The FBI had not only already reportedly launched an investigation into Trump's campaign partially utilizing the dossier, but Comey himself had two months earlier signed an application using the dossier to obtain a FISA warrant on Carter Page, who briefly served as a volunteer foreign policy adviser to Trump's campaign.
Christopher Steele, the author of the dossier, reportedly provided the anti-Trump dossier claims to the FBI on July 5, 2016.
The book is the second report relating that McCain's associate, Kramer, received the dossier directly from Fusion GPS, raising immediate questions about whether McCain knew he was providing the FBI with material funded by Trump's primary political enemies and produced by the controversial firm.
A report in the Washington Post last month also stated that Kramer received a copy of the dossier from Fusion GPS. In a New York Times oped in January, Simpson and fellow GPS Co-Founder Peter Fritch relate that they helped McCain share their anti-Trump dossier with the Obama-era intelligence community via an unnamed "Emissary."
A January 11, 2017 statement from McCain attempted to explain why he provided the documents to the FBI, but did not mention how he came to possess the dossier or whether he knew who funded it.
Shortly after McCain gave Steele's dossier to Comey, the FBI chief updated then President-Elect Trump and President Obama on the dossier in an official classified briefing.
As Breitbart News documented, Comey's dossier briefing to Trump was subsequently leaked to the news media, setting in motion a flurry of news media attention on the dossier, including the release of the document to the public.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/28/report-john-mccains-involvement-turned-trump-hoax-dossier-urgent-matter/
Christopher Steele, the author of the dossier, reportedly provided the anti-Trump dossier claims to the FBI on July 5, 2016.
The book is the second report relating that McCain's associate, Kramer, received the dossier directly from Fusion GPS, raising immediate questions about whether McCain knew he was providing the FBI with material funded by Trump's primary political enemies and produced by the controversial firm.
A report in the Washington Post last month also stated that Kramer received a copy of the dossier from Fusion GPS. In a New York Times oped in January, Simpson and fellow GPS Co-Founder Peter Fritch relate that they helped McCain share their anti-Trump dossier with the Obama-era intelligence community via an unnamed "Emissary."
A January 11, 2017 statement from McCain attempted to explain why he provided the documents to the FBI, but did not mention how he came to possess the dossier or whether he knew who funded it.
Shortly after McCain gave Steele's dossier to Comey, the FBI chief updated then President-Elect Trump and President Obama on the dossier in an official classified briefing.
As Breitbart News documented, Comey's dossier briefing to Trump was subsequently leaked to the news media, setting in motion a flurry of news media attention on the dossier, including the release of the document to the public.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/03/28/report-john-mccains-involvement-turned-trump-hoax-dossier-urgent-matter/
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