U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin
Source: yahoo.com
U.S. intel officials probe ties between Trump adviser and Kremlin
Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent
September 23, 2016
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Carter Page speaks at the graduation ceremony for the New Economic School in Moscow in July. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News, photos: Pavel Golovkin/AP, AP)
U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials including talks about the possible lifting of economic sanctions if the Republican nominee becomes president, according to multiple sources who have been briefed on the issue.
The activities of Trump adviser Carter Page, who has extensive business interests in Russia, have been discussed with senior members of Congress during recent briefings about suspected efforts by Moscow to influence the presidential election, the sources said. After one of those briefings, Senate minority leader Harry Reid wrote FBI Director James Comey, citing reports of meetings between a Trump adviser (a reference to Page) and high ranking sanctioned individuals in Moscow over the summer as evidence of significant and disturbing ties between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin that needed to be investigated by the bureau.
Some of those briefed were taken aback when they learned about Pages contacts in Moscow, viewing them as a possible back channel to the Russians that could undercut U.S. foreign policy, said a congressional source familiar with the briefings but who asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. The source added that U.S. officials in the briefings indicated that intelligence reports about the advisers talks with senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin were being actively monitored and investigated.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)ffr
(22,676 posts)This man cannot be trusted. Not for one second!
Ilsa
(61,709 posts)Looking into his connections.
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)Who is Trump, of all people, to be waving the American flag as if it were a Trump Tower flyer?
George II
(67,782 posts)gordianot
(15,249 posts)If not what is the purpose of the NSA other than a waste of money and effort?
angrychair
(8,749 posts)So glad we're giving him and "his people" national security briefings.
dhill926
(16,377 posts)I do believe my beer just got a little colder, and tastes better as well
riversedge
(70,383 posts)Jesse Lehrich ?@JesseLehrich 44m44 minutes ago
NEW: @GlenCaplin1 on latest Trump/Kremlin development:
"We've never seen anything like this in American politics."
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