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Politico: Former Trump adviser Carter Page also met with Russian envoy

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When Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak traveled to the GOP convention last summer, he met with then Sen. Jeff Sessions, as well as with two other Trump campaign advisers, including oil industry consultant Carter Page.

Page, at the time an unpaid foreign policy adviser to Trump, engaged in a conversation with the ambassador at the same July 20 luncheon in Cleveland where Sessions, now attorney general, and Kislyak chatted, according to J.D. Gordon, a national security adviser to the Trump campaign who was also present at the lunch.

Page declined to comment Thursday about what he and the Russian ambassador discussed, saying it was a private, off-the-record conversation. "Everyone assumes everything is nefarious!" Page said in a text message. "Thanks, but no comment."
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In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Thursday night, Page initially evaded questions on whether he met with Kislyak in Cleveland, before saying, "I'm not going to deny that I talked to him. Although I will say that I never met him anywhere outside of Cleveland, let’s just say that much.”

Page also denied acting as a liaison between Russia and the Trump campaign, and said he “was not aware of” speaking to any intelligence officials during his July 2016 visit to Moscow, where he met with “scholars and professors and some students there.”

Page also refused to answer whether he was in contact with anyone at the White House, saying that while he knows “various people there ... I don't talk about any specific discussions.”
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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/carter-page-russian-ambassador-meeting-235626
 
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Neuromancer

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"I'm not going to deny that I talked to him. Although I will say that I never met him anywhere outside of Cleveland, let’s just say that much.”
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Its like the old saying, 'what happens in Cleveland stays in Cleveland.'
 
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Usobuko

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Paul Ryan : It's really common for Members of Congress to meet with Ambassadors. I myself don't even remember who I met just last week.
 
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rjinaz

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Usobuko said:
Paul Ryan : It's really common for Members of Congress to meet with Ambassadors. I myself don't even remember who I met just last week.
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I remember there was a time when people thought Paul Ryan may not actually be all that bad. Thank god those days are over. He's from the same pile of shit as the rest of them.
 
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LakeEarth

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Was this Russian guy they were all meeting the same one who died suddenly a few weeks back?

EDIT - checked, no it isn't
 
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Chumley

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rjinaz said:
I remember there was a time when people thought Paul Ryan may not actually be all that bad. Thank god those days are over. He's from the same pile of shit as the rest of them.
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Yeah but he does crossfit and speaks very matter of factly so clearly he knows what he's talking about
 
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I wonder if the Russian dude basically went round them all with evidence of their wrong doings and basically blackmailed every single one. We have this video of you with a hooker, you cheating on your spouse, we recorded your weird kink, you killed this person for a business deal, you have a gay lover, you like kids, here is proof so do what I say. Maybe they aren't all like that and it's just money and deals that favour Russians and they get a little kick back.
 
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mnz

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How often do you even need to meet your secret backers? Are the US and Russia planning a wedding or something?
 
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Metaroo

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What the fuck is even going on anymore? Why are people turning their heads from this?

I'm starting to think apathy is the real problem here.
 
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More_Badass

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"Everyone assumes everything is nefarious!"

This is something a villain in a spy movie parody would say to the authorities while he's still upholding his front as a legit businessmen/politician.
 
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What is crazy is how Trump supporters are trying to handwave it all away by using Bill perjury or Hillary emails as a way to deflect. At this point it is very obvious, the Russians were in cahoots with the Trump administration and Trump team. There is no way Kushner and Flynn and Sessions met with any Russians without Trump knowing and allowing it.

But the majority of Republicans are sheer hypocrites without any integrity and so nothing will come of this.
 
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Madness said:
What is crazy is how Trump supporters are trying to handwave it all away by using Bill perjury or Hillary emails as a way to deflect. At this point it is very obvious, the Russians were in cahoots with the Trump administration and Trump team. There is no way Kushner and Flynn and Sessions met with any Russians without Trump knowing and allowing it.

But the majority of Republicans are sheer hypocrites without any integrity and so nothing will come of this.
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Investigations are happening, so the idea that nothing will come of this, at this point is a bit ridiculous.
 
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Madness said:
What is crazy is how Trump supporters are trying to handwave it all away by using Bill perjury or Hillary emails as a way to deflect. At this point it is very obvious, the Russians were in cahoots with the Trump administration and Trump team. There is no way Kushner and Flynn and Sessions met with any Russians without Trump knowing and allowing it.

But the majority of Republicans are sheer hypocrites without any integrity and so nothing will come of this.
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Bill's perjury wasn't about something that could potentially be treasonous.
Hilary's e-mails weren't hacked - Pence's was.

Both are talking points they can no longer use and shouldn't be tolerated with a straight face. The hypocrisy manifest now.
 
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Burt

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Watched that Hayes interview live and all I could think of is why Page would ever show up for it if he was just going to give the slimiest, most evasive interview in history.
 
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