Trump – whose spokespeople had previously minimized the role Carter Page played as a campaign adviser – wrote a pair of tweets after Page’s letter to the House Intelligence Committee that went public earlier this week. “So now it is reported that the Democrats, who have excoriated Carter Page about Russia, don’t want him to testify. He blows away their case against him & now wants to clear his name by showing ‘the false or misleading testimony by James Comey, John Brennan…’ Witch Hunt!” Trump wrote. Trump’s tweet about Page is a marked departure from the administration’s previous tactic of diminishing Page’s role as a former Trump adviser. In September, Trump campaign communications director Jason Miller told The Hill via email that Page was “not an adviser and has made no contribution to the campaign.”“He’s never been a part of our campaign.

Source: Fox News May 31, 2017 12:38 UTC