Carter Page Asking for Trouble

Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page says he will invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid turning over documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its investigation into Russian interference in the presidential campaign.

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Page is of interest to federal and congressional investigators because of allegations laid out against him in the infamous anti-Trump dossier compiled last year by former British spy Christopher Steele. In the document, Steele alleged that Page worked with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to coordinate with Russian operatives to help the campaign.

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Page, who has done business in Moscow, defended his decision to plead the Fifth, saying that he has offered to testify publicly at a hearing that the committee has scheduled for Nov. 1.

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Page says that his decision [...] is a “response to their request for a vast array of documents that are completely beyond the charter of the investigation.” He asserted that the committee “should already have access” to the information that it is seeking “given the illegal wiretaps against me.” Page’s reference is to a surveillance warrant obtained against him by the FBI last September, just after he left the campaign. Investigators reportedly relied on allegations from the dossier to obtain the warrant.

“I’m trying to avoid a massive perjury trap, since the government obviously has much more detailed records and data processing capabilities than I do,” Page told TheDC.

  Daily Caller

A perjury trap. In other words, he is certain he will perjure himself? And, this may be beyond the charter of the Senate Intel Committee, I don't know, but surely he knows Robert Mueller's "charter" grants him movement in any direction. This seems like a huge red flag about Page's participation, and maybe even acts as a definitive "yes" answer to the collusion question.

Asked whether he has met with Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russian interference, Page told TheDC, “no comment.”

Another "yes".

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.