Carter seems to far out of the loop.
No. Think about it. They had the Papadopoulos info. They wanted to see if they could get Trump to bite so they put Page up for bait. It didn’t work so they sent Page to Russia to see if he could get info that way as Steele did. That didn’t work and then they ask Steele to find out if Page met with anyone in Russia as a test of Steele’s work. Steele says he did. I don’t know if that was seen as confirmation of Steele’s work or refutation. Depends on whether Page met with someone. But in any event the whole thing makes the Page allegations in the GPS dossier pointless since it was all a set up anyway.
Carter Page may have been far out of the loop, but he was an expat with long experience in Russia and with ties to Russians with Kremlin connections. Maybe his background was suspicious enough to substantiate a wiretap warrant based upon the dirty dossier. Maybe all the G-Men wanted was to wiretap the Trump campaign to help Hillary.
However, I suspect that the mole, whoever it was, was an integral part of the insurance policy. After all, look how well the defeated Democrats have undermined the 2016 election results at every turn.
Whatever happened, none dare call it treason.
Carter Page may have been far out of the loop, but he was an expat with long experience in Russia and with ties to Russians with Kremlin connections. Maybe his background was suspicious enough to substantiate a wiretap warrant based upon the dirty dossier. Maybe all the G-Men wanted was to wiretap the Trump campaign to help Hillary.
However, I suspect that the mole, whoever it was, was an integral part of the insurance policy. After all, look how well the defeated Democrats have undermined the 2016 election results at every turn.
Whatever happened, none dare call it treason.
Page served his purpose, to get the FISA warrsnt.