And now another shoe drops as Carter Page told CNN the the so-called “Spy” was not a spy at all, he was someone who was part of mainstream Republican politics.
Of all people who has been intricately involved with the legalities surrounding the Russia investigation, it’s Carter Page. But when CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Page to confirm Trump’s assessment, Page could not.
“I never found anything unusual whatsoever,” Page told Cooper. “You know, there’s a lot of allegations out there right now.”
The first time Page met the man was a week following his trip to Russia. Page said that the two men kept in contact for about a year following the conference they both attended and that they spoke about the campaign and foreign policy.
“You know he is someone who is, you know, long-term — someone who had been part of the establishment in Republican politics,” Page said of the academic who had worked as an assistant for three chiefs of staff, Alexander Haig, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. “So, typically, you know, around the convention time, and halfway through a presidential year, there’s — you keep bringing on more people in terms of potential supporters from the party, et cetera. It just seemed like something like that.”