Note:
I have seen Carter Page on TV
twice and felt that he did not give
clear, concise, simple answers
to most questions. That annoyed me,
and I hope my bias is not included
in this article.
Former Trump
campaign adviser
Carter Page
claims the FBI ruined his life.
Page claims "Spygate"
cost him his business,
and his income
and even his girlfriend in London,
who was “freaking out
with the fake news about me.”,
in 2016, "and she told me that she
didn’t want me staying there anymore,
and that our relationship was over",
Page told The New York Post
Page thinks that Stefan Halper
was secretly spying on him in a
"politically motivated" sting
that involved Halper using
"fake sympathy to gain his trust
- all while fishing for dirt on Page's
ties to Russia, where he'd worked
as an energy consultant,"
according to Paul Sperry
of The Post.
Halper contacted Page
in early July 2016,
weeks before the FBI claims
it first opened an investigation
into the Trump campaign’s
ties to Russia.
If Halper was used as an informant
before a case had been officially opened,
then Trump campaign was spied on
for political, not law enforcement,
reasons.
Halper reached out to two other
Trump campaign aides:
- George Papadopoulos
and Sam Clovis,
while also reportedly informing
on former national security adviser
Gen. Michael Flynn.
Halper's surveillance of Page
lasted over 14 months
and extended into 2017.
The surveillance period
coincided with
a series of "contracts"
from the Department of Defense
for "research" projects",
that paid Halper over $400,000 !
While surveilling Page,
Halper portrayed himself
as someone who wanted to help
the Trump campaign, by providing
"insights and perspectives"
on foreign policy matters
- his area of expertise
as a Cambridge professor
who served administrations
from Richard Nixon to Bush Sr.
In early May 2017,
former Trump campaign aide,
and Republican consultant,
Michael Caputo lashed out
- telling the Senate
Intelligence Committee
that their investigation
"forced" his family out of their home,
leaving his children "crushed"
by more than $125,000 of legal costs.
“Forget about all the death threats
against my family. I want to know
who cost us so much money,
who crushed our kids,
who forced us out of our home,
all because you lost an election,”
Caputo said. “I want to know
because God damn you to hell."
Former National Security Advisor
Michael Flynn - who FBI agents
Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka
didn't think lied - pleaded guilty
in order to avoid sure financial
ruin trying to fight the Special Counsel. .
Former FBI Director Comey
told two Congressional committees
that the FBI agents who interviewed
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
"saw nothing that led them
to believe [he] was lying."
