John McCain admitted tonight that he gave a copy of the blatantly phony Trump Dossier to the FBI shortly after the 2016 election. McCain says he couldn't tell if the information in the dossier was real or not so he gave it to the FBI so they could check it out. It's an amazing statement. The stories in the dossier are so outrageous that not even the news media would publish them. All it would take was to check the dates of some of the supposed events in Moscow against Donald Trump's schedule and it would be clear that the dossier was filled with false information. Surely, McCain had a staffer who could have done that rather simple task. But no, McCain claims that it was beyond his ability to recognize this blatantly false document as a fraud, so he gave it to the FBI. Oh, and somehow after he gave it to the FBI, the media learned all about that.
It has been clear since before election day that McCain hates Trump. After all, Trump said that McCain was only a hero because he was shot down and that he (Trump) likes people who weren't shot down better. Those are fighting words to McCain. I don't blame McCain for being angry. What Trump said was wrong and inappropriate. Still, that leaves the question whether the best way for McCain to respond is for him to pass bogus and blatantly false derogatory information about Trump to the FBI? McCain likes to posture how he is above all the DC squabbling; yet with this move on the dossier he was swimming in the deepest part of the swamp.
I don't doubt that it is possible that McCain was used here by the Democrats to try to hurt Trump. After all, it was a former British ambassador (who may have been paid by Fusion GPS or some DNC lawyer) who gave the dossier to McCain. What better way to get the document to the FBI without leaving fingerprints? Take advantage of the old man with the huge streak of anger against the then president-elect. We may find out soon if this is true; right now we just don't know.
One thing we do know is that John McCain did his country no favor by this move. Sure, McCain was a war hero during Vietnam. Trump is wrong there. But war hero or not, McCain should not have participated in the character assassination of the man the American people had just chosen to be their leader. Even if Trump didn't deserve more consideration in McCain's view, the American people and this nation certainly ought to get that respect from the senator.
It has been clear since before election day that McCain hates Trump. After all, Trump said that McCain was only a hero because he was shot down and that he (Trump) likes people who weren't shot down better. Those are fighting words to McCain. I don't blame McCain for being angry. What Trump said was wrong and inappropriate. Still, that leaves the question whether the best way for McCain to respond is for him to pass bogus and blatantly false derogatory information about Trump to the FBI? McCain likes to posture how he is above all the DC squabbling; yet with this move on the dossier he was swimming in the deepest part of the swamp.
I don't doubt that it is possible that McCain was used here by the Democrats to try to hurt Trump. After all, it was a former British ambassador (who may have been paid by Fusion GPS or some DNC lawyer) who gave the dossier to McCain. What better way to get the document to the FBI without leaving fingerprints? Take advantage of the old man with the huge streak of anger against the then president-elect. We may find out soon if this is true; right now we just don't know.
One thing we do know is that John McCain did his country no favor by this move. Sure, McCain was a war hero during Vietnam. Trump is wrong there. But war hero or not, McCain should not have participated in the character assassination of the man the American people had just chosen to be their leader. Even if Trump didn't deserve more consideration in McCain's view, the American people and this nation certainly ought to get that respect from the senator.
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