Trump Suggests FBI Kept Carter Page’s Russia Ties Secret to ‘Spy’ on His Campaign
President Donald Trump suggested that the FBI may have tried to use Carter Page as “an excuse to SPY” on the Trump campaign, as they did not inform the then-candidate about Page’s ties to Russia.
“’Why didn’t the FBI tell President Trump that they had concerns about Carter Page? Is there a double standard here?’” Trump tweeted on Thursday, quoting comments made by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham on Fox News.
Trump then jumped in with his on commentary on the matter: “They told Senator Diane Feinstein that she had a spy – but not Trump. Is that entrapment or did they just want to use Page as an excuse to SPY?”
@LindseyGrahamSC “Why didn’t the FBI tell President Trump that they had concerns about Carter Page? Is there a double standard here?” They told Senator Diane Feinstein that she had a spy – but not Trump. Is that entrapment or did they just want to use Page as an excuse to SPY?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 9, 2018
Just days before the election in 2016, the FBI filed a surveillance application on Page that said, “The FBI believes that Page has been collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government.”
Page responded to the allegations by denying his involvement with the Kremlin.
“I’ve never been an agent of a foreign power by any stretch of the imagination,” the former Trump campaign adviser said.
[Mediaite]
Reality
First, Carter Page left the Trump campaign in September 2016, the FBI sought another FISA warrant in October 2016 after Page left.
Second, the FBI informed Trump the Russians were trying to infiltrate his campaign in July 2016.
Trump is a liar.