Former Trump adviser Carter Page held 'strong pro-Kremlin views', says ex-boss
Source: The Guardian
Page left the consulting firm Eurasia Group in 1998, suggesting his Russian sympathies were known for nearly two decades before he joined Trump campaign
Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Rome, Spencer Ackerman in New York, Julian Borger in Washington and Luke Harding in London
Friday 14 April 2017 02.00 EDT Last modified on Friday 14 April 2017 07.22 EDT
A former adviser to Donald Trump who is at the centre of an FBI investigation was exhibiting strongly pro-Kremlin ideology almost two decades ago, his former employer has told the Guardian.
Carter Page, who was reportedly being monitored by the FBI last summer because of suspicions about his ties to Russia, was hired in 1998 by the Eurasia Group, a major US consulting firm that advises banks and multinational corporations, but left the firm shortly thereafter.
The account of Pages abrupt departure from the Eurasia Group suggests that concerns about Page and questions about his links to Russia were known in some professional circles for nearly two decades and long before Page joined Trumps successful presidential campaign.
Now Page who has denied all wrongdoing is at the centre of overlapping FBI and congressional investigations into possible cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/14/carter-page-trump-adviser-pro-kremlin-views-1998-consulting-russia-ties