FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page 4/11/17 Washington Post

[Botany]

The FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump, part of an investigation into possible links between Russia and the campaign, law enforcement and other U.S. officials said.

The FBI and the Justice Department obtained the warrant targeting Carter Page’s communications after convincing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge that there was probable cause to believe Page was acting as an agent of a foreign power, in this case Russia, according to the officials.

This is the clearest evidence so far that the FBI had reason to believe during the 2016 presidential campaign that a Trump campaign adviser was in touch with Russian agents. Such contacts are now at the center of an investigation into whether the campaign coordinated with the Russian government to swing the election in Trump’s favor.

Page has not been accused of any crimes, and it is unclear whether the Justice Department might later seek charges against him or others in connection with Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The counterintelligence investigation into Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections began in July, officials have said. Most such investigations don’t result in criminal charges.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-obtained-fisa-warrant-to-monitor-former-trump-adviser-carter-page/2017/04/11/620192ea-1e0e-11e7-ad74-3a742a6e93a7_story.html?utm_term=.8bdb6718beaf

[gratuitous]

1. And a scant six months later, Page tells investigators he's taking the 5th

More work for criminal defense attorneys.

[Botany]

2. I have read that Page took big checks from Putin/Russia back to team Trump.

Lock 'em up.

[PJMcK]

3. Carter Page knows he's in trouble

By refusing to testify before Congressional committees and invoking his Fifth Amendment rights, he's broadcasting his guilt.

After all, Republicans have told us repeatedly that if one has nothing to hide, one must testify under oath.

It's their double standard at work.

The GOP is mainly a treasonous organization.

[Zoonart]

4. They all had Russian money flowing into their campaign coffers....

all of it,"Fruit of the poison tree".

[PJMcK]

5. Exactly

One of Trump's most obvious "tells" is that if he denies something, you know it's true.

He repeatedly said that he has no business in Russia. Yet now, we discover that he and his associates were negotiating to build Trump Tower Moscow while he was denying any business in Russia.

U.S. banks have not been willing to lend money to Trump for more than ten years. He's been getting his money from Russians and Arabs. It is not possible that Trump's finances are clean.

[world wide wally]

6. So, they can say anything they want against Page and he can't deny it.

Right?