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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/us/politics/trump-campaign-page-russian.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news<snip>
He confirmed that an email he had written to the campaign after that trip to Moscow was presented to him during Thursdays appearance before the House Intelligence Committee.
Mr. Page acknowledged his meeting with Russian government officials during sharp questioning by Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the committee, according to a congressional official familiar with the exchange.
During another part of the testimony, Mr. Page was questioned about a trip to Budapest, although it was not immediately clear why. Mr. Page told The Times earlier this year that he had taken that trip around Labor Day weekend last year, but he said he had not met with any Russians.
It was a short four-day trip over a long holiday weekend at the end of the summer, Mr. Page said at the time. I had a nice trip up the Danube, to the Visegrad castle, did a lot of sightseeing and went to a jazz club. Not much to report.
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(229 posts)Judy Woodruff:
But my first question, then, after that, Carter Page, is to ask you, youre aware of these reports out there that there were officials in the Trump campaign who were in repeated contact with Russian officials, Russian intelligence officials during 2016.
Were you one of those campaign officials?
Carter Page:
Well, Judy, you know, that going back to the question to Sean Spicer about fake news, I mean, this yes, Im aware of the reports, which I saw on the front page of The New York Times today.
But I think I can actually answer that question as to why that was fake news. That was just a regurgitation of old reports, based on the dodgy dossier that the Clinton campaign came out with.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-trump-adviser-says-no-russian-meetings-last-year