In an effort to bolster the Steele dossier, Fusion GPS, the firm that commissioned the infamous report, tapped one of its contractors to investigate a Russian businessman accused of hacking Democrats’ computer systems. But that contractor, a Russia expert named Edward Baumgartner, came back with something that was perhaps disappointing to Fusion GPS. According to […]
John McCain Associate Had Contact with a Dozen Reporters Regarding Steele Dossier (David Kramer Deposition)…
An associate of late Arizona Sen. John McCain described in detail his contacts with a dozen journalists and several government officials regarding the infamous Steele dossier, according to a transcript of a court deposition unsealed Thursday. David Kramer, a former State Department official, said in a deposition on Dec. 13, 2017 that he provided a […]
John McCain Associate Behind Dossier Leak Urged Buzzfeed to Retract Its Story: ‘You are gonna get people killed!’…
Judge Unseals Portions of Christopher Steele’s Deposition in Dossier Lawsuit…
U.S. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro, who handled the lawsuit, ordered a slew of previously sealed documents to be made public Thursday. Ungaro dismissed the lawsuit on Dec. 19 but did not weigh in on whether the dossier’s claims about Gubarev were accurate. It is unclear whether Steele’s entire deposition will be released. A source […]
We Learned a Lot About the Steele Dossier During BuzzFeed’s 22-Month Legal Battle…
Much has been learned about how the Steele dossier was shared among government officials and the media in the nearly two years since BuzzFeed published the salacious document. Some of those details have come out through news reporting about the origins of the dossier, which was funded by Democrats and compiled by former British spy […]
Here’s the Network Who Distributed the Steele/Russia Dossier Starting with Buzzfeed…
According to inferred congressional testimony, Nellie Ohr’s co-author, Chris Steele, was also an employee of Russian influence agent Oleg Deripaska. Within a court filing today (full pdf below) there’s an outline of a network of NeverTrump republican allies who received the dossier directly from Christopher Steele. Including: David Kramer (for John McCain), Representative Adam Kinzinger, […]
CONFIRMED: John McCain Associate Gave Dossier To BuzzFeed…
A longtime associate of late Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain provided a copy of the infamous Steele dossier to BuzzFeed News, according to an explosive court filing released Wednesday. David Kramer, a former State Department official who was an executive at the McCain Institute, met on Dec. 29, 2016 with BuzzFeed reporter Ken Bensinger, according […]
House Intel Panel Interviews Key Figure in Trump Dossier Saga…
The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday morning interviewed a key character in the sprawling saga surrounding the so-called Steele dossier, a compendium of unconfirmed opposition research into then-candidate Donald Trump. The panel questioned David Kramer, a former State Department official who is now a senior director at the nonprofit McCain Institute, according to multiple sources […]
Inside the Trump Dossier Handoff: McCain’s ‘Go-Between’ Speaks Out…
The man who says he acted as a “go-between” last year to inform Sen. John McCain about the controversial “dossier” containing salacious allegations about then-candidate Donald Trump is speaking out, revealing how the ex-British spy who researched the document helped coordinate its release to the FBI, the media and Capitol Hill. “My mission was essentially […]
McCain and the Trump-Russia Dossier: What Did He Know, and When?…
Did John McCain and a controversial D.C. lobbying group conspire to get the infamous “pee dossier” into the hands of the press? A lawsuit making its way through court in the UK hopes to determine just what role the senator and his associates had in making the lurid dossier public. New filings in the lawsuit, […]