'I am just a sacrificial lamb': Carter Page defensive over Trump campaign and Russia

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC


Four Corners By Lucy Carter, Jeanavive McGregor and Sarah Ferguson
Posted 9 minutes ago

When Carter Page was named as one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisers during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, the head of Mr Trump's foreign policy team had never heard of him.

. . .

Now Dr Page is one of the most infamous names caught up in Operation Crossfire Hurricane — the FBI's investigation opened in secret during the 2016 election campaign, examining the Trump campaign's ties to Russia and allegations of collusion and Russian meddling.

Dr Page told Four Corners he was an "innocent victim of a conspiracy theory".

"It's similar to the Salem witch trials many centuries ago. In every way it's a witch hunt. There is zero basis for anything related to the controversy surrounding myself," he said.

Read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-11/donald-trump-russia-carter-page-speaks-to-four-corners/9846290

[paleotn]

1. Right, Carter. Whatever you say...

You know, there's a very good reason you were on the FBI spy hunter's watch list long before the 2016 election.

[Sneederbunk]

2. Mueller will treat you fairly, but he does like lamb chops.

[RockRaven]

3. Don't mix your metaphors, sacrificial lambs are an atonement (and thereby admission of wrongdoing)

where the guilt is transferred to another party than the original wrong-doer, whereas the idea behind a witch hunt analogy is that there isn't any wrongdoing by anyone because witches aren't a real thing.

Dope.

[PSPS]

7. I caught that tool. "Sacrificial lamb" is admission of wrongdoing.

[Nitram]

12. No, Rock, you are mistaken. A sacrificial lamb is a gift to god asking for his help.

A sacrificial lamb is a metaphorical reference to a person or animal sacrificed for the common good. In politics, a sacrificial lamb candidate is a candidate chosen to contest an election despite the fact that he or she has little chance of victory. The political party thus appoints the person as a sort of "sacrifice" to help the stronger opponent win.

[RockRaven]

13. mea culpa, I stand corrected

although the thing being sacrificed is supposed to be highly valued, which doesn't apply no not-even-a-coffee-boy Page.

[pecosbob]

4. Have fun in prison boys

It'll be amusing to watch them all become flaming liberals after a year or so in an FCI. Cue the cries about how unfair the criminal justice system has become.

[Mc Mike]

5. Sad. I feel badly for that smirking treasonous wasp dolt. Really.

[Vinca]

6. It's just sour grapes because the Russians decided he was too dim witted to recruit.

[turbinetree]

8. Hey Carter can I call you Carter...........ever hear about the Katehon Think Tank

try real hard.....................you gave a speech in Russia , do you remember that speech?

And just for giggles maybe you should read the book by Malcolm Nance--------------The Plot to Hack America, and from David Corn and Michael Isikoff-----------Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump .........................so your paranoia can come to full bloom..............and by chance do you remember your interview with Chris Hayes......................here take your pick.....................

This one says it all..................you talked to a spy and never told the FBI...................did you pick up the phone and attempt to do it.............

[machoneman]

9. To quote an very old line: Tell it to the judge....asshole! n/m

n/m

[Generic Brad]

10. A traitorous sacrificial lamb

He's the first in a long line of criminals who have sold out this country for personal gain. I hope he loses everything - freedom, money, relationships. It can't happen fast enough.

[Maeve]

11. Baa!

Wolf in sheep's clothing

[Grins]

14. "We did not know who he was." - J.D. Gordon....

March 2016, Trump names his foreign policy advisory team that included "Carter Page, PhD".

"We did not know who he was." - J.D. Gordon, former director of national security for the Trump campaign, 10 June 2018.

Which begs the question: "So how did he get there...?" Some help from abroad, perhaps....?

[hatrack]

15. No, Carter, you thought you were a character in a John LeCarre novel . . .

You were in a John LeCarre novel as things turned out.

Unfortunately, your character was written by Dr. Seuss.