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Lisa Page testimony: Collusion still unproven by the time of - Mueller's special counsel

Posted: Sep 16th, 2018 - 10:23 am

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More than nine months after the FBI opened its highly classified counterintelligence investigation into alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, FBI lawyer Lisa Page said investigators still could not say whether there was collusion, according to a transcript of Page’s recent closed-door deposition reviewed by Fox News.

“I think this represents that even as far as May 2017, we still couldn’t answer the question,” Page said.

Page was responding to Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe of Texas, who wanted more information about a May 2017 text where Page, and her then colleague and lover FBI agent Peter Strzok discussed the merits of joining Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team.

Page sat for the transcribed interview before the House Judiciary and Oversight committees in mid-July as part of a joint congressional investigation into the Justice Department’s handling of the Russia and Clinton email probes.

According to the transcript, Page stopped mid-answer.”...sorry. Can I consult with counsel? I’m sorry. I need to consult with FBI counsel for a moment.”

Sections of the transcript reviewed by Fox show Ratcliffe pursued the line of questioning at least three more times, and Page provided varying answers. ...”

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Lisa Page testimony: Collusion still unproven by the time of - Mueller's special counsel (Views: 177, 2018-09-16, 10:23 am)
- Special counsels are only supposed to be for evidence of - a crime, not to search for one. (Views: 161, 2018-09-16, 10:26 am)
  - No it hasn't. It's getting pretty interesting - now that Manafort has flipped. nm (Views: 144, 2018-09-16, 10:44 am)
    - What has Manafort flipped on? He only plead guilty - to charges that have nothing to (Views: 203, 2018-09-16, 12:50 pm)
    - Flipped on what? He plead guilty so he doesn't have to - go through another trial in (Views: 148, 2018-09-16, 1:01 pm)
    - Please tell us, "now that Manafort has flipped." On what - has he flipped? (Views: 171, 2018-09-16, 1:27 pm)
  - Russian interference - sm (Views: 157, 2018-09-16, 11:18 am)
    - If - in the course of the investigation (Views: 148, 2018-09-16, 12:00 pm)
      - Sorry, this should have been in - response (Views: 161, 2018-09-16, 12:02 pm)
        Hahaha - sm (Views: 134, 2018-09-16, 12:28 pm)
      - Nope - sm (Views: 172, 2018-09-16, 12:27 pm)
      - If the special counsel is used as what it is set up for, - yes. He's LOOKING for crimes, (Views: 168, 2018-09-16, 12:47 pm)
        No - sm (Views: 157, 2018-09-16, 12:54 pm)
        No, there should never have been one to begin with. - That's not what a special counsel is (Views: 187, 2018-09-16, 12:57 pm)
        So if it's - sm (Views: 193, 2018-09-16, 1:01 pm)
    - Russian COLLUSION with Trump was not proven. Interference - is not collusion. (Views: 129, 2018-09-16, 12:47 pm)
      - The investigation - sm (Views: 206, 2018-09-16, 12:56 pm)
        The investigation is about getting Trump. It was called - "collusion" then changed to "interf (Views: 181, 2018-09-16, 12:59 pm)
        From Wikipedia - the origins of the special counsel - sm (Views: 169, 2018-09-16, 1:06 pm)
        Anybody can post anything on Wikipedia. How about going back to - the 70s when the special counsel started. (Views: 131, 2018-09-16, 1:08 pm)
        Ar we talking - sm (Views: 141, 2018-09-16, 1:09 pm)
        Then you are admitting that the role of the special counsel - has changed for political reasons. (Views: 177, 2018-09-16, 1:11 pm)
        Not admitting - sm (Views: 145, 2018-09-16, 1:15 pm)
        Yes, they do have the power to stop it, but they won't - because of the political backlash. (Views: 156, 2018-09-16, 1:19 pm)
        The blaming - sm (Views: 142, 2018-09-16, 1:23 pm)
        It seems the only people talking about firing Mueller are the - medi anad the dems. Must be their (Views: 147, 2018-09-16, 1:24 pm)
        The want him to fire Mueller so they can scream impeachment - again, but Trump would be in his (Views: 137, 2018-09-16, 1:26 pm)
  - As you can see from the below responses, people don't - know what the special counsel is (Views: 140, 2018-09-16, 12:49 pm)
  - Which raises the question, if there was no evidence - of collusion, why did we need (Views: 151, 2018-09-16, 12:53 pm)
  - Mueller has been allowed to run wild for so long, he thinks - he can do it everywhere, and he (Views: 173, 2018-09-16, 1:04 pm)
    - Mueller has - sm (Views: 163, 2018-09-16, 1:08 pm)
      - Mueller has..... go back to when the special counsel was - started, it's entirely different. (Views: 223, 2018-09-16, 1:10 pm)
        Did iyou think - sm (Views: 124, 2018-09-16, 1:20 pm)
  - The MSM is too invested in their Russia/Trump narrative - to stop now. Don't fire Mueller, just (Views: 119, 2018-09-16, 1:22 pm)
  - The new narrative is "Trump firing Mueller." Obama's - WH ethics chief "stocking up" (Views: 155, 2018-09-16, 1:30 pm)
    - Holder too. Something is up since he came out of the - woodwork. This must be the new (Views: 127, 2018-09-16, 1:31 pm)
      - So Holder is calling for leftist to revolt in the streets if Trump - fires Mueller, even though it's in his (Views: 141, 2018-09-16, 1:35 pm)
      - Trump never said anything about firing Mueller? - I beg to differ (Views: 152, 2018-09-16, 2:46 pm)
        Slate? Seriously? - LOL (Views: 145, 2018-09-17, 2:34 am)
  - Today is Constitution Day. I was taking the time to reflect on - how it's been eroded over the years. (Views: 132, 2018-09-17, 8:54 am)
- The MSM will totally ignore this. This whole fraudulent - investigation reminds me of the (Views: 151, 2018-09-16, 1:07 pm)
- Lot's of things are becoming clearer now. The Kavanaugh - accuser (Christine Blasey-Ford) (Views: 163, 2018-09-17, 7:14 am)
  - Activism and revenge, pure and simple. Plus a high - dose of SJW. She hates Trump and (Views: 138, 2018-09-17, 7:17 am)
    - A lot of people hate trump and have probably - had cases that went against (Views: 151, 2018-09-17, 7:57 am)
      - I doubt that. Sounds like you've already made up your - mind based on politics. (Views: 137, 2018-09-17, 8:25 am)
        No I haven't. I said I'd wait for the investigation. - You are the one that (Views: 157, 2018-09-17, 8:46 am)
  - And it could just be that he did it. It is being - investigated so I won't pass (Views: 143, 2018-09-17, 7:50 am)