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16:21, 07-Nov-2017
Trump campaign advisor admits to Russia contacts
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A second foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign has admitted to contacts with Russian officials during last year's election and to having proposed that Trump travel to Russia during the campaign.
Former investment banker and Russia expert Carter Page told the House Intelligence Committee last week that he had "brief" contact with a Russian deputy Prime Minister, Arkady Dvorkovich, during a "private" trip to Moscow in July 2016, according to a transcript of his testimony released late Monday.
One-time advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. /Reuters Photo
One-time advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Carter Page addresses the audience during a presentation in Moscow, Russia, December 12, 2016. /Reuters Photo
Page also said that he had proposed in May 2016 that Trump travel to Russia to meet officials and make a speech.
That was the same month that another foreign policy advisor, George Papadopoulos, also suggested a Trump Moscow visit, according to court documents last week.
The Page testimony added to the mounting evidence of numerous contacts between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia in 2016 just at the time Moscow was mounting a hacking and disinformation operation aimed and boosting Trump's chances to win the White House.
The House committee and its Senate counterpart, along with a justice department special prosecutor, are investigating whether the campaign colluded with the Russians in any way to help defeat then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Source(s): AFP