Looks like Carter turned the Page on them

[malaise]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carter-page-russia-testimony_us_5a01159be4b066c2c039cb79
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The House Intelligence Committee on Monday released more than 200 pages of testimony from its closed-door interview last week with Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Donald Trump presidential campaign.

The document presents the clearest picture yet of Page’s interactions with Russian officials, including his interactions with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. Page’s testimony appears to contradict his public statements that he had no meaningful encounters during a trip he took to Russia in 2016 while he was a member of the Trump campaign’s foreign policy team.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the committee, said Monday evening that Page was “forced to acknowledge that he communicated with high-level Russian officials while in Moscow” during his trip, noting that Page “also admitted notifying the fact of his meetings to his campaign supervisors.”

“Perhaps most important, Page ― after being presented with an email he sent to his campaign supervisors, and which he did not disclose to the Committee prior to the interview and despite a subpoena from the Committee ― detailed his meetings with Russian government officials and others, and said that they provided him with insights and outreach that he was interested in sharing with the campaign,” Schiff said in a statement following the transcript’s release. “Page’s invitation to Moscow and his July 2016 trip was paid for by Russian sponsors and followed his appointment as a Trump campaign foreign policy advisor.”


LOCK THEM UP!

[Turbineguy]

1. Oh, he must

have been the boy who got the cream and sugar, and with a starry eyed look, aspired to be the guy that got the coffee.

[lagomorph777]

17. Coffee boy spilled the beans!

What a mess!

[wishstar]

2. I love that this came out the House committee that was disparaged as useless

I credit Adam Schiff for this turn of events.

[BootinUp]

3. The gall, gumption, and audacity of these liars

Is something no?

[malaise]

4. Unbelievable

They all lied

LOCK THEM UP!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I read the transcript of Page's testimony

and it's apparent that the guy is an odd duck, to put it mildly. His testimony was slippery, evasive and inconsistent, and full of references to how he is being persecuted by the media and the government, complete with death threats. He tried to portray himself as important and learned while at the same time claiming he didn't do anything significant with the Trump campaign and especially involving the Russians. I think he's another useful idiot (like Papadopoulos) the Russians saw they could exploit by fluffing his sense of self-importance. The Trump campaign hadn't much use for him, either, except as a name on a list. All the reputable foreign policy advisors were already taken by other campaigns and wanted nothing to do with Trump, so they were scrambling for people they could call experts - and they got this numpty. Of course, like the waitress in Lawyers, Guns and Money, he was with the Russians, too.

[malaise]

6. Yep common to all the fools and tools is this sense of self-importance

The Con himself preens like a fugging peacock

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Page was trying to ingratiate himself with the Trump campaign

(since he was otherwise useless) through his connections to Russian government officials. He probably exaggerated those contacts since the Russians evidently saw that he was a moron, if a useful one - but of course the point is that the campaign bit. They were interested in what Page claimed to offer; otherwise they'd have kicked him off the campaign and called the FBI.

[malaise]

10. The only thing on the Con's mind was

that Moscow Trump Tower and the billions in money being laundered

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. And his probably ginormous indebtedness to the oligarchs.

Wouldn't want those guys to call your loans, would you, Don?

[Wounded Bear]

12. This is something I've always thought...

Find out how much money he owes Putin.

[malaise]

20. Good point n/t

[The Polack MSgt]

7. Lawyer guns and money WON'T get them outta here...

[Roland99]

23. I think Doug Feith has a competitor for dumbest m. f.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. More than useful idiot, he brokered the Rosneft deal worth maybe $8 billion for $230 million commiss

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. Did he, or did he just claim to have done it?

I got the impression from the transcript that he couldn't organize a visit to the rest room.

[marylandblue]

27. he exagerrated his role in the deal, he was really a minor player

[H2O Man]

9. Recommended!

Lock them up!

[ffr]

13. Indict

[bronxiteforever]

14. Kick and recommend.

[VermontKevin]

15. The John Doggett of this scandal.

[L. Coyote]

16. Trip was paid for by Russian sponsors and followed appointment as Trump campaign advisor.

They are in such deep shit!

[spanone]

18. K&R...👍🏼

[moda253]

19. So if this is turning up from the House Intelligence Committee.....

Mueller has to have some serious goods on this guy.

[SeattlePop]

21. Lock Them Up

Page is a liar too.

[Roland99]

22. Trip paid for by russian sponsors AFTER he started working for Trump campaign

Nothing burger

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. "did not disclose despite a subpoena" -- should lead to contempt charges. But he's white male.

[Nitram]

28. Another smoking gun.

Pass the popcorn.

[Pluvious]

29. This one line should be scaring the shit out of many other of 45's sycophants...

"... after being presented with an email he sent to his campaign supervisors, and which he did not disclose to the Committee prior to the interview and despite a subpoena from the Committee..."

All the other supporting criminals gotta be wondering what all the investigators know...

[Stuart G]

30. I agree..and I believe it is.."scaring the shit out of many other 45's sycophants.."

I sure hope the "sycophants" turn on each other. If that happens, then the big "dump" will be in grave danger..Not just his sons, but the dump himself. Let the dump fall into a huge........HUGE!!!!!!!GARBAGE DUMP where he belongs...with the rest of the crowd.