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2013: Carter Page met with a Russian spy named Victor Podobnyy.
The FBI busted a Russian spy ring that was seeking information on US sanctions & energy.
Jan 2015: Charges were filed against Podobnyy & 2 others.
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Page’s connection to Russian intelligence "occurred more than three years before his association with Trump." The FBI was aware of this connection well before #FusionGPS was hired to look into Trump, initially by a conservative supporter of an opponent buzzfeed.com/alimwatkins/a-…
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Late October 2016: Comey sent the letter to Republicans in Congress. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz immediately rushed to leak it to press & falsely claimed that the case had been “reopened.”
This was after the FBI had been alerted to #TrumpRussia by Steele/FusionGPS:
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April 2017: Jason Chaffetz was criticized "for not investigating Trump's alleged Russian ties the same way he went after the Democratic presidential nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton." To put it mildly.
He resigned in June. deseretnews.com/article/865678…