McCain associate takes Fifth on Trump dossier questions

[truth_seeker]

McCain associate takes Fifth on Trump dossier questions

By  Catherine Herridge,   Pamela K. Browne,   Cyd Upson   | Fox News       

A former State Department official and associate of Sen. John McCain has invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify in connection with questions from the House Intelligence Committee about the anti-Trump dossier’s Russian sources, according to a law enforcement source.

David J. Kramer, who is a central player in how the unverified Trump dossier made its way to the FBI in late 2016, testified before the committee in December in a closed-door session, indicating he had information about the dossier's sources. A subpoena was issued for mid-January, as first reported by The Washington Examiner.

The law enforcement source confirmed, however, that Kramer did not appear and has exercised his Fifth Amendment rights.

Yet Kramer gave a videotaped deposition last December in separate civil litigation against BuzzFeed about the dossier and his contact with the former British spy who compiled it, Christopher Steele. Steele was hired by opposition research firm Fusion GPS to write and research the dossier, with funding from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign.

According to British court records obtained by Fox News as part of its ongoing investigation of the Trump dossier, Kramer was personally briefed in late November 2016 by Steele in Surrey, England. After that briefing, Steele told the British court that an arrangement was made so that Fusion GPS -- co-founded by Glenn Simpson – would provide hard copies of the dossier to McCain via Kramer. Shortly afterward, the dossier was given to the FBI, which already had its own copy from Steele.

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/22/mccain-associate-takes-fifth-on-trump-dossier-questions.html

[truth_seeker]

After Trump dissed his POW status, I am not surprised if he determined to strike back.

[Right_in_Virginia]

After Trump dissed his POW status, I am not surprised if he determined to strike back.

I think McCain would have done this regardless ... remember which team he really plays on. 

[kidd]

Shortly afterward, the dossier was given to the FBI, which already had its own copy from Steele.

Of course they did. Encrypted electronic transfer.
Only an old-school idiot like McCain would jump at the chance to actually incur the expense and effort to fly someone to England to pick up a physical report.
McCain was being used by the democrats so that they could tout that this was a bipartisan effort. He is the very definition of a tool. I cannot stand the man.

So who asked McCain to be the donkey for the democrats?

BTW - you can only plead the Fifth if you are avoiding self-incrimination. You cannot use the Fifth to simply refuse to provide information if it won't have the potential to have you convicted of a crime. Thus, a potential crime was committed. Flying to England to pick up a report is not a crime...any speculation of what crimes may have been committed by Kramer?