UNCLASSIFIED          1















TESTIMONY OF CARTER PAGE



Thursday, November 2, 2017



U.S. House of Representatives,

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,

Washington, D.C.







   The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:40 a.m., in Room HVC-304, the Capitol,

the Honorable K. Michael Conaway presiding.


   Present: Representatives Conaway, King, LoBiondo, Rooney, Ros-Lehtinen,
Turner, Wenstrup, Crawford, Gowdy, Stefanik, Hurd, Schiff, Nimes, Sewell, Carson, Speier,
Quigley, Swalwell, Castro, and Heck.









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   MR. CONAWAY: A quorum being present, the committee will come to order.
   I would like to welcome our witness, Dr. Carter Page. Thank you for being with us
today. As a reminder to our members, we are and will remain in open session. This
hearing will address only unclassified matters. Although this hearing is closed, a
transcript will be produced and released to the public.
   Before we begin, I would like to take a few housekeeping matters. First, without
objection, I move that each side shall be given 30 minutes each to ask Dr. Page questions.
At the end of each 60-minute interval, I will ask unanimous consent to continue the
alternating 30-minute rounds.
   Without further objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the
committee at any time.
   At this time, I would like the witness to raise his right hand.
   Do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you will give the committee will
be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
   MR. PAGE: I do.
   MR. CONAWAY: Thank you.
   Dr. Page, before I give you the opportunity to make a brief opening statement, I
would like to cover some basic information as well as provide you with the ground rules
regarding today's hearing. First, the record today will reflect that the committee sent you
a letter on May the 9th, 2017, May of 2017, requesting that you produce documents and
appear before the committee for a voluntary interview.
   You responded by a letter, dated May 22nd, a copy of which, without objection, will
be entered and included in the record.
   [The information follows:]
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        GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL LLC

                                        May 22, 2017

BY CERTIFIED U.S. AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

The. Honorable K. Michael Conaway and Adam Schiff
U.S. House of Representatives
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI)
Capitol Visitor Center INC-304
US Capitol Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congressman Conaway and Congressman Schiff:

Thank you for your recent correspondence requesting information regarding government active
measures directed at the 2016 U.S. election. In support of your ongoing efforts and to help set
the stage for my upcoming testimony before your Committee, I am pleased to present this initial
collection of evidence to HPSCI which should significantly contribute to the discovery of facts
within your investigation's publicly announced parameters. Having apparently come up with
limited substance thus far, much of the other ongoing discourse on.matters related to Russia in
both chambers of the U.S. Congress as well as throughout our great country has become
desperately all-encompassing and increasingly tangential. This race to the bottom in terms of
irrelevancy has often only created further confusion in and damage to America. Rather than
assist in the actual pursuit of truth, the deceptive smokescreen of leaks has further exacerbated
current misunderstandings since most of that dialogue has remained behind a selective cloud of
partial secrecy.

But in contrast, HPSCI's four highly-focused and analytic questions as set for your investigation
on-March-1, 2017, reflect a distinct level of thoughtfulness and offer a constructive framework
for analysis.' I greatly appreciate this opportunity to help set the record straight on each of these
four points following the false evidence, other illegal activities as well as additional extensive
lies distributed by the Clinton campaign and their transnational associates. Working in
coordination with the Obama Administration, their transnational criminal associates which
severely defamed me, many other supporters of the Trump campaign and our democracy in
general should hopefully soon gaiii full exposure. Unlike recent misleading illegal leaks, the
proper legal procedures of disclosure currently underway should further assist in this process.

As per discussions with the HPSCI Senior Counsel for Counterterrorism on Friday, I tentatively
look forward to testifying on the record regarding these matters before your Coinmittee on
Tuesday, June 6, 2017. In support of that forthcoming appearance, I have recently been in
contact with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and
other Justice Department officials regarding the multiple outstanding requests for immediate


1 Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff, "Intelligence Committee Chairman, Ranking Member
Establish Parameters for Russia Investigation," House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence website, March 1, 2017.
[http://intelliuence.house.crovinewsidocumentsin0e.aspx'?Docume ID=767]

             590 Madison Avenue, 21st floor, New York, New York 10022
               t: +1(212) 537 9258 f: +1(212) 537 9281

release of the illegitimate FISA warrants that were allegedly filed by the Obama Administration
agahast me in 2016. My personal appeals for public disclosure have echoed recent loud cries
across America's political spectrum from left to right, including the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU)2 and Judicial Watch (JW).3 The Privacy Act of 1974 includes provisions which,
"Grant individuals the right to seek amendment of agency records maintained on themselves
upon a showing that the records are not accurate, relevant, timely, or complete."4 As a major
affront to our democracy, the complete mockery that the Obama Administration allegedly made
of the 2016 election makes such immediate steps essential today.

Whereas I have never done anything wrong in Russia, no documents, records, electronically
stored information including email, communication, recordings, data and tangible things could
reasonably lead to the discovery of any facts within the investigation's publicly announced
parameters as it relates to actions by the Russian government. As further proof of this reality, the
forthcoming documents related to my alleged FISA warrant that currently remain somewhat
classified and temporarily withheld from the public by the U.S. Government should soon
lead to the discovery of a plethora of highly relevant facts within the investigation's
publicly announced parameters once disclosed. In the immortal words ofJudge Robert Bork,
an "intellectual feast" at the time of their release.

Although I understand that my forthcoming testimony might be held behind closed doors, I
would request that some form of live public access may be allowed. For example, either live-
streamed via the internet, on public-access television or perhaps C-SPAN-8. It is important that
the American public have an opportunity to hear the truth following the outrageous allegations
that have been made against me on behalf of the Clinton campaign. On the one hand and despite
a historic level of surveillance last year, it seems understandable that keeping the failure of the
Trump-collusion conspiracy theory covered up might offer a means of limiting the
embarrassment of this dry hole dug by those who have espoused such ideas. But since many


2 "With just the stroke of a pen, President Trump could provide the public with the information
necessary to assess his claims that the Obama administration improperly surveilled him and his
associates?' Neema Singh Guliani, "How Trump Can Show Us Whether He Was Spied On,"
ACLU Washington Markup Blog, April 13, 2017. [httos://ww w.aci u.orgiblogiwash ington-
m arkup/how-t rump-c an-s h ow-us-whet h e r- h e-was-spi ed]
3 Press Room, "Judicial Watch Sues for FBI Records on UK 'Trump Dossier'," Judicial Watch,
May 16, 2017. [http://www.j adici al wate h.o rWp ress-roomip ress-releases/j Lid le i al-watch-sues-ib
records-uk-t rum to-doss i er/]
"Hillary Clinton's national security crimes included running the most highly classified material
the U.S. possesses across her outlaw server without legal consequence. If Communications
Intelligence is used as a partisan political weapon without people going to jail, we will have
crossed the point of no return for institutional corruption in our government, our intelligence
services and law enforcement" Chris Farrell, "On Watch: Episode 11— 'Corrupt Weaponizing
of Intelligence Collection'," Judicial Watch, March 28, 2017.
pittp://www.i wild a I watc                                 re Icases/watch-e isode- 1 I -corro )t-jr
weaponizing-intelligenee-collectionfl
4 Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance. "Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C, §
552a," U.S. Department of Justice. [litiitnip,gov/PrivacyLiberty/authorities/statutes/1279]

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members of your Committee seem legitimately interested in getting to the bottom of this whole
story, it is only fair that some sort of a public hearing might be similarly offered. The country
deserves an opportunity to hear my defense after the severely defamatory testimony by Mr.
Comey in front of your Committee on national television in loyal support of the Clinton/Obama
regime.

As reported in an unfortunate front-page Washington Post article about the civil rights abuses
committed against me which you might have seen: "Applications for FISA warrants, Carney
said, are often thicker than his wrists, and that thickness represents all the work Justice
Department attorneys and FBI agents have to do to convince a judge that such surveillance is
appropriate in an investigation." If his thickness is indeed the case for my FISA warrant, it will
inevitably be filled with a potpourri of falsehoods from the Clinton/Obama regime which
fabricated this travesty from the outset. For the United States to end the continued delusional
charade regarding Russia's connections with the new Administration, it is essential to gain public
access to these related documents as a matter of the highest urgency in preparation for my
planned testimony. Any assistance that HPSCI might be able to provide by further encouraging
the federal authorities to expedite this matter in advance of our tentative meeting on June 6
would be greatly appreciated, both by me and innumerable Americans.

While initial steps have previously been taken by members of Congress to get to the bottom of
these civil rights injustices, Senator Grassley, Senator Feinstein, Senator Graham and other
distinguished members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Congress have expressed related
concerns about potential wrongdoing by the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI in 2016. In
the wake of recent decisions by former Obama Administration appointees including Mr. Comey
which may potentially limit their ability to carry out their role as members of their Committee,
they have noted the constraint on their capabilities as, "The FBI's primary oversight committee
with broad jurisdiction over federal law enforcement, FISA and the nomination of the next FBI
director."6

Last week, Senator Lindsey Graham also noted, "Congress has pretty much been sidelined, not
completely, but pretty much."7 His comments related to the recent appointment of Special


5 Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous, "FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor
Trump adviser Carter Page" Washington Post, April 12, 2017.
[ht tps://wwW.Washi ngt onpost _cam/work:1/11W onal-securitv/fb i-obtained-fisa-warranl-to-moni to r-
for mer-trump-adviser-carter- tte/2017/04/11/620192ea-le0e-11e7-ad74-
3 a742a6 e93 a7 story. lit mil
6 News Releases, "Grassley, Feinstein Extremely Disappointed with Comey's Refusal to
Testify before Judiciary Committee," Senator Chuck Grassley website, May 19, 2017.
[1.ut ps://w NNAv.grassley.sen ate.go v/news/news-releases/tzrasslev-feinst ein-extremel y- d isappo i nted-
conlev' s- refusal-testi fv-judiciarl "U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) on Former
l-13I Director Corney's Decision to Testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee and not the
Judiciary Committee," official Twitter feed for Senator Lindsey Graham, May 19, 2017.
fhttps://tw itter.co miLindscyG rallam SC/status/865732003634851840]
  Erin Kelly, "Sen. Lindsey Graham says FBI's Russia probe may block testimony to
Congress," USA Today, May 18,, 2017.

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r.

Counsel Mueller and the legal jeopardy this may create for some Americans who have been
swept up in the ongoing witch hunt. But as President Trump noted at the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy commencement last Wednesday: "Over the course of your life, you will find that
things are not always fair. You will find that things happen to you that you do not deserve and
that are not always warranted. But you have to put your head down and fight, fight, fight,
Never, ever, ever give up. Things will work out just fine."8 By all accounts, the Clinton/Obama
regime's fake FISA warrant targeting me for exercising my First Amendment rights is the most
unwarranted abuse of power that I and most Americans have witnessed in any election
throughout our lifetimes. We must get to the bottom of this as quickly and efficiently as
possible. I cannot underscore enough the need for transparency surrounding last year's apparent
transgressions by the U.S. Government which HPSCI is helping to expose.

I hope that my answers to your four strategic questions below helps to partially fill that gap:


                                                         government cy er activity
                                                          Iiitec fates, its a lies and t or


   A) Russian Government (the so-called "Putin regime")

Although I played no role in ally government active measures in the 2016 election other
than being a target of the Obama Administration's efforts to support Mrs. Clinton's
campaign, the only discussion I can recall where WikiLeaks even tangentially came up with any
Russian occurred on the afternoon of Monday, October 24, 2016. In the moments before
recording a TV interview10 at RT's studios in London where I was visiting for a few days on my
way to Johannesburg, the host and staff mentioned in passing that the news they saw about
WikiLeaks in the U.K. papers seemed like it might potentially be interesting. However, they
anecdotally noted in passing that it was unfortunate that there was no way to efficiently sort
through the high number of documents which had been released. Based on this limited verbal
interaction, it seems unlikely that Russian entities such as this television network were in any
way directly involved in the WikiLeaks cyber activity. While I have seen no definitive evidence
to support the January 6, 2017 intelligence report, my highly limited personal exposure to related


[https://www.usatoday.com/story/net              7/05/18/sen-limIscy-graham-says-thi -rtiss i a-
pro be-rnav-hIock-testimony-congress/101842270/
8 Office of the Press Secretary, "Remarks by President Trump at United States Coast Guard
Academy Commencement Ceremony," White House website, May 17, 2017.
{https://www.whitellouse. ovithe- Inns-0 Ince/2017/05/17/remarks- :we    -trum tn Led-
states-coast-kward-acadern v-eom mencem ent]
9 Devin Nunes and Adam Schiff, "Intelligence Committee Chairman, Ranking Member
Establish Parameters for Russia Investigation," House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence website, March 1, 2017.
[hu ://intelliaenee.house.crovinews/documentsinol-.' s x?Document1D---767
 ° Going Underground RT clip, YouTube, October 29, 2016.
[https://www_vouitibe.comtwaieli?v--0WEq0.103En8]

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       issues seems to point to a fundamentally different conclusion regarding potential Russian
       involvement.

       Aside from this very limited exposure to such potential topics which may speculatively suggest        this opposite conclusion from that suggested by Obama Administration officials, I have no
       this opposite conclusion from that suggested by Obama Administration officials, I have no
       personal information that the Russian government or anyone associated with it played any
       role in the 2016 U.S. election, Furthermore, during my visits to Moscow in July 2016 and
       December 2016, I was never approached by any Russian official or person associated with the
       Russian government who led me to in any way believe they had some intention to negatively
       impact the U.S. Government or the 2016 election which the Obama Administration was severely
       manipulating.

       By comparison, during the opening remarks of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse at a Senate
       Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism meeting earlier this month, he presented a
       helpful table for thinking about government active measures directed at the 2016 U.S. election."
"

         B) U.S. Government (the Clinton/Obama regime)


       As stated in my response to Question 1A) above, nothing I have personally seen direct evidence        of in a Russian context during 2016 matches any of Senator Whitehouse's specific criteria.
       of in a Russian context during 2016 matches any of Senator Whitehouse's specific criteria.
       However, based on his same analytic framework, below is a summary of the Clinton/Obama
       Regime Toolbox used in meddling in the 2016 election as per my direct personal experiences
       which that I describe in the answers to your subsequent investigatory questions below:



















       11 "Opening Remarks of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rl), Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
       on Crime and Terrorism, May 8, 2017," Senator Whitehouse website.
       [htt ps ://www. vvhi who use.senate. goviimo/med iaidoc/20 1 7-05-
       08%20S.ICCT%201-icaring%20openi g%2Ocemarks%20as%20del ive_,ELd,pc_111

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Propaganda, Fake                   t                     2016 Dodgy Dossier saturated private media
News                              V                           since August 2016; RFE/RL repeats.


Hacking and theft of                                     Yes, if unjustified. FISA warrant news proves
political information             I                                          to be correct
Timed leaks of                                               Felony #1: Illegal leaking of "Male-1"
damaging material                 VI                                           identity
                                                         Felony #2: Illegal leaking of unjustified FISA
                                                                          warrant identity
Assassination and                                           Yes, threats to my life following Clinton
political violence                \                           campaign fake news & commentary
Investment control in                                    Coercion related to miniscule Gazprom ADR
key economic sectors              Y                         investment following gangster tactics by
                                                                             Harry Reid
Shady business /                                          Cash payoffs related to 2016 Dodgy Dossier
financial ties                    \                               (Clinton associates <-> Steele)


Corrupting /                                              Cash payoffs related to 2016 Dodgy Dossier
compromising                      \I                              (U.S. Government <-> Steele)
politicians





Although I still do not have sufficient information at this stage while I await the aforementioned
disclosure regarding the Obama Administration's actions taken against me in this regard, Senator
Grassley, Senator Graham and others members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have taken
initial positive steps to help address the genuinely problematic active measures by the U.S.
Government with foreign entities during the Obama. Administration which unsuccessfully sought
to influence last year's election. These matters are further described in my response to HPSCI
Investigation Question 2.B), below.'2













12 Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson, "Comey pressed for anti-Trump
dossier in classified Russia report, sources say," Fox News, May 05, 2017.
[http://www.fox news,com/pol i tic 00 1 7/05/05/corneessed-for-anti-trump-dossier-i n-
class ified-russia-report-soures-say.litrni]


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 A Russian Government (the so-called "Putin regime")

I have had extensive experiences in Russia and with Russian people since the final days of the
Soviet.era in 1991 when I first visited as a U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman, I personally saw
no active measures by the Russian government or other foreign entities to interfere in any
political campaigns whatsoever neither last year nor at any point throughout my life.

Nonetheless, one way to protect the United States more effectively is to recognize that the
American understanding of Russia and other countries remains woefully inadequate. Most often
this has been based on outdated stereotypes. Worse yet, in many instances this understanding
may have no basis in reality whatsoever as we have increasingly seen over recent
months. Because of this ignorance and as I have personally experienced throughout the course
of the past year, the U.S. Government and media is easily manipulated by individuals, groups
and other countries who do not put American interests first. The publicly-released findings by
Obama Administration intelligence officials including James Comey seem to be based on
inferences drawn from their personal beliefs about Russian President Vladimir Putin's
motivations about which they have little or no actual knowledge or understanding.

If our government had a better understanding of Russia and the way business is now conducted
in Russia, the 2016 Dodgy Dossier which alleged I should have received a multibillion-dollar
bribe after President Trump's victory in November would have been immediately dismissed as a
work of fiction by these supposed subject-matter experts.

 B) U.S. Government (the Clinton/Obama regime)

In Congressman Schiff's opening statement on March 20, 2017, the Ranking Member very
directly addressed related abuses by foreign entities during the 2016 U.S. election. This
represented a highly relevant instance of external interference given the transnational actor
Steele's connection to Obama Administration officials and U.S. Government agents under their
command which originally assisted in misleading him:

   "According to Christopher Steele, a British — a former British intelligence officer, who
   is, reportedly held in high regard by U.S. intelligence, Russian sources tell him that Page
   has also had a secret meeting with Igor Sechin, CEO of the Russian gas giant, Rosneft.
   Sechin is reported to be a former KGB agent and close friend of Putids.... Is it a
   coincidence that the Russian gas company, Rosneft, sold a 19 percent share after former
   British intelligence officer Steele was told by Russian sources that Carter Page was
   offered fees on a deal of just that size?"I3




13 Rowan Scarborougla, "Desperate Denis cling to discredited spy dossier to link Trump to
Russians," The Washington Times, March 21, 2017.
[1.lttpliwww.washinrtontimes.com/newsf2O I 7/m ar/2 1 id iscred eci-d oss er-d et al I i tig.±11 -r
russian-eol I usi]

The fact that Steele is "held in high regard by U.S. intelligence" seems to provide further
supporting evidence of the extensive collusion between this transnational Clinton associate and
the Obama Administration, as U.S. Government agencies allegedly supported their domestic
political intelligence operation.

Amongst many other complete lies that originated from that foreign entity in his 2016 Dodgy
Dossier, this above-mentioned excerpt regarding the Rosneft sale from the highly inaccurate
document concocted by the political consultant associated with the Clinton campaign Mr. Steele
remained one of the primary false allegations against me throughout much of last year Yet a
month after the election, SwitzerIand-based Glencore plc was revealed as the actual buyer of that
stake in December 2016 — a company founded by Marc Rich. With respect to potential
coincidences as Representative Schiff alluded to on March 20, please note that I have never met
with any member of Glencore's executive management. But there is someone who
coincidentally has had an exceptionally close relationship with Glencore's top management via
its founder. For further background, I would refer you to the 2001 proceedings before the House
of Representatives Committee on Government Reform regarding "The Controversial Pardon of
International Fugitive Marc Rich" which provides extensive related details. As then-
Representative Bernie Sanders said during those hearings:

    "I think it is important that we have this hearing, that we learn about what Mr. Clinton
    did and his terrible lapse in judgment, but if we are going to talk about money in politics,
    let's talk about money in politics, the influence that money had on Mr. Clinton..."14

Congressman Schiff has recently warned of the potential for any, "deeply disturbing pattern of
distraction, distortion and downright fabrication" in the ongoing investigations in the 2016
election.15 You will find that any objective comparison of the false allegations against me
regarding my supposed role in the Rosneft transaction and the actual acquirer's long history of
relations with Clinton campaign associates may stand as the quintessential example of the exact
kind of disturbing pattern that you caution against I will address this matter further in the
context of my initial response to HPSCI Investigation Question #4, below ("What possible leaks
of classified information took place related to the Intelligence Community Assessment of these
matters?").

To help further illustrate how disgraceful this process of the U.S. Government's active measures
with foreign entities was during the Obama Administration, it is also worth recalling some of last
year's final misdeeds by former Gang of Eight member Harry Reid. Characteristic of some of
the ongoing investigatioris which he helped instigate with Comey and typical of his personal
level of integrity, Mr. Reid has previously stated that making prior false claims without any
evidence during the preceding U.S. Presidential election in 2012 was "one of the best things I've


14
Imps://upload.wik imed ia.orahvik ipedi;.u`conintons/1/12/2001 The Controversial Pardon or 1 nternational Flu
LI ve Marc Rich .pd
fs Darlene Superville, "Trump enlists Congress, ex-intel chief denies wiretapping," PBS
Newshour, March 5, 2017. [http://ww■N .pbs,oroinewsliour/rundownftrump-enlists-congress-eN-intel-ell ic
deni es-wiretappinw]

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ever done."16 Although this is obviously almost the exact same thing which again happened
against me and the Trump campaign last year, it is my hope that HPSCI might help restore the
dignity of the U.S. Intelligence Committee and indeed the'U.S. Congress by moving beyond the
standards of such gangster tactics and the transnational veritable organized crime network that
Reid leveraged during the Clinton/Obama regime.17

In addition to his standing as one of the early promoters of the 2016 Dodgy Dossier by illicit
foreign entities, Harry Reid simultaneously further incited a federal case out of other complete
nonsense by asking Director Comey to investigate my investments in Gazprom and supposed
conflicts of interest this might create.18 Given the complete disaster that the Clinton/Obama
regime made of U.S.-Russia relations and the related problems they inflicted on private industry
across the Russian economy, I held no other financial or real estate holdings related to Russia
during the period of the U.S. presidential campaigns other than this miniscule stake of
Gazprom's American Depository Receipts.

Demonstrating the extreme loyalty which James Comey maintained for the Clinton/Obarna
regime, it is worth noting that neither he nor any other member of the U.S. intelligence
community ever responded in 2016 to my letter clarifying the facts in these matters (below).















16 Chris Cillizza, "Harry Reid lied about Mitt Romney's taxes. He's still not sorry," Washington
Post September 15, 2016. [https://www.washingtonpost.corn/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/15/harry-
reid-lied-about-mitt-romneys-taxes-hes-still-not-sorryi Ben Terris, "GI hate palm trees': The
sentimental journey of Harry Reid," Washington Post, September 14, 2016.
[llups://wwwwashing,ton losi.com/li rest le/stvle/i-hate- atm-trees-the-sentimental-journey-of-
harry-reid/2016/09/14/afac6bc-7301- 11 e6-be41'-314212e5A9cstorv.htnit]
17 Particularly in light of the alleged collusion with the 2016 Dodgy Dossier author-in the U.K.,
they precisely match the definition of Transnational Organized Crime: "Those self-perpetuating
associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power,
influence, and monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while
protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption..."
"Transnational Organized Crime; Glossary of Terms," FBI website.
[https://wsAw.lbi.wv/investigate/organizecl-aime]
18 Minority Leader Harry Reid letter to Director Comey, August 27, 2016.
[110ps://assets.documenteloud.org/doeuments/3035844/Reicl-Letter-to-Comev.pdfl

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The Honorable James Comey           September 25, 2016
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20535

Dear Director Comey:

I am writing to request the FBI's prompt end of the reported inquiry regarding my personal trip
to Russia in July 2016 -- an investigation which has been widely mentioned in the media. In this
regard, I wanted to provide you with a few basic facts which should help underscore what a
complete waste of time this witch-hunt directed at me is

As you may be aware, the source of these accusations is nothing more than completely false
media reports. Yet for the record, I have not met this year with any sanctioned individual in
Russia or any other country despite the fact that there are no restrictions on U.S. persons
speaking with such individuals.

I understand that my stake in PJSC Gazprom has also been brought to your attention. For your
information, last month I sold my American Depository Receipts in Gazprom. At this time, I
maintain no holding in the company within any of my investment entities or personal accounts.
My prior stake in Gazprom which I divested last month represented a de minimis equity
investment that I sold at a loss. It is hard to imagine why this might have been deemed relevant,
but I wanted to mention it since you were asked to look into this matter.

In bothering the Bureau with such repeated appeals, the parties who have requested my
investigation clearly fail to appreciate the risks they create for America with these shenanigans.
Instead of allowing the staff of the FBI to focus the nation's limited resources on real threats,
these desperate and unfounded calls for my investigation as a private citizen to advance political
interests based on nothing more than preposterous mainstream media reports is a true disgrace.

Having interacted with members of the U.S. intelligence community including the FBI and CIA
for many decades, I appreciate the limitations on your staff's time and resources. Although I
have not been contacted by any member of your team in recent months, I would eagerly await
their call to discuss any final questions they might have in the interest of helping them put these
outrageous allegations to rest while allowing each of us to shift our attention to useful matters.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Carter Page


I was never subsequently contacted last year by any official from the FBI as requested in the
above correspondence. But I did eventually learn that an intensive domestic political
surveillance operation was instead initiated on behalf of the Clinton/Obarna regime.


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In concert with the corrupt Clinton/Obama regime's practices of 2016, I would be interested to
learn if indeed similar related information payoff propositions may be on offer in this instance.
It has been reported that $50,000 was offered by the U.S. Government to the transnational
political research operatives of the Clinton campaign — apparently a special treat from the Obama
Administration to supplement whatever undisclosed, presumably larger amount was already paid
by Clinton associates for Steele's 2016 Dodgy Dossier.I9 The complete lies that the Dodgy
Dossier hastily assembled might have carried potentially disastrous results for the integrity of the
2016 election had voters fallen for their dishonesty. But the factual information which I will be
happy to provide you, assuming my illegitimate FISA warrant is disclosed through some
government transparency, might prove infinitely more valuable and relevant.






Based on extensive reporting related to the completely unjustified civil rights abuses committed
against me in 2016, there is a widespread need to protect ourselves in the future from similar
illegal violations of our democracy by dishonest, corrupt politicians in the homeland seeking to
advance their personal and partisan interests.

Regarding what we need to do to protect ourselves and our allies in the future, the first step is
greater transparency. With the changing of the guard at the FBI and other U.S. Intelligence
Community institutions, this process has already begun. However, a full public account of last
year's civil rights crimes particularly as it relates to my alleged illegitimate FISA warrant will
prove essential in this process.

In your March 20, 2017 hearing, the following exchange occurred:

    Congressman Sella Director Comey, I want to begin by attempting to put to rest
    several claims made by the president about his predecessor, namely that President Obama
    wiretapped his phones. So that we can be precise, I want to refer you to exactly what the
    president said and ask you whether there is any truth to it.

    First, the president claimed, quote, "Terrible. Just found out that Obama had my wires
    tapped in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism,"
    unquote.

    Director Comey, was the president's statement that Obama had his wires tapped in Trump
    Tower a true statement?


19 Chuck Ross, "Here's How Much The FBI Planned TO Pay TrUmp Dossier Author," Chuck
Ross, Daily-Caller, April 22, 2017. [http://daitvcallencom1201.7/04/22/heres-how-much4he-Ibi
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       Comey: With respect to the president's tweets about alleged wiretapping directed at him
       by the prior administration, I have no information that supports those tweets and we have
       looked carefully inside the FBI. The Department of Justice has asked me to share with
       you that the answer is the same for the Department of Justice and all its components. The
       department has no information that supports those tweets.2°

Based on revelations in the press thus far, I was the primary known person allegedly put under
the most intensive surveillance by the Obama Administration as part of their 2016 domestic
political intelligence operation. Assuming the FISA reports in the Washington Post, New York
Times and other publications about me are correct, the facts should help dispel the
misinfomaation that Congressman Schiff and other members of your Committee received during
Comey's testimony. To the contrary, each of the President's tweets of March 4, 2017 were
entirely correct as described in the analysis of his four related statements that day, below:

"TERRIBLE! JUST FOUND OUT THAT OBAMA HAD MY 'WIRES TAPPED' IN
TRUMP TOWER JUST BEFORE THE VICTORY. NOTHING FOUND. THIS IS
MC CARTHYISM: "

Although I stepped away from my role as an informal, unpaid campaign volunteer in the wake of
the Clinton campaign's lies based on the 2016 Dodgy Dossier, like many millions of Americans I
continued my support as a member of the Trump movement which I had maintained since June
2015.

The key defense that former Obama Administration appointees including James Convey might
have made apparently centers on the word "my".

In the English language, the word "my" is defined as: "belonging to or ASSOCIATED WITH
the speaker" (emphasis added).21 Although I previously served as a very junior member of the
Trump movement who didn't actually have any direct one-on-one discussions or meetings with
our candidate, I have been labelled as a "Trump associate" in literally thousands of media articles
and television programs. This labeling largely stemmed from consistent mischsracterizations by
the Clinton associates which tried to smear the Trump campaign with false allegations of
improper relationships with Russian officials which never actually occurred.

Furthermore, in order to properly understand his personal lexicon which sterns from the altruistic
management philosophy of President Trump, it is useful bearing in mind his core campaign
philosophy. Per his Election Day victory speech:




20 Washington Post Staff, "Full transcript: FBI Director James Comey testifies on Russian
interference in 2016 election," Washington Post, March 20, 2017,    •
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21 "My," Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, 2017.
[https://en.ox forddictionarics.comidefinition/mv]

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