Tag: Carter Page

Trump adviser sent email describing ‘private conversation’ with Russian official

The following article by Rosalind S. Helderman, Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website November 7, 2017:

The FBI obtained a secret court order to monitor communications from former Trump adviser Carter Page in summer 2016, according to law enforcement and intelligence officials. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post)

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to President Trump’s campaign whose visit to Moscow during the election has drawn scrutiny, sent an email to fellow Trump aides during his trip describing “a private conversation” with a senior Russian official who spoke favorably of the Republican candidate, according to records released late Monday by congressional investigators.

Page also wrote that he had been provided “incredible insights and outreach” by Russian lawmakers and “senior members” of Russian President Vladi­mir Putin’s administration during the trip. Continue reading “Trump adviser sent email describing ‘private conversation’ with Russian official”

Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip

The following article was posted on the CNN website November 3, 2017:

Credit: Sergei Karpukhin, Reuters

Former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page privately testified Thursday that he mentioned to Jeff Sessions he was traveling to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign — as new questions emerge about the attorney general’s comments to Congress about Russia and the Trump campaign.

During more than six hours of closed-door testimony, Page said that he informed Sessions about his coming July 2016 trip to Russia, which Page told CNN was unconnected to his campaign role. Page described the conversation to CNN after he finished talking to the House intelligence committee. Continue reading “Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip”