Federal law enforcement agents last summer obtained a secret warrant to monitor the communications of a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser.
A former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign who is now under federal investigation for possibly colluding with Russian Federation to interfere in the 2016 election refused Thursday to rule out the idea that he talked with Kremlin officials during the race.
In the CNN interview, Page - who has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and criticized US sanctions against Russia - refused to say who'd brought him into the Trump campaign, calling that issue irrelevant.
The Post, citing unnamed law enforcement and other US officials, said Tuesday the government surveillance application laid out the basis for believing that Page had knowingly engaged in intelligence activities on Russia's behalf.
In an earlier statement, Mr. Page insisted he was "happy" the so-called FISA court order authorizing a USA intelligence probe had been made public because it revealed evidence the Obama administration wanted to "suppress dissidents who did not fully support their failed foreign policy".
How Page came to be a Trump foreign-policy adviser in the first place remains a point no one on Team Trump has been able to explain.
The officials said some of the information in the dossier has been verified by USA intelligence agencies, and some of it hasn't, while other parts are unlikely to ever be proved or disproved.
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Page - an energy consultant who worked with Russia's state-owned energy giant Gazprom and later founded his own firm, Global Energy Capital, in 2011 - told Business Insider on Thursday that "there were never ever any negotiations or promises whatsoever by me" to Russian officials, "as per my conversation with Jake and in contrast to the false allegations in the Dodgy Dossier". "Steve is a good guy", Trump told the Post, but cautioned that if the infighting doesn't stop, he'll intervene. Officials said the application cited contacts Page had with a Russian intelligence operative in New York City in 2013. Both departments believed, and convinced the judge that Page was acting as an agent for a foreign power.
Page is one of at least four former Trump campaign advisers who are said to be at the center of the FBI's investigation. A White House spokesman later walked back the comment, saying the USA position hadn't changed.
A member of Donald Trump's campaign was under Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance according to a report from The Washington Post.
The Post reported that a 90-day warrant was issued for Page and has been renewed a few times by the FISA court.
"I'm just saying no-that was never-that was never said, no", Page replied. He also opposed America's sanctions against Russian Federation for annexing Crimea. Mr Page then attended the Republican convention in July, where he and others met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
The campaign adviser said Page participated in three dinners held for the campaign's volunteer foreign policy advisers in the spring and summer of 2016, coming from NY to Washington to meet with the group.
In recent months White House officials have tried to downplay Page's role with the campaign.
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