Thread by @BusterUSMC

John McCain’s
Secret Role in
Obama's Spygate Scandal

1. 🤚🏽"Raise Your R-Hand, Place Your L-Hand On The Bible📖
Do You, David Kramer, Longtime Associate of The late Sen. John McCain, Swear To Tell The Truth, The Whole Truth & NOTHING But The Truth, ..So Help You God?"

👉🏽I Do😳

2. David Kramer, revealed in an UNSEALED DEPOSITION that he had "contact with at least 14 mbrs of the media regarding the Steele dossier"
(a collection of 17 memos containing UNVERIFIED allegations against @realDonaldTrump) scribd.com/document/40193…

3. Kramer, A PRIVATE CITIZEN, Was Providing Updates To a Former British Spy (Christopher Steele) Regarding 'What a Sitting Senator (McCain) Was Saying to the Dir of The FBI (Comey)'

4. Additionally, Kramer gave a FULL COPY of the unverified dossier to Senior Director for 🇷🇺Russian Affairs at the National Security Council, Celeste Wallander, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), & House Speaker Paul Ryan’s chief of staff, Jonathan Burks. wm.edu/offices/revesc…

5. Kramer also provided a briefing in early December 2016 on the dossier to both Wallander and Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian Affairs.

6. Kramer also provided ongoing updates to Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, former MI6 spy and dossier author Christopher Steele, and other members of the media regarding McCain’s meeting with FBI Director James Comey.

7. Steele had been hired by Simpson on behalf of the Clinton campaign & the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to produce the so-called
“Steele Dossier” on @realDonaldTrump .

8. Kramer's deposition confirmed he was @BuzzFeed News’ source for the dossier. BuzzFeed publshd the dossier in Jan 2017,resulting in a defamation lawsuit by Aleksej Gubarev, whose co. XBT/Webzilla was mentioned in dossier.

assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5637…

9. McCain famously denied EVER providing a copy of dossier to BuzzFeed, telling the Daily Caller on Oct, 18, 2017:

“I gave it to NO ONE.. except for the dir of FBI (Dirty Cop Comey)
Then wondered aloud: "I don’t know why you’re digging this up now.?”😳
dailycaller.com/2017/10/19/joh…

10. Kramer, who is an affiliated senior fellow at the John McCain Institute,
🤚🏽revealed in his deposition📖
"he had been in contact with 14 journalists & producers about the dossier."
mccaininstitute.org/staff/david-j-…

11. They Are:
@ABC Brian Ross/Matt Mosk
@BuzzFeed Ken Bensinger
@CNN Carl Bernstein
@guardian Julian Borger
@McClatchy Peter Stone/Greg Gordon
@MotherJones David Corn
@NPR : Bob Little/Rachel Martin
@washingtonpost Tom Hamburger/Rosalind Helderman/Fred Hiatt
@WSJ Allan Cullison

12. Kramer, who does NOT appear to have spoken with The New York Times, noted that both Simpson and Steele were SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO the Times because they felt “it required investigation by a serious news outlet,” and they seemed to have chosen The Times at that point.

13. 👉🏽John McCain Meets Sir Andrew Wood👈🏽
Kramer testified that he was initially approached about the Steele dossier on Nov 19, 2016, by Sir Andrew Wood, the former British ambassador to
🗣️📣"RUSSIA!" in a mtg at Halifax Sec Forum in Nova Scotia, Canada. independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

14. Kramer knew Wood previously from their mutual expertise on
🗣️📣"RUSSIA!".
Notably, Wood worked on behalf of Steele’s company, Orbis Bsn Intel; ... washingtonpost.com/politics/hero-…

15. ..he was referenced in a UK court filing as' an assoc of Orbis' & Kramer ref'd to Wood as 'an adviser to Orbis' in his deposition. drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2…

16. Wood had been previously briefed on the dossier by Steele in London.
Kramer said that Wood told him “he was aware of information that he thought I should be aware of and that 👉🏽🤬👈🏽Senator McCain might be interested in.” foxnews.com/politics/insid…

17. McCain, Wood, and Kramer would meet later that afternoon, on Nov. 19, 2016, in a private meeting room at the Halifax conference.

18. Wood told Kramer & McCain “he was aware of this info that had been gathered that raised the possibility of 🗣️📣"COLLUSION!" & compromising material on the POTUS Elect" @realDonaldTrump

Woods told McCain
he was concerned that Trump might be "vulnerable to blackmail."

19. Woods explained that he KNEW THE PERSON who gathered the information and felt that the person was "of the utmost credibility.”

Kramer ascribed the word 🗣️📣“COLLUSION!” three times to Wood in his deposition.

20. Wood also mentioned there was a possibility of a video “of a sexual nature” (pee-pee) that might have “shown the President Elect @realDonaldTrump in a compromising situation.”

21. According to Kramer, Wood said that “if it existed, that it was from a hotel in Moscow when President Elect, before he was President Elect, had been in Moscow.”

No such video was EVER uncovered or given to Kramer.

22. What followed was a "cloak & dagger" strategy, worthy of a James Bond movie
~How To Sneak The Dirty Dossier to a Shifty @realDonaldTrump -Hating; Sitting US Senator, WHO HAD BETRAYED THE US, WHILE ASSISTING THE ENEMY IN VIETNAM, Named John McCain.

23. Kramer testified that, following the description of the pee-pee video,
“[McCain] turned to me & asked if I would go to London to meet Mr. Steele.

24. Under Orders By John McCain-The Wheels Were In Motion
☎️Wood called Steele asked him to arrange a mtg with Kramer.
At the same time,
☎️Kramer called Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS👈🏽co-author of the Dossier.

And the plan was hatched.

25. Nov 28, 2016, Kramer flew to Heathrow.
He was instructed to go to the Baggage Claim area and
👁️👁️look for a man reading "the Financial Times."🗞️
Once he approached the man, they exchanged pre-arranged code words.

26. The Man Behind the Newspaper ....
🧐Former MI6 British Spook,
And Co-@realDonaldTrump Hater
Christopher Steele,
The Dossier Co-Author.

Together, they traveled to Steele’s home, they reviewed the Dossier &
🤫👉🏽spoke to Glen Simpson abt sending it by encrypted email.

27. Kramer reviewed all memos during his mtg w/Steele but was NOT provided with ANY physical copy of the dossier.

In response to a question regarding Steele’s sources, Kramer noted
“there was a piece of paper in which 'the names' were there.”

28. Kramer testified that he recognized some of the names on the paper that Steele purported to be his sources:

Q: “Were any of the names people with whom you were already familiar because of your background in Russia?”

Kramer: “Yes”

29. The matter of sources was returned to later in Kramer’s deposition,
when he indicated that AT LEAST ONE of the names was:
🤫“A SERIOUS HIGH LEVEL SOURCE.”😳
Under further questioning, Kramer noted,
“Two of the other names also seemed to be "'SERIOUS' ...

30. "...if they were in fact the sources.”

31. In Short
Simpson then delivered the document to Kramer,
who then delivered the document John McCain,
who subsequently delivered the document to then-FBI Director James Comey.

32. While the Dossier was a total fabrication and lies, its lineage, as it passed from hand to hand, endowed it with a credibility it did NOT deserve.

33. Steele, whose record as a spy in 🗣️📣"RUSSIA!"and his subsequent work for the FBI in the international soccer scandal 👈🏽😳gave him credibility.
Then it went to McCain, whose 'prestige' further enhanced the seriously flawed document. published.

34. Then Comey handed it to The Spy-In-Chief President Barack Obama, who began endowing it with further credentials.

And, finally, as a document that had been shown to the president by the FBI, it was sufficiently rehabilitated to be published. thepoliticalinsider.com/obama-spy-trum…

35. And that’s how the Dossier emerged into public view.

Before McCain agreed to play middleman, Dossier authors at Fusion were gnashing their teeth in frustration at their inability to get major media in the US to cover their toilet paper.

Until This👉🏽theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

36. It was unverifiable; filled w/flaws; no US outlet would touch it.
The Dossier purported to chronicle a mtg that NEVER happened btwn @realDonaldTrump lawyer Michael Cohen & top Russian Intel Officers in Prague.

But Cohen has never been to Prague. foxnews.com/politics/cohen…

37. It named 2 Russians as the hackers who invaded the Democrat Committee’s files. But 1 was IN PRISON in the Gulag serving a 40-year sentence for pedophilia with NO ACCESS to a phone or computer.
seattletimes.com/nation-world/n…

38. The other Hacker was a millionaire in Cypress with no connection to Russia. moonofalabama.org/2017/01/new-in…

39. And, finally, it discussed how Trump had watched as two hookers urinated on a bed, Barack & Mike once shared in a Moscow hotel room.

That also never happened.

40. Why did the Dossier authors choose John McCain to do their dirty work?
Sir Andrew had cultivated a relationship with McCain and Kramer as they shared the podium at several anti-Russian and pro-Ukraine conferences.

41. He was likely aware of the highly publicized feud between McCain & @realDonaldTrump , & realizing that, as a Republican, McCain could draw attention to the Dossier & invest it w/credibility, he decided to broach the subject to McCain.

42. The dirty, rotten RINO senator responded with alacrity & agreed to be the "middleman" in conveying the Dossier to Comey and thence to Obama.

43. @realDonaldTrump & McCain were feuding ever since Trump said, “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured”

That Kindled MASSIVE HATE from McCain.
The Dossier Was McCain's REVENGE.
via @YouTube

44. Now, McCain got his revenge. Coming from a Trump who never served in combat, the comment was unforgivable. But in politics, revenge is a dish best served cold, so McCain bides his time until he cld get even.
The assignment 2bring the Dossier to public view was his opportunity

45. Even though the Dossier has been EXPOSED AS A TOTAL FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT -a total lie, it led to the appointment of Bob The Witch-Hunter- Mueller as special prosecutor, taunting the Trump White House ever since.

And costing US Taxpayers Well Over $25,000,000 Million& Counting

46. John McCain got his revenge.
Now Comey had a legitimate excuse to consider the dossier & to pass it to Obama, congressional leaders, & possibly the media.

And THAT Folks, That’s How the Entire 🗣️📣"RUSSIAN COLLUSION!" investigation thingy got started.

47. Kramer noted, under oath, that Steele told him that the information in the dossier “needed to be corroborated and verified.”

Also, according to Kramer, Steele said he “did NOT feel that he was in a position to vouch for everything that was produced in this.”

48. Kramer noted that Glen Simpson, who WAS AWARE the dossier was being given to McCain, said the dossier “was a very sensitive document and needed to be handled very carefully.”

49. Despite this warning, Kramer showed the dossier to a number of journalists & had discussions with at least 14 mbrs of the media, along with individuals in the US government.

50. Kramer testified that he, McCain, and McCain’s chief of staff, Christopher Brose, met to review the dossier on Nov. 30, 2016.
Kramer suggested that McCain “provide a copy of [the dossier] to the Director of the FBI and the Director of the CIA."

51. McCain passed copies of dossier to Comey on Dec 9, 2016.
McCain provided a copy to then-CIA Director John Brennan.
Notably, Brennan did attach a 2-page summary of the dossier to the intel community assessment that he delivered to outgoing Pres Barack Obama on Jan 5, 2017.

52. Kramer Kept Steele and Others Informed on the McCain–Comey Meeting
Kramer said that he was not aware of the content of McCain’s Dec. 9 discussion with Comey, noting that he “did not get any readout from The Senator on the meeting, but just that it had happened.”

53. Kramer did, however, provide updates to both Steele and Simpson regarding the status of McCain’s mtg w/Comey, in subsequent discussions w/Simpson and Steele:....

54. Kramer:
🤚🏽📖“It was mostly to inform [Steele & Simpson] abt whether or not The Senator [McCain] had transfer..transmitted the document [Dossier] to the FBI [Comey]. Both he & Mr. Steele were..

55. Testimony cont:
🤚🏽📖"...I [Kramer] kept them [Steele & Simpson] apprised of whether The Senator [McCain] was ..where The Senator [McCain] was in terms of his contact with the FBI [Comey]”

56. The implications of this statement are significant.
Mr. Kramer, Is a PRIVATE CITIZEN, was providing updates to a former British spy (Christopher Steele) as to what a sitting US Senator (John McCain) was saying to the director of the FBI (James Comey)😳🤫

57. Other members of the media also had some awareness of McCain’s intention to mt w/Comey. Kramer testified both Mother Jones reporter David Corn & Guardian reporter Julian Borger came to meet w/him.

58. According to Kramer, “they were mostly interested in Senator McCain and his, whether he had given it to Director Comey or not.”

59. 👉🏽Meeting With the State Dept👈🏽
Several days after McCain, Brose, & Kramer met to discuss the dossier
Kramer said McCain instructed him to meet w/Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasian Affairs, and Russian Affairs Dir Celeste Wallander.

60. The purpose of the mtg was to verify whether the dossier “was being taken seriously.” Both Nuland & Wallander were aware of the dossier’s existence, and both previously knew Steele, whom “they believed to be credible.”

61. Kramer said he didn’t physically share the dossier with them at this point, but met again with Russian Affairs Director Celeste Wallander, who was also a National Security Council member, “around New years” and “gave her a copy of the document”

62. Nuland had actually received a copy of the earlier version of the Steele memos back in July 2016. cbsnews.com/news/victoria-…

63. Steele produced a final memo dated Dec. 13, 2016.
According to UK court documents, Kramer, on behalf of McCain, had asked Steele to provide any further intel he had gathered relating to “alleged Russian interference in the US Presidential election.”
drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzgzy2…

64. Notably, it appears it was 👆🏽This request from McCain that led Steele to produce his Dec. 13 memo.

65. Although Kramer did not provide a date, he said he received the final Steele memo sometime after “Senator McCain provided the copy to Director Comey.”
We know Kramer received the final memo prior to Dec. 29...when Kramer met with BuzzFeed reporter Ken Bensinger.

66. 👉🏽BuzzFeed Obtains the Dossier👈🏽
Kramer showed a copy of the dossier to BuzzFeed News reporter Ken Bensinger on Dec. 29, 2016, during a mtg at the McCain Institute, which, according to Kramer, “was closed for the holidays during that whole week.”

67. There is apparently some dispute as to how Benzinger obtained physical possession of the dossier. A footnote w/in court doc notes a disagreement btwn Kramer &Bensinger abt whether“Kramer gave Bensinger a copy or Bensinger took photos of Dossier when Kramer was not looking”

68. Acc to Kramer, 🤚🏽📖he testified Bensinger “said he wanted to read them, -asked me if he could take photos of them on his-I assume iPhone. I asked him not to. He said he was a slow reader, he wanted to read it. And so I said, you know, I got a phone call to make, ....

69. "....and I had to go to the bathroom…” Kramer said that he “left him to read it for 20, 30 minutes.”

Wai....WHAT!?
😳1/2 hour On The Toilet👈🏽🤢
Now were was I...?
Ah yes, Kramer...

70. Kramer also testified that he gave a final copy of the dossier to 2 other people in early Jan 2017

~Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) 👈🏽
and...
~House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Chief of Staff, Jonathan Burks. 👈🏽

71. In regard to Kinzinger, Kramer noted, “I felt I could trust him. … I really got to know him at the Halifax mtg. …He strikes me as a very serious & honorable person, & I felt that someone on that side of Congress should be aware.”

72. By late December, additional members of the media had obtained copies of the dossier.

73. Then...The Dossier Goes Public
The ICA on alleged Russian hacking was released internally on Jan. 5, 2017.
dni.gov/files/document…

74. On this same day, outgoing Obama held an
🤫UNDISCLOSED WH MTG🤫
to discuss the ICA & the dossier with
~National Sec Adviser Susan Rice
~FBI Director Comey,
and
~Deputy AG Sally Yates.
😉Rice would later send herself a CYA email documenting the mtg. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…

76. Comey wld only inform @realDonaldTrump of the “salacious” details contained w/in the dossier. He later explained on CNN in an Apr 2018 that he had done so at the request of Clapper & Brennan,“bec that was the part the ldrs of the Intel Comm agreed he needed 2be told about.”

77. Shortly after Comey’s meeting with Trump, both the Trump–Comey meeting and the existence of the dossier were leaked to CNN. The significance of the meeting was material, as Comey noted in a Jan. 7 memo: scribd.com/document/37685…

78. “Media like CNN had them and were looking for a news hook. I said it was important that we NOT give them the excuse to write that the FBI has the material.”

79. The media had widely dismissed the dossier as unsubstantiated &, therefore, unreportable. It was only after learning Comey briefed @realDonaldTrump on it that CNN reported on the dossier. cnn.com/2017/01/10/pol…

80. The House Intelligence Committee report on Russian election interference confirmed that Clapper personally LEAKED confirmation of the dossier, along with Comey’s meeting with @realDonaldTrump , to CNN:

81. “The Committee’s investigation revealed that President-elect @realDonaldTrump was indeed briefed on the contents of the Steele dossier and when questioned by the Committee, former Dir of National Intel James Clapper admitted he confirmed existence of dossier to the media.”

82. Additionally, the House Intelligence Report shows Clapper appears to have been THE DIRECT SOURCE for CNN’s (FAKE YAPPER) Jake Tapper and his Jan. 10 story, which disclosed the existence of the dossier:

83. “When initially asked about leaks related to the ICA in July 2017, former DNI Clapper flatly DENIED (aka: 🤥LIED) about discussing the dossier [compiled by Steele] or any other intelligence related to Russia hacking of the 2016 election with any journalists.’

84. Clapper subsequently acknowledged discussing the ‘dossier with CNN journalist Jake Tapper,’ and admitted that he might have spoken with other journalists about the same topic.” thehill.com/policy/nationa…

85. “Clapper’s discussion w/Tapper took place in early Jan 17, arnd the time IC ldrs briefed Obama & Pres-elect @realDonaldTrump , on ‘the Christopher Steele info,’ a 2-page summary of which was ‘enclosed in’ the highly-classified version of the ICA.” l

86. On Jan 10,17 CNN publshd “Intel Chiefs Presented Trump With Claims of Russian Efforts to Compromise Him” by Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Fake Yapper & Carl Bernstein. (This article would later be updated and have a Jan. 12, 2017, date.) cnn.com/2017/01/10/pol…

87. The allegations within the dossier were made public, and with reporting of the briefings by intelligence community leaders, instant credibility was given to the dossier’s assertions.

88. Immediately following the CNN story, BuzzFeed published the Steele dossier, containing highlighted portions made by Kramer, and the Trump–Russia conspiracy was pushed into the mainstream. buzzfeednews.com/article/kenben…

89. Kramer was asked about his reaction when CNN broke the story on the dossier.
🤚🏽📖According to his deposition, Kramer testified,
“I believe my words were
😳‘HOLY SHIT!”💩

90. Kramer, who was meeting with The Guardian’s Julian Borger when CNN reported on the dossier, said that he quickly spoke with
Co-Author of The Dossie Christopher Steele,
who
⚡️ “WAS SHOCKED!”⚡️

91. The next day, Jan11/17 Clapper issued a statement condemning the leaks without revealing the FACT that
⚡️HE WAS THE LEAK!

~Clapper Resigned & CNN hired him
~McCain Died
~Comey was Fired
~Crooked Walks
~@realDonaldTrump Fights
Yet Mueller's TAXPAYER FUNDED Hunt Conts

~End