Carter Page Seeks Justice While the Real Trump-Russia Perps Sweat (via @Julie_Kelly2) bit.ly/2Ag4UCp
"Page is seeking redemption while the perpetrators of the case against him run for cover. On Monday, Page filed a lawsuit in federal court against the DNC and Perkins Coie, the connected law firm that was the payment conduit between the DNC, Clinton campaign and Fusion."
Page’s defamation suit accuses the parties of “directly expos[ing] Dr. Page to public hatred, contempt, ridicule and obloquy, which severely deprived him of public confidence, injured him severely in all his occupations, and tended to scandalize both his colleagues and friends”
The complaint refutes the accusations in the Steele dossier and details the harassment Page has endured for two years, including relentless negative media coverage based on illegally-leaked information to journalists by top government officials.
Page has been the target of death threats and, according to the 37-page lawsuit, has not been able to locate to a permanent residence due to safety concerns. Banks have refused to do business with the global energy financier.
Perkins Coie was paid more than $12M by the DNC and Clinton campaign during the 2016 election cycle partially at his expense.
“Perkins Coie should not be permitted to profit from the vast portfolio of defamatory articles printed about Dr. Page with malice and with knowledge that the falsehoods first originating through their defamatory and life-threatening misstatements to a wide array of media outlets”
But as Page fights back, Simpson is fighting Congressional investigators. Appearing under subpoena before a joint meeting of the House Judiciary and House Oversight Committees on Tuesday, Simpson invoked his Fifth Amendment rights & refused for nearly an hour to answer questions.
Without any sense of irony, Simpson’s lawyer blasted House Republicans for continuing an investigation that “is a political exercise, not a serious inquiry” designed to “ruin the reputations” of people involved, and that it’s comparable to McCarthyism.
