Carter Page Gives Another “Awesomely Stupid” Interview
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/10/carter-page-gives-another-awesomely-stupid-interview
Somebody get this man a new lawyer.
Of all the secrets, spycraft, and disinformation swirling around the Trump-Russia scandal, one of the biggest question marks is former Trump campaign policy adviser Carter Page, who is either supremely confident of his innocence, supremely foolish, or perhaps a little bit of both. After seemingly coming out of nowhere to join Donald Trump’s campaign as a self-described Russian energy expert, most people forgot about Page until it emerged that he was being probed for potential ties to Russia. This past April, he admitted that he had been in communication with a Russian intelligence operative who tried to recruit him but, according to a sealed F.B.I. document, concluded that he was “an idiot.” As if to back up the Russian’s assessment, Page rushed to set the record straight on Good Morning America, where he struggled to respond when asked whether he had ever told the Russians that Trump would be open to easing sanctions if elected. “I mean—it may—topics—I don’t remember—we’ll see what comes out in this FISA transcript,” he stumbled. “I don’t recall every single word that I ever said. . . . Something may have come up in a conversation.”...
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