Trump Campaign Associate Met With A Russian Spy In 2013: Report
Carter Page, a Trump campaign associate, met with and passed documents with a Russian spy in 2013.
One of Donald Trump’s former campaign advisers, Carter Page, had a meeting with a Russian intelligence operative in Russia’s UN office in New York City, according to a new report by BuzzFeed.
According to the report, Carter Page met with Victor Podobnyy and passed documents to the Russian intelligence agent during the 2013 meeting.
Victor Podobnyy was later charged by the U.S. for acting as an unregistered foreign agent. According to the report, “The charges, filed in January 2015, came after federal investigators busted a Russian spy ring that was seeking information on US sanctions as well as efforts to develop alternative energy.”
The report went on to note, “A court filing by the US government contains a transcript of a recorded conversation in which Podobnyy speaks with one of the other men busted in the spy ring, Igor Sporyshev, about trying to recruit someone identified as “Male-1.” BuzzFeed News has confirmed that “Male-1” is Page.”
The news that Carter Page met with a Russian spy comes as the FBI and the Senate and House Intelligence Committees investigate collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.
Donald Trump cited Carter Page as one of his foreign policy advisers though he has recently tried to distance himself from Page.
You can read the full BuzzFeed report here.
