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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 12:09 PM Apr 2017

Carter Page Alleges 'Horrendous Civil Rights Violation' Against Him

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM PublishedAPRIL 27, 2017, 11:06 AM EDT

Carter Page maintained his argument Thursday that he had been placed under investigation by the FBI for his criticisms of the American government during the Obama administration, calling it “the most horrendous civil rights violation in recent U.S. election history.”

The former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign — though both Page and members of the campaign have attempted to distance themselves from each other — made the charge in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo Thursday.

Cuomo asked Page why, unlike even the conspiracy-prone President of the United States, he did not accept the conclusions of the intelligence community that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

“Chris, the main reason is the fact that I have been the victim of one of the most horrendous civil rights violations in recent U.S. election history,” Page said. He referenced former President Barack Obama’s recent remarks at the University of Chicago, in which Obama urged students to get involved in public life.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/page-alleges-civil-rights-violation

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Carter Page Alleges 'Horrendous Civil Rights Violation' Against Him (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2017 OP
Criminal Page tries sleazy snowflake fake-victim redirection. He doesn't answer Cuomo's q'n. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #1
whiney republican traitors are deplorable Achilleaze Apr 2017 #2
Keep this guy on tv greymattermom Apr 2017 #3
OFFS! 2naSalit Apr 2017 #4
Hey Page, you admitted on a national cable show that you met a Russian intelligence agent turbinetree Apr 2017 #5
Lookee over there! Flying Buffaloes! bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #6
If you have nothing to hide, then why are you worried? IronLionZion Apr 2017 #7
Dead On! ProfessorGAC Apr 2017 #11
Yah. And Nixon was investigated because he talked on the phone too much. (nt) ehrnst Apr 2017 #8
I find it hard to believe that Carter made a deal with the FBI .99center Apr 2017 #9
Sounds like Trumpf rockfordfile Apr 2017 #10
This is pretty much why the Russians thought Page was too dumb to be their spy. Vinca Apr 2017 #12
Yoda would say spiderpig Apr 2017 #13
Jail, Carter, Jail. mpcamb Apr 2017 #14
He's a double talking Faux pas Apr 2017 #15
... orangecrush Apr 2017 #16

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)
3. Keep this guy on tv
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 12:38 PM
Apr 2017

and let him be the voice of the Trump/Russia thing. He's so creepy that everyone will see it, especially with repeated viewings. Republicans live by repetition.

turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
5. Hey Page, you admitted on a national cable show that you met a Russian intelligence agent
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 12:46 PM
Apr 2017

and you and him decided to do exactly what? Play some f***ing checkers with a foreign state called the Ukraine, and that you would get sanctions lifted, and your handlers said they will help get your boss elected, does that scenario come to mind ass****, and then you told your sexual predator boss exactly what about that meeting, you committed TREASON, the scant evidence that we the public has seen and heard points to this fact. And guess what there are about four to five others that are in the same boat, tow lied to a senate confirmation hearing and one so far has been fired from the NSC, that is a big deal in my eyes.

Your f***ing civil rights ass**** are protected ass**** in this country and we have laws to protect you, but if you break them then you are f***ed, so go a cry somewhere else.

Have you seen what civil right are like in Russia lately, they throw people out of four story buildings, and they murder you, if you are the opposition to the crime agenda in that country dick head.

Your treason is not protected, and the only one that can forgive you AND that protection if you are indicted for this TREASON is the same "guy' in the white house that more than likely also committed TREASON----------------------so f*** you.

Spying is Spying it is federal crime




IronLionZion

(45,466 posts)
7. If you have nothing to hide, then why are you worried?
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 12:55 PM
Apr 2017

-the standard Republican response to Patriot act and other surveillance on Americans.

In this case, it sounds like the FBI did have probable cause. If there was a warrant then a judge must have signed off on it. If not, then why do Republicans want warrantless wiretapping so badly?

Or we are supposed to believe that Obama was such a socialist dictator that he ordered the FBI to harass innocent Republicans and apparently release letters about Hillary's emails just in time to tip the election to Trump.

ProfessorGAC

(65,085 posts)
11. Dead On!
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 03:15 PM
Apr 2017

Use their own canard against them. "if you've got nothing to hide. . ." is the epitome of the Franklin line about giving up freedom for safety. With these buffoons, this is neither the land of the free or home of the brave.

.99center

(1,237 posts)
9. I find it hard to believe that Carter made a deal with the FBI
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 01:37 PM
Apr 2017

Carter never misses an opportunity to defend Putin's actions and attack our country. You lost those privacy rights when a FISA judge and the FBI figured out that you were a Russian mole!

mpcamb

(2,871 posts)
14. Jail, Carter, Jail.
Thu Apr 27, 2017, 06:33 PM
Apr 2017

You miserable traitorous sack of self-pity; make a deal and spill your worthless guts to the investigators.

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