President Trump once again attacked the late Sen. John McCain on Wednesday, this time suggesting the Vietnam war hero should have come to him after he was first handed a copy of the Golden Showers dossier.
Trump teed off on McCain a day after saying he was 'never a fan' of McCain. This time, he returned to the topic of the dossier, which contained salacious and unverified claims about Trump's comments in a Moscow hotel room. McCain obtained the dossier
'John McCain received the fake and phony dossier. Did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton, right?' Trump said at an event in Ohio, drawing boos at the mention of his Democratic rival.
'And John McCain got it. He got it. And what did he do? He didn't call me. He turned it over to the FBI hoping to put me in jeopardy. And that's not the nicest thing to do,' Trump said.
Fox News reported based on filings that a McCain associate turned over the dossier to the FBI, along with media outlets, after the campaign.
President Donald Trump attacked the late Sen. John McCain again on Wednesday
Trump also vented about McCain's funeral – which was held in the National Cathedral and included ceremonial honors, though Trump didn't attend at McCain's request.
'I endorsed him at his request and I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve,' Trump said.
The president's latest comments came as the McCain controversy simmered after Trump's weekend attacks on the longtime senator who was held captive for 5 1/2 years in Hanoi during the war.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said he will reintroduce legislation to name a Senate office building after the late Sen. John McCain – following President Trump's comments that he is 'not a fan' of the Vietnam war hero.
Lt. Commander John S. McCain III, a POW for over five years, waves to well wishers March 18, 1973 after arriving at Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida.
John McCain is administered to in a Hanoi, Vietnam hospital as a prisoner of war in the fall of 1967. McCain spent 20 years in the Navy, a quarter of it in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's jet was shot down over Hanoi during a bombing mission
John McCain is greeted by President Richard Nixon in Washington during the spring of 1973 after spending more than five years in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp. Solitary confinement was McCain's fiercest enemy during his more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, an experience he says taught him confidence, humility and the ambition to pursue larger dreams after he was released
Schumer first raised the issue after McCain's death in August. He brought it up again after Trump blasted McCain on Twitter
