FBI

McCain passes dossier OF UNVERIFIED LIES to FBI? Why John, just why?

The Guardian · Russian intelligence alleged to have compromising material on Trump ‘Unverified and potentially unverifiable’ reports published by BuzzFeed …

[txhurl]

Yeah, but where’d you get it, McCain? Did Evan McMullin when he was advisor to the House secure it when he learned DJT was going to run in ‘16, to Romney’s chagrin, who wanted Walker or Ryan? Is there a reason the footnotes refer to 2012 data? Why are you covering for McMullin? Cuz you guys can’t stop posing for pix with ISIS?

[lee martell]

What a dirty bastard. I’m not that surprised. Trumps statements last spring about McCain not being a hero because he got caught have fueled John’s rage to this day. There’s the ‘hero-rage’ and plain old jealousy that Donald won the prize, when McCain did not. So very dirty.
I think even Meghan, his talkative daughter may not be proud of what her father did to his own party.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Get lost McLame

Take buttboy Linda with you

And The Flake

[cweese]

What is the significance of that pic?

[HamiltonJay]

Come on guys... Starting to sound like Obama voters in 2008.... need to stop with the hyperbole.... Not a fan of McCain, but this trying to smear him for his service, captivity, torture, etc is beyond over the top.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I am betting McCain thought he would be the hero from all of this.

Seriously. He thought he was the white knight in shining armor coming to save the USA from President Trump and would be celebrated by dems and Conservatives alike.

He needs to just retire already.

[lee martell]

I don’t know what, if anything Donald Trump can do to effect John McCain, but you can bet Trump will never forget about this
proverbial knife in the back so close to Inauguration Day.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Siding with illegal aliens against the citizens and the rule of law is traitorous.

[crz]

Yup! You got it!

Its always..Who, What, When, Where, and WHY!?

[US_MilitaryRules]

Scumbag needs to resign in disgrace! Efffn POS.

[PLMerite]

If all that happened was that someone gave him the documents and he gave them to the FBI, then that’s exactly what he should have done.

If he had any deeper involvement than that...

[Thumper1960]

He chose.....poorly.

By that, his expiration date has come to pass. Sometimes, a politician simply becomes too stale, too comfortable and too full of himself to be an effective advocate for the People.

[The Westerner]

Doug, how would you explain his behavior regarding POW-MIAs? Or his statement in a foreign land about an act of war last week? Finally, his standing with ISIS terrorists, sworn enemies of our country? I, too, will not use labels incorrectly in order to vent my spleen. All I could do is not vote for him.

[RegulatorCountry]

I suspect the duplicitous old bastard went looking for it, and fell for it hook line and sinker because it’s what he wants to believe. No way it was just handed to him.

[Lurkinanloomin]

His fellow prisoners disagree.

[Thumper1960]

I suspect Marbles gleefully handed over whatever he could get his hands on to damage Trump.

Too bad the strawberries never existed.

[Traveler59]

I think the real Republicans in AZ need to get somebody warmed up in the bull-pen to take McCain out in the primaries. He's got a lot of good stuff floating about the internet, should be able to piece something together that will sink him.