In July 2016, after returning from Russia, Page traveled to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.583 While there, Page met Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak;...
Carter Page was being ushered into the position the Russians wanted him. He was being supervised. Why would a Russian Ambassador have such intense interest in a person returning from Russia, when he had a higher priority as a person involved with a winning presidential campaign? Putin didn't want to take his "eyes" of him because of the sanctions. They didn't have their priority landed yet.
November 16, 2017
By Tucker Higgins
"Russian Ambassador says he won't name all the Trump officials he has met because the 'list is so long.'"
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (click here) said on Wednesday that it would take him more than 20 minutes to name all of the Trump officials he’s met with or spoken to on the phone.
“First, I’m never going to do that,” he said. “And second, the list is so long that I’m not going to be able to go through it in 20 minutes.”
Kislyak made the remarks in a sprawling interview with Russia-1, a popular state-owned Russian television channel. In the interview, which a Russian media expert said resembled “late night American television,” he also joked about American investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, called U.S. President Donald Trump “witty,” and said that U.S.-Russian relations were worse than at any point since the end of the Cold War....
Kisliyak was ordered back to Russia after the Special Counsel became interested in him. He is a former nuclear scientist. Interesting ambassador to send to the USA. Russia stated the transfer was planned for some time. Sure. But, it actually took place when Trump was in trouble.
Kisliyak was ordered back to Russia after the Special Counsel became interested in him. He is a former nuclear scientist. Interesting ambassador to send to the USA. Russia stated the transfer was planned for some time. Sure. But, it actually took place when Trump was in trouble.
...that interaction is described in Volume I, Section IV.A.6.a, infra. 584 Page later emailed Campaign officials with feedback he said he received from ambassadors he had met at the Convention, and he wrote that Ambassador Kisliak was very worried about candidate Clinton's world views. 585 Grand Jury 586
What?
Ambassador Kisliak was very worried about candidate Clinton's world views
Russia, the country with sanctions, is worried about Clinton's world view.
Sooooooo.
Following the Convention, Page's trip to Moscow and his advocacy for pro-Russia foreign policy drew the media's attention and began to generate substantial press coverage.
Ah, oh. Page let the cat out of the bag.
The Campaign responded by distancing itself from Page,
Ya, think.
describing him as an "informal foreign policy advisor" who did "not speak for Mr. Trump or the campaign."587 On September 23, 2016, Yahoo! News reported that U.S. intelligence officials were investigating whether Page had opened private communications with senior Russian officials to discuss U.S. sanctions policy under a possible Trump Administration.588 A Campaign spokesman told Yahoo! News that Page had "no role" in the Campaign and that the Campaign was "not aware of any of his activities, past or present."
That is a lie. The campaign knew what his role in Moscow was and even turned down an appear for Trump. They disavowed his activities, but, they knew full well what Page was doing in Moscow. And the fact remains that while in Moscow was in conversation with Page, as a foreign policy advisor for the Trump campaign. No different than Manafort, at first the campaign never relieved Page of his duties to Trump.
589 On September 24, 2016, Page was formally removed from the Campaign.590 After the press was onto issues with the campaign and Page became a liability he was let go. Same thing with Manafort.
Why do I think that is significant? It is repeated behavior. What does Trump know and do that the press is unaware of that is a violation of the public trust and quite possibly the law?
Trump is secretive. He lies because the truth does not please his base. The truth is a secret.
Although Page had been removed from the Campaign, after the election he sought a position in the Trump Administration.591 On November 14, 2016, he submitted an application to the Transition Team that inflated his credentials and experiences, stating that in his capacity as a Trump Campaign foreign policy advisor he had met with "top world leaders" and "effectively responded to diplomatic outreach efforts from senior government officials in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, [and] the Americas."592 Page received no response from the Transition Team. When Page took a personal trip to Moscow in December 2016, he met again with at least one Russian government official. That interaction and a discussion of the December trip are set forth in Volume I, Section IV.B.6, infra.
Footnote 583 Page 3/10/17 302, at 4; Page 3/16/17 302, at 3.
Footnote 584 Page 3/10/17 302, at 4; Page 3/16/17 302, at 3.
Footnote 585 Grand Jury ; 7/23/16 Email, Page to Clovis; 7/25/16 Email, Page to Gordon & Schmitz.
Footnote 586 Grand Jury
Footnote 587 See, e.g., Steven Mufson & Tom Hamburger, Trump Advisor's Public Comments, Ties to Moscow Stir Unease in Both Parties, Washington Post (Aug. 5, 2016).
Footnote 588 Michael Isikoff, US. Intel Officials Probe Ties Between Trump Adviser and Kremlin, Yahoo! News (Sept. 23, 2016).
Footnote 589 Michael Isikoff, US. Intel Officials Probe Ties Between Trump Adviser and Kremlin, Yahoo!News (Sept. 23, 2016) (click here); see also 9/25/16 Email, Hicks to Conway & Bannon (instructing that inquiries about Page should be answered with "[h]e was announced as an informal adviser in March. Since then he has had no role or official contact with the campaign. We have no knowledge of activities past or present and he now officially has been removed from all lists etc.").
Footnote 590 Page 3/16/17 302, at 2; see, e.g., 9/23/16 Email, J. Miller to Bannon & S. Miller (discussing plans to remove Page from the campaign).
Footnote 591 Grand Jury , "Transition Online Form," 11/14/ 16 Grand Jury
Footntoe 592 Grand Jury , "Transition Online Form," 11/14/16 Grand Jury
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