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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 10:58 AM Apr 2017

Carter Page, Investigated for Russia Link, Told by Trump Legal Team to Stop Calling Himself Advisor

Source: LawNewz

by Alberto Luperon | 10:40 am, April 23rd, 2017



Donald Trump‘s representatives are giving width berth to would-be ally Carter Page.

A December 2016 letter reported by Fox News on Saturday shows presidential transition team lawyer Donald McGahn setting very clear terms–Page must stop calling himself an advisor. The Daily Caller first reported on this letter, though not the contents, in March.

You were merely one of the many people named to a foreign policy advisory committee in March of 2016 — a committee that met one time. You never met Mr. Trump, nor did you ever ‘advise’ Mr. Trump about anything. You are thus not an ‘advisor’ to Mr. Trump in any sense of the word.


This essentially comes from the top. Remember, McGahn is currently White House counsel. Other Trump aides certainly haven’t been afraid to publicly distance themselves from Page, an oil industry businessman.

Here’s an April 22 tweet from Dan Scavino, White House Director of Social Media, and the social media honcho for Trump’s campaign. He’s backing up claims by former Trump campaign manager Jason Miller and press Secretary Sean Spicer that Page wasn’t a major part of the team.




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Carter Page, Investigated for Russia Link, Told by Trump Legal Team to Stop Calling Himself Advisor (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
See also matt819 Apr 2017 #1
Yeah, Republicons scramble to save tRump, Ryan & McCONnell by sacrificing anyone & everyone else. nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #2
Sorry, Trump legal team, one can't wish known accomplices away... Thor_MN Apr 2017 #3
After all, it's on the recordings. ananda Apr 2017 #4
I would love to find a cache of pics with Page and Trump together. airmid Apr 2017 #5
Please post them when you do! WhiteTara Apr 2017 #6
I went looking for pics PatSeg Apr 2017 #11
I wonder how we could make an internet mission WhiteTara Apr 2017 #15
Yeah PatSeg Apr 2017 #16
Here's a url to one. Don't know if it is photoshopped or not -- looks very posed at the least ColemanMaskell Apr 2017 #17
Yeah, I did see that PatSeg Apr 2017 #18
republicans demand that he become a better liar Achilleaze Apr 2017 #7
dRumpf, March of 2016: Mc Mike Apr 2017 #8
Thank you PatSeg Apr 2017 #10
Welcome, Pat. Mc Mike Apr 2017 #12
Yes I've noticed that PatSeg Apr 2017 #14
Yet another of the many expendables around drumpf. lark Apr 2017 #9
Am waiting for Ghouliani to be outed too. BumRushDaShow Apr 2017 #13

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
11. I went looking for pics
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 02:07 PM
Apr 2017

of them together and I can't find any. Trump is always saying he never met certain people, but photos say otherwise. There must be a photo of them together some where.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
7. republicans demand that he become a better liar
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 12:34 PM
Apr 2017

repubes are adept at lying, and demand that all the KGOPee wankers measure up.

Mc Mike

(9,106 posts)
8. dRumpf, March of 2016:
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 01:39 PM
Apr 2017

"When Donald J. Trump finally began to reveal the names of his foreign policy advisers during a swing through Washington this week, the Republican foreign policy establishment looked at them and had a pretty universal reaction: Who?

...

While most presidential campaigns have been offering lists of their high-profile advisers, Mr. Trump had repeatedly declined to reveal his, offering only that he developed his views about world affairs from listening to experts on television, and that he liked to come up with his own ideas.

That changed on Monday when, in an interview with The Washington Post editorial board, he shared the names of five advisers who signed up to be on his team: Joseph E. Schmitz, Gen. Keith Kellogg, Carter Page, George Papadopoulos and Walid Phares. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/us/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisers.html?_r=0

Mc Mike

(9,106 posts)
12. Welcome, Pat.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 02:24 PM
Apr 2017

They're not good liars, but they're prolific. You'd think they'd be good at it, because of how much time they spend doing it, but no.

Their low 'lying skill-level' is reminiscent of dRump's skill level at golf. He spends a ton of time golfing, but still sucks so bad at it that he constantly has to cheat.

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
14. Yes I've noticed that
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 02:39 PM
Apr 2017

You'd think they'd put a little more time into their lies, but they tend to be careless and impulsive, like young out-of-control children. Trump is the absolute worst liar I've ever heard. He doesn't even try to sound plausible. Love your golf analogy, sums up Trump perfectly.

lark

(22,993 posts)
9. Yet another of the many expendables around drumpf.
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 01:45 PM
Apr 2017

drumpf and his lawyers and twist and spin and lie all day, but Page, Manafort, Flynn, Sessions played major roles with the campaign and with the russia collusion and no amount of denial will change the facts. Although these jerks have no sense of reality at all, it's just what's going to get them the most at any second, regardless of any facts at all.

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