Carter Paige
Russia tried to interfere in the US presidential election in 2016, “my campaign,” Donald trump via his assistants. To such conclusion employees of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI), CNN reported, citing unnamed officials.
According to U.S. intelligence, Moscow, in particular, allegedly tried to influence the Republican campaign through his former adviser of Carter page. Not installed, did the man use it. The source admits that it communicated with Russian agents, not knowing who he was dealing with.
Clarifies that Paige was not the only adviser to trump, who met with Russian officials during the race.
Paige was hired in March 2016 and was considered one of trump’s advisers. After in September of the same year in mass media there was information that the American secret services are checking on his possible ties with the power structures of Russia, surrounded by trump said that Paige isn’t working on the campaign.
Washington regularly accuses Moscow of meddling in the course of American elections by hacker attacks. Appropriate approvals, in particular, contained in the published in January, declassified part of the report prepared by the Central intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of investigation and the national security Agency of the United States. It said that Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to organize a campaign to discredit the presidential candidate of the Democratic party, Hillary Clinton and win trump.