Anybody remember THIS article?
It appeared on the same day as the Isikoff article.
In many ways, I found this far more interesting.
politico.com/magazine/story…
It appeared on the same day as the Isikoff article.
In many ways, I found this far more interesting.
politico.com/magazine/story…
Quote:
"As I started looking into Page, I began getting calls from two separate “corporate investigators” digging into what they claim are all kinds of shady connections Page has to all kinds of shady Russians."
"As I started looking into Page, I began getting calls from two separate “corporate investigators” digging into what they claim are all kinds of shady connections Page has to all kinds of shady Russians."
Cont: "One is working on behalf of various unnamed Democratic donors; the other won’t say who turned him on to Page’s scent."
Cont:
"Both claimed to me that the FBI was investigating Page for allegedly meeting with Igor Sechin and Sergei Ivanov, who was until recently Putin’s chief of staff—both of whom are on the sanctions list—when Page was in Moscow in July for that speech."
"Both claimed to me that the FBI was investigating Page for allegedly meeting with Igor Sechin and Sergei Ivanov, who was until recently Putin’s chief of staff—both of whom are on the sanctions list—when Page was in Moscow in July for that speech."
Cont:
"Seemingly everyone I talked to had also talked to the Washington Post, and then there were these corporate investigators who drew a dark and complex web of Page’s connections."
"Seemingly everyone I talked to had also talked to the Washington Post, and then there were these corporate investigators who drew a dark and complex web of Page’s connections."
Cont:
"Was Page, like Manafort, followed by a long train of sordid dealings with dark and powerful players with deep pockets and deep resentments toward the West? This was the person described by the corporate investigators trying to whisper into my ear."
"Was Page, like Manafort, followed by a long train of sordid dealings with dark and powerful players with deep pockets and deep resentments toward the West? This was the person described by the corporate investigators trying to whisper into my ear."
Cont:
In the interest of due diligence, I also tried to run down the rumors being handed me by the corporate investigators:
In the interest of due diligence, I also tried to run down the rumors being handed me by the corporate investigators:
Cont:
"That Russia’s Alfa Bank paid for the trip as a favor to the Kremlin; that Page met with Sechin and Ivanov in Moscow; that he is now being investigated by the FBI for those meetings because Sechin and Ivanov were both sanctioned for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."
"That Russia’s Alfa Bank paid for the trip as a favor to the Kremlin; that Page met with Sechin and Ivanov in Moscow; that he is now being investigated by the FBI for those meetings because Sechin and Ivanov were both sanctioned for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."
“Corporate investigators” is an obvious reference to Fusion GPS.
The two individuals would be Simpson and Steele.
Simpson’s partner Peter Fritsch is another possibility.
The two individuals would be Simpson and Steele.
Simpson’s partner Peter Fritsch is another possibility.
How early were the guys talking to the media?
This article was published the SAME day as Isikoff's article w/Steele.
This article was published the SAME day as Isikoff's article w/Steele.
It sure sounds as if Ioffe had been speaking with them for a while.
Note too, the reference to Alfa Bank.
This would lead to the story on the Trump Server.
Note too, the reference to Alfa Bank.
This would lead to the story on the Trump Server.
Promoted by Fanklin Foer in this article. slate.com/articles/news_…
