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Russian Spies Tried to Recruit Carter Page Before He Advised Trump

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"The businessman, Carter Page, met with one of three Russians who were eventually charged with being undeclared officers with Russia’s foreign intelligence service, known as the S.V.R. The F.B.I. interviewed Mr. Page in 🔥2013🔥 as part of an investigation into the spy ring"

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"Among other things, the [FISA] application cited contacts that he had with a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013"

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"Page confirmed his role in the 2015 Justice Department spy case"
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"An application for electronic surveillance under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act need not show evidence of a crime. But the information obtained through the intercepts can be used to open a criminal investigation and may be used in a prosecution."

Carter Page met with a Russian spy in 2013 and supplied research materials.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…

Russian spies used tickets and hats to try to hide New York activities, FBI says
cnn.com/2015/01/27/us/…

Russian spies used tickets and hats to try to hide New York activities, FBI says

"Buryakov, posing as a representative of a wealthy person wanting to invest in the casino business in Russia, accepted documents that the source claimed had come from a U.S. government agency and "purportedly contained information about United States sanctions against Russia"

"The subjects about which the men were tasked with gathering intelligence included possible U.S. sanctions on Russia and U.S. efforts to develop alternative energy resources."

"Carter Page, CFA Founder and managing partner of Global Energy Capital." globalenergycap.com/management/

"[Carter Page] wrote that he is sorry, he went to Moscow and forgot to check his inbox, but he wants to meet when he gets back. I think he is an idiot and forgot who I am. Plus he writes t o me in Russian [to] practice the language. He flies to Moscow more often than I do."

"He got hooked on Gazprom thinking that i f they have a project , he could be rise up. Maybe he can. I don't know, but it's obvious that he wants to earn
lots of money" justice.gov/sites/default/…

"The privatization deal was funded by Gazprombank, whose parent company is state-owned Gazprom."

"Page holds investments in Gazprom, though he claimed in a letter to FBI Director James Comey in September that he sold his stake in the company "at a loss."
businessinsider.com/carter-page-tr…

"His website says he served as an adviser "on key transactions" for the state-owned energy giant before setting up his energy investment fund, Global Energy Capital, in 2008 with former Gazprom executive Sergei Yatsenko."

March 30, 2016

“So many people who I know and have worked with have been so adversely affected by the sanctions policy,” Page said.  “There's a lot of excitement in terms of the possibilities for creating a better situation.”
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Page: “On a related front, I’ll send you guys [Tera Dahl and J.D. Gordon] a readout soon regarding some incredible insights and outreach I’ve received from a few Russian legislators and senior members of the Presidential administration here [in Russia].”
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"Schiff also questioned Page extensively about an August 2016 trip to Budapest. He said it involved a possible business project involving renewable energy [A subject about which the spy ring was tasked with gathering intelligence. His business partner is formerly of Gazprom]"

Buryakov worked at Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank. The bank’s chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in December. washingtonpost.com/politics/expla…

VneshEconomBank paid for its employee Evgeny Buryakov's legal defense. Buryakov was released early and deported in April of 2017. cnn.com/2017/03/29/pol…

Carter Page testified he told Sessions, who has recused himself, about the Russia trip. Sessions was the Foreign Policy Advisor Chair of the Trump campaign team of which Carter Page was a part of. Like Kushner, Sessions had also met with Kislyak. cnn.com/2017/11/02/pol…

"When Trump’s foreign policy team gathered for the first time at the end of March in Washington, Papadopoulos said he had the contacts to set up a meeting between Trump and Putin. Trump listened intently but apparently deferred to Sessions" nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/…