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wishstar

(5,270 posts)
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 09:59 PM Mar 2017

Trump campaign gave Page permission for Moscow trip

Source: USA Today

"Former Donald Trump campaign national security adviser Carter Page had the Trump campaigns permission for his controversial speech in Moscow in July 2016, Page told USA TODAY.

Page confirmed he asked the campaign for permission in June before making the trip to Moscow and campaign management cleared him to do so, as long as he acted as a private citizen and not a representative of the campaign. Page declined to publicly name the person.

Im confirming that information, Page told USA TODAY when asked about getting approval from the campaign.

For months, Trump officials tried to distance the campaign from Page after his speech at the New Economic School in Moscow, which drew intense political scrutiny because he called aspects of U.S. foreign policy hypocritical and sharply criticized Americas sanctions against Russia. In the weeks that followed, Trump campaign aides first said he was only an informal adviser, while others said he had no role at all, though Trump himself had publicly named Page as an adviser."




Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/07/campaign-granted-page-permission-moscow-trip/98874648/



At end of article, says Lewandowski claimed to Fox news last Saturday that he didn't know who Carter Page was
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Trump campaign gave Page permission for Moscow trip (Original Post) wishstar Mar 2017 OP
As Judge Judy always says fountainofyouth Mar 2017 #1
I figured that out when I was a child... pokerfan Mar 2017 #5
Thanks for the proper attribution! fountainofyouth Mar 2017 #6
hahaha, what a joke Republicans have made of America! "Lewandowski claimed to Fox news last Saturday Sunlei Mar 2017 #2
In one-party rule, ethics and laws don't count for much bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #3
And didn't Trump deny Page working for him at all- despite naming him himself? bettyellen Mar 2017 #4

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
5. I figured that out when I was a child...
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 11:35 PM
Mar 2017

I was surprised when I found out Mark Twain beat me to it...

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain, Notebook, 1894

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
2. hahaha, what a joke Republicans have made of America! "Lewandowski claimed to Fox news last Saturday
Tue Mar 7, 2017, 10:14 PM
Mar 2017

"Lewandowski claimed to Fox news last Saturday that he didn't know who Carter Page was"

Start arresting these criminals.

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