2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former Trump campaign adviser told Congress he had a private conversation with a Russian deputy prime minister during the 2016 presidential campaign and that at least two members of the president’s team were aware, providing more details to what is publicly known about Moscow’s access to President Trump’s circle, according to a congressional transcript released late Monday [11-6-17]…
The New York Times first reported the fact that Mr. Page notified campaign officials about his meetings in Moscow, but the transcript, which is over 200 pages long, discloses the names of those advisers — Tera Dahl and J.D. Gordon — and the identity of the Russian official, Mr. Dvorkovich. Mr. Page’s testimony also revealed that more campaign staff members were aware of his July 2016 trip to Russia than had previously been disclosed, including Jeff Sessions, who is now the attorney general.
Mr. Page’s eight-hour testimony, under oath, to the members of the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, came the same week as the first charges were announced in the special counsel’s investigation into ties between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russian officials…
Mr. Trump has asserted there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. But the details about interactions between his foreign policy advisers and Russians raise new questions about the Trump campaign’s dealings with Moscow.”
-Eileen Sullivan and Adam Goldman, “Trump Adviser Carter Page Describes Meeting With Russian Official During 2016 Campaign,” The New York Times online, Nov. 7, 2017