Carter Page wanted Trump to take 2016 trip to Russia
The House Intelligence Committee on Monday night released more than 200 pages of transcripts from its marathon interview of former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page, sprawling testimony that contained a 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.
Page, who throughout sought to characterize himself as a scholar whose name has been unjustly defamed, told lawmakers that he suggested to his fellow foreign policy advisers that Trump could make a trip to Russia during the campaign.
“The idea there was bearing in mind Barack Obama's speech as a candidate in Germany 2008. That was what I was envisioning,” Page said.
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/359065-carter-page-wanted-trump-to-take-16-trip-to-russia
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