FBI/GOP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page was questioned behind closed doors on Friday just hours after FBI agent Peter Strzok had been grilled in a raucous 10-hour public hearing, and Republicans said they learned new information from a witness who was able to talk more freely than Strzok. Two Republican congressmen, Reps. John Ratcliffe of Texas and Matt Gaetz of Florida, characterized Page’s closed-door testimony as more forthcoming than Strzok’s, because she answered more questions about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, as well as the Hillary Clinton probe. Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, said they had learned new information that “has been a long time coming,” but he and the other lawmakers declined to provide details…Meadows called Page a ‘very credible witness,’ and said she had been ‘falsely accused’ of not wanting to cooperate with the committee, a charge that had been levied by his fellow Republicans and President Trump. Republicans went so far as to even praise Page for her testimony after she had been threatened with contempt earlier in the week.”
–Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, “Republicans praise Page’s testimony one day after battle with Strzok,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 13, 2018 7:00 pm