Tag: Carter Page

Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter

The following article by Massimo Calabresi and Alana Abramson was posted on the Time website February 4, 2018:

Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page’s contacts with the Russian government over the years.

The letter, dated Aug. 25, 2013, was sent by Page to an academic press during a dispute over edits to an unpublished manuscript he had submitted for publication, according to an editor who worked with Page. Continue reading “Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter”

Schiff: No, the memo doesn’t vindicate Trump

The following article by Brent D. Griffiths was posted on the Politico website February 4, 2018:

“Sources are going to dry up because of what the Republicans on the committee are doing now,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of fallout from the Nunes memo. Credit: John Shinkle/POLITICO

House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff said Sunday that the Republican memo about alleged FBI misconduct does not vindicate President Donald Trump.

“Of course not at all,” Schiff (D-Calif.) told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.”

“What the memo indicates is the investigation didn’t begin with Carter Page, it actually began with George Papadopoulos, someone who was a foreign policy adviser for candidate Trump and someone who was meeting secretly with the Russians and talking about the stolen Clinton e-mails,” Schiff said. Continue reading “Schiff: No, the memo doesn’t vindicate Trump”

Panetta: Trump will do damage if he fires Rosenstein and Mueller

The following article by Rebecca Morin was posted on the Politico website February 4, 2018:

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Former CIA Director Leon Panetta warned President Donald Trump on Sunday against firing special counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“If he tries to go after them and tries to somehow appear to be obstructing the process that’s involved in this investigation; he’s going to hurt himself,” Panetta said on “Fox News Sunday.” “But more importantly, he’s going to hurt the country.”

Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Rosenstein, who is overseeing Mueller’s probe on whether Russia colluded with the president’s 2016 campaign. Continue reading “Panetta: Trump will do damage if he fires Rosenstein and Mueller”

Nunes Memo Does Russia’s Work of Eroding Trust in American Justice

The following article by Michael Daly was posted on the Daily Beast website February 2, 2018:

To cast suspicion on the FBI, the memo notes Papadopoulos triggered the bureau’s probe—but omits that he later pleading guilty to lying about his dealings with the Russians.

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However FBI Agent Peter Strzok felt about FBI lawyer Lisa Page, his texts to his supposed mistress became most emotional not about her but about a dire threat to our national security.

The threat that rouses such ardor in Strzok draws only a shrug from some in the White House and Congress who most loudly proclaim themselves patriots. President Trump excoriates those who go down on one knee during the national anthem, but himself goes down on both knees to an avowed enemy. Continue reading “Nunes Memo Does Russia’s Work of Eroding Trust in American Justice”

Who is Carter Page? Subject Of Nunes Memo Has Ties To Russia — And Spies

The following article by Nicole Goodkind of Newsweek was posted on the National Memo website February 1, 2018:

Carter Page started out as an unknown foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Now he’s at the center of a national scandal about Russia, secret courts, and surveillance of U.S. citizens.

That’s because a controversial Republican memo, created by GOP Congressman Devin Nunes, apparently alleges that the FBI and the Department of Justice used misleading evidence for a surveillance warrant against Page in the fall of 2016.

Though he was not well known in Russian policy circles, Page had spent years working in the region before signing up with the Trump campaign.  An ex-Moscow-based investment banker, he attracted the attention of the FBI in 2013 when a Russian spy tried to recruit him. Page is one of the Trump administration’s many friendly links to the government of Vladimir Putin—ties that have fueled speculation and questions about the Trump campaign and Russia’s efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election. Continue reading “Who is Carter Page? Subject Of Nunes Memo Has Ties To Russia — And Spies”

The sketchy past of the man at the center of the Republicans’ memo obsession

The following article by Judd Legum was posted on the ThinkProgress website February 1, 2018:

Carter Page, an unlikely choice for American hero.

Moscow, Russia-Dec. 12, 2016: Pagemakes a presentation titled ” Departing from Hypocrisy: Potential Strategies in the Era of Global Economic Stagnation, Security Threats and Fake News” during his visit to Moscow. Credit: Artyom Korotayev/TASS via Getty Images

The infamous Republican House Intelligence Committee memo, which alleges abuses by the FBI in its investigation of the Trump campaign, is expected to be released very soon.

To regular viewers of Hannity, this is the most monumental event since the moon landing. The rest of America, meanwhile, may be wondering what this is all about. It really comes down to one question: Was an obscure Trump adviser named Carter Page a legitimate subject of FBI surveillance, or was he targeted improperly?

For many, Americans the answer to this question is: I don’t really care. For everyone else, please read on. Continue reading “The sketchy past of the man at the center of the Republicans’ memo obsession”

Republicans vote to release memo alleging FBI missteps in surveillance of Trump campaign operative

The following article by Karoun Demirjian and Devlin Barrett was posted on the Washington Post website January 29, 2018:

Created by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the four-page memo is critical of the Justice Department and the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)

The House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department, escalating a political fight between conservatives and the nation’s intelligence agencies.

The vote, which proceeded along party lines in the Republican-controlled committee, means that President Trump now has up to five days to review the material and decide whether to keep it secret, though he could agree to the release anytime before that deadline. If he does nothing, the committee can release the memo publicly. Continue reading “Republicans vote to release memo alleging FBI missteps in surveillance of Trump campaign operative”

Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page accused academics who twice failed his PhD of bias

The following article by Luke Harding and Stephanie Kirchgaessner was posted on the Guardian website December 22, 2017:

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Carter Page, Donald Trump’s former foreign policy adviser, accused his British examiners of “anti-Russian bias” after they took the highly unusual step of failing his “verbose” and “vague” PhD thesis, not once but twice.

Page was a little-known oil consultant who lived and worked in Moscow when he joined Trump’s campaign in March 2016. The then-candidate named Page as one of five foreign policy advisers, calling him “Carter Page PhD” in a meeting with the Washington Post’s editorial board. Continue reading “Ex-Trump adviser Carter Page accused academics who twice failed his PhD of bias”

Major Takeaways From Carter Page’s Congressional Interview on Russian Election Meddling

The following article by Michael S. Schmidt was posted on the New York Times website November 7, 2017:

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WASHINGTON — A congressional committee investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election released a transcript late Monday of a seven-hour interview lawmakers conducted last week behind closed doors with Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign.

Some details from the interview were previously known, including the fact that Mr. Page traveled to Russia in summer 2016, when he was part of the campaign.

But the interview revealed new information about who in the campaign knew about the trip, what Mr. Page reported to the campaign and other trips he took last year. Continue reading “Major Takeaways From Carter Page’s Congressional Interview on Russian Election Meddling”

Carter Page wanted Trump to take 2016 trip to Russia

The following article by Katie Bo Williams was posted on the Hill website November 6, 2017:

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The House Intelligence Committee on Monday night released more than 200 pages of transcripts from its marathon interview of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, sprawling testimony that contained new details about the closely-scrutinized foreign policy aide’s relationship to Moscow.

The at-times tense interview — which took place behind closed doors last week — also highlighted an increasingly public partisan rift on the committee. Continue reading “Carter Page wanted Trump to take 2016 trip to Russia”