Carter Page had nothing to do with Russian spying and the FBI knew it when they sought a warrant to spy on him. Page assisted the FBI in a 2013 operation resulting in the prosecution of an actual Russian agent. The Democrat media conveniently forgets that it outed Page as a supposed Russian agent in the summer of 2016, and we’re supposed to believe that the Russians continued to talk to him throughout the year.
Consider just this: Between August and September of 2016, the Washington Post, Yahoo News and Democrat politicians announced publicly and repeatedly that Carter Page was a Russian agent. And then, in October, the FBI obtained a warrant to monitor Page’s communications with his Russian masters, hoping against hope that the Kremlin had still not heard that Carter Page had been “outed.” Because if they knew about this, the secret channel would have to shut down.
How much communication do you think went on between Page and the Kremlin after these reports became public? And by the way, Carter Page left the Trump team in September of 2016, so the FBI secured their warrant when he had nothing to do with Trump.
On August 5, 2016, a Washington Post headline screamed, “Trump adviser’s public comments, ties to Moscow stir unease.” The article stated, “In Moscow, all this is being watched closely.” And we are to believe that the Kremlin continued to use Page.
On September 23, 2016, Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff, citing a congressional source, gave the world a heads-up about American intelligence monitoring of Page:
The source added that U.S. officials in the briefings indicated that intelligence reports about the adviser’s [Page’s] talks with senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin were being “actively monitored and investigated.”
A senior U.S. law enforcement official did not dispute that characterization when asked for comment by Yahoo News. “It’s on our radar screen,” said the official about Page’s contacts with Russian officials. “It’s being looked at.”
You’re not an FBI super-sleuth, but given that hundreds of millions of people were notified that Page’s communications with Russian agents were being monitored by the FBI, how much communication do you think went on between Page and Russia?
There is no way in hell that the FBI believed that a warrant to spy on Carter Page would yield even a smidgen of such communication. They sought the warrant for the sole purpose of inserting a Trump campaign associate into their demented, concocted conspiracy. Page at this point was a former low-level Trump adviser whose influence on the campaign was imperceptible. This is what the Washington Post reported about their modern day Alger Hiss:
- “Page submitted policy memos to the campaign and several times asked to be given a meeting with Trump, though his request was never granted.”
- “Page participated in three dinners held for the campaign’s volunteer foreign policy advisers in the spring and summer of 2016…Trump did not attend.”
Horrors!
Meanwhile, the Steele Dossier spread provable lies about Page’s contacts with Russian officials. It stated that Page met with Putin associate Igor Sechin in July of 2016 to negotiate sanctions and energy policy on behalf of Trump. Page never met with Sechin and has volunteered to an interview with U.S. intelligence to state as much.
All four of the FISA Court requests signed by FBI officials against Page occurred after Page left his insignificant role as Trump adviser.
The FBI and the Democrat party want you to believe that this superstar was at the center of the greatest espionage caper in American history. Don’t.