It’s been an interesting week for Carter Page, possibly the unsharpest tack in the dull box that is the Trump campaign. Earlier, Page admitted that he may have traded a few of those Russia notes with George Papadopoulos, which—like Jefferson Sessions—he sort of forgot to mention to investigators.
“It may have come up, yeah,” Page told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes when asked whether he may have exchanged emails with George Papadopoulos and whether the two discussed Russia.
Considering that Papadopoulos appears to have emailed his fellow advisers over and over—and Page was very likely the “other foreign policy adviser” who Sam Clovis suggested Papadopolous take along on his proposed Russia trip … yeah, it may have come up.
Thursday was Page’s day to appear before the House Intelligence Committee. It was originally supposed to be an open session, but early on Thursday, Page went behind closed doors. And …
Carter Page is still down in HPSCI SCIF, about seven hours since he went through the door.
— Katie Bo Williams (@KatieBoWill) November 2, 2017
It may have been helpful that Page apparently started off his testimony by criticizing the panel. Congressional panels love that kind of thing. So, what can Page be talking about for so long?
Court papers released Monday by Mueller show that Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contact with Russian government officials.
Page has previously said he’d had some “brief” contacts with low-level Russians in 2013, and even traveled to Moscow in July 2016. But he has said he wasn’t representing the Trump campaign.
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Carter Page has invoked the 5th, on his own without a lawyer, regarding document production, says House Intel member Speier. Which documents? "Any documents," she tells me.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) November 2, 2017
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Carter Page has invoked the 5th, on his own without a lawyer, regarding document production, says House Intel member Speier. Which documents? “Any documents,” she tells me.
— Billy House (@HouseInSession) November 2, 2017