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U.S. NEWS Monday 23 July 2018

Without evidence, Trump claims documents confirm misconduct

By ZEKE MILLER Committee Chairman Rep. bio said Sunday on CBS’
Associated Press Devin Nunes earlier this “Face the Nation.” ‘’They
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — year. Nunes, R-Calif., and did not spy on the cam-
President Donald Trump other Republicans had said paign from anything and
asserted without evidence that anti-Trump research everything that I have
Sunday that newly released in a dossier prepared by seen. You have an individ-
documents relating to the former British intelligence ual here who has openly
wiretapping of his onetime agent Christopher Steele bragged about his ties to
campaign adviser Carter and paid for by Democrats Russia and Russians.”
Page “confirm with little was used inappropriately On Sunday, Page said on
doubt” that intelligence to obtain the warrant on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
agencies misled the court Page. While the docu- “I’ve never been the agent
that approved the war- ments confirm that the FBI of a foreign power.”
rant. But lawmakers from relied, in part, on informa- In a 2013 letter, Page had
both political parties said tion from Steele to obtain described himself as an
that the documents don’t the initial warrant, they also “informal adviser’ to the President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk from
show wrongdoing and show how the FBI informed Kremlin but now said “it’s Marine One to board Air Force One at Morristown Municipal
Airport, in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 22, 2018, en route
that they even appear to the court of his likely moti- really spin” to call him an to Washington after staying at Trump National Golf Club in
undermine some previous vation. A page-long foot- adviser.q Bedminster, N.J.
claims by top Republicans note in the warrant ap- Associated Press
on the basis for obtaining a plication lays out the FBI’s
warrant against Page. assessment of Steele’s his-
Visible portions of the heav- tory and the likely interest
ily redacted documents, of his backer, adding that
released Saturday under despite the political con-
the Freedom of Information cern, the bureau believed
Act, show the FBI telling the at least some of his report
court that Page “has been to be “credible.”
collaborating and conspir- Democratic Rep. Adam
ing with the Russian gov- Schiff of California, a rank-
ernment.” The agency also ing member on the House
told the court that “the FBI Intelligence Committee,
believes Page has been said the documents de-
the subject of targeted tail “just why the FBI was
recruitment by the Russian so concerned that Carter
government.” Page might be acting as
The documents were part an agent of a foreign pow-
of officials’ application for er.”
a warrant to the secretive “It was a solid application
foreign intelligence surveil- and renewals signed by
lance court, which signed four different judges ap-
off on surveilling Page. pointed by three different
Trump tweeted Sunday on Republican presidents,”
the documents: “As usual Schiff said on ABC’s “This
they are ridiculously heavily Week.”
redacted but confirm with Republican Sen. Marco
little doubt that the De- Rubio of Florida also broke
partment of ‘Justice’ and with Trump, saying he
FBI misled the courts. Witch didn’t think the FBI did any-
Hunt Rigged, a Scam!” thing wrong in obtaining
The release appears to un- warrants against Page.
dercut some of the conten- “I have a different view on
tions in a memo prepared this issue than the president
by House Intelligence and the White House,” Ru-