So the FBI is entitled to spy on anyone who goes to Russia?
No, dope. It certainly is an indication though that he was still possibly working as a foreign agent. The dossier showed that he travelled to Russia and who he met with. As the warrant was subsequently renewed another three times and the requirement for a renewal is that new intelligence must be collected during the previous warrant period, then its safe to say that verification was acheived.
Page himself supported the claims in the dossier in his testimony before Congress.
Carter Page's testimony is filled with bombshells — and supports key portions of the Steele dossier
Millions of Americans have traveled to Russia. That certainly isn't an indication that you're a spy. The dossier is a pile of crap, so anything it says is irrelevant.
There was absolutely no basis for issuing a warrant to spy on Carter Page. None.
Millions of Americans don't claim that they have ties to the Kremlin.
When did Page claim to have ties to the Kremlin?
That would be 2013.
Former Trump campaign adviser
Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page’s contacts with the Russian government over the years.
The letter, dated Aug. 25, 2013, was sent by Page to an academic press during a dispute over edits to an unpublished manuscript he had submitted for publication, according to an editor who worked with Page.
“Over the past half year, I have had the privilege to serve as an informal advisor to the staff of the Kremlin in preparation for their Presidency of the G-20 Summit next month, where energy issues will be a prominent point on the agenda,” the letter reads.
http://time.com/5132126/carter-page-russia-2013-letter/
Why in the **** Trump ever chose to hire this guy, I have no idea. And it gets worse:
In January 2013, Page met a Russian diplomat named Victor Podobnyy at an energy conference in New York City, according to
court documents. The two exchanged contact information, sent each other documents on energy policy and met several more times to discuss the topic, the documents allege. Two years later, in January of 2015, Podobnyy was charged
in absentia — along with two other Russians — with working as a Russian intelligence agent under diplomatic cover.
Court records include a transcript of a conversation where Podobnyy talks about recruiting someone named “Male-1” by making “empty promises” about “connections in the [Russian] Trade Representation.” Page now acknowledges that he was “Male-1.” Podobnyy and one of the Russians had diplomatic immunity and left the U.S. The third Russian was arrested and eventually expelled from the U.S. in April 2017.
Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter
Again, why would Trump hire this guy? Page has already admitted to his involvement and contact with Russian Spies. So there's no debate this happened.
Carter Page, who served briefly as a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, made an appearance in a federal espionage case because he communicated several years ago with a Russian intelligence agent under surveillance by the FBI.
In a statement released Tuesday, Page confirmed his role in the 2015 Justice Department spy case, adding another twist to the still-unfolding story of Trump’s peculiar and expanding
ties to people connected to Russia.
Page said he assisted U.S. prosecutors in their case against Evgeny Buryakov, an undercover Kremlin agent then posing as a bank executive in New York. Buryakov was convicted of espionage and released from federal prison last week, a few months short of completing a 30-month sentence. Buryakov agreed to be immediately deported to Russia.
Former Trump adviser admits to 2013 communication with Russian spy
For the third time, why in the **** would Trump hire this guy?
But as a Cheeto is orange, your ilk will bizarrely defend Carter Page for no particular reason. Page has
They tried to get a FISA warrant in 2013, but it got turned down. The three warrants after that were requested so the FBI could spy on the Trump campaign.
No....they didn't get turned down.
According to
published reports, the FBI obtained a first FISA warrant to eavesdrop on Page’s electronic communications during 2013. And they have been paying attention to him, on and off, ever since.
Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter
YEARS before there even was a Trump campaign. Making the bone stupid narrative that the surveillance of Page was an attack on the Trump Campaign blithering nonsense.
Cause precedes effect. And Page was subject to FBI investigation as early as 2013.
None of which the Nunes Memo mentions. And of course, none of which you knew.....because the GOP is intentionally trying to mislead you about the Trump team ties to Russia.