McCain associate subpoenaed in Trump dossier probe

Washington Examiner ^ | 12/27/2017 | Byron York

[mojito]

House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes has issued a subpoena to David Kramer, a former State Department official who, in late November 2016, traveled to London to receive a briefing and a copy of the Trump dossier from its author, former British spy Christopher Steele. Kramer then returned to the U.S. to give the document to Sen. John McCain.

Kramer is a senior fellow at the McCain Institute for International Leadership at Arizona State University.

McCain later took a copy of the dossier to the FBI's then-director, James Comey. But the FBI already had the document; Steele himself gave the dossier to the bureau in installments, reportedly beginning in early July 2016.

McCain, recovering in Arizona from treatments for cancer, has long refused to detail his actions regarding the dossier. For his part, Kramer was interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee on Dec. 19. The new subpoena stems from statements Kramer made in that interview.

In the session, Kramer told House investigators that he knew the identities of the Russian sources for the allegations in Steele's dossier. But when investigators pressed Kramer to reveal those names, he declined to do so.

[mojito]

"...he declined to do so."

York has been doing some good work on this story.

[Herman Ball]

I would love to think McCain was like this because of his brain tumor but I doubt it.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

McCain hates Trump with a white hot passion because Trump insulted his war record. I’m sure the brain tumor had little to do with anything he may or may not have done in relation to the dossier.

[txrefugee]

You are more generous than McCain deserves. He is really that jealous and resentful that Donald Trump, a mere business man with no experience in governing, won the presidency, and he didn’t.

[ptsal]

Kramer may have to be careful and avoid stairs, belts, shoe laces, bar bells, and early morning walks on a beach.

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In the session, Kramer told House investigators that he knew the identities of the Russian sources for the allegations in Steele's dossier. But when investigators pressed Kramer to reveal those names, he declined to do so.

Now, he is under subpoena. The subpoena, issued Wednesday afternoon, directs Kramer to appear again before House investigators on Jan. 11.

Knowing Steele's sources is a critical part of the congressional dossier investigation, for both sides. If one argues the document is unverified and never will be, it is critical to learn the identity of the sources to support that conclusion. If one argues the document is the whole truth, or largely true, knowing sources is equally critical.

[Hotlanta Mike]

But why did Trump insult his war record? Because McCain went after Trump personally...

[Fhios]

They’re going to play “blame the dead guy” soon.

[Zathras]

We have suspected McCain was involved for 6 months.
It is now pretty clear McCain, Flake, some of his staff and probably Romney and his staff are involved.

[keat]

McCain(e) should be locked up for the last few days of his miserable, traitorous life.

[Hyman Roth]

It is now pretty clear McCain, Flake, some of his staff and probably Romney and his staff are involved.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.

[oil_dude]

So McCain turns over his copy of Dossier in December 2016, BUT THE FBI ALREADY HAD IT! They got it in June 2016. Juan McCain was a “useful idiot” in all this!

[MAKOTHEDOG]

His fingerprints are over this

[ptsal]

Think about the situation in Utah.

Get Sen. Hatch to run again and get elected. No problem.

Then, he resigns and one of the chosen brothers gets appointed to the vacant seat.

Please welcome, Senator Mittens.

[b4its2late]

His boss doesn't even know which ankle his monitor is on.

[frog in a pot]

McCain(e) should be locked up for the last few days of his miserable, traitorous life.

Many would file this under the heading "Symmetry".

[eyedigress]

Yep!

[mewzilla]

I wonder if Kramer was at that security conference in Halifax...

[Zathras]

McCain and his staff have been the secret security leak to the DNC since 2000.
This is why Pelosi knew everything GWB was planning.
Trump was only an excuse to try and get back into the planning meetings.

[UCANSEE2]

While I would like to believe that McCain has an ankle monitor on, it is too easy to reverse a photograph.

Has anyone tried to verify whether that was done or not ?

[Bubba Gump Shrimp]

They need to have an FBI agent in on every testimony to congress. Since lying to congress is no big deal, but lying in front of the FBI is a felony, Sessions should make sure there is a low level FBI agent sitting in on EVERY damned meeting.