No, he hadn’t met with Igor Sechin or Igor Divyekin while in Russia. No, Page hadn’t suggested the new administration would lift sanctions if then-candidate Donald Trump won the presidency.
It was not until years later that Page, who had served as a volunteer advisor on the Trump campaign, began to unravel the truth about these calls. In his recently released book, "Abuse and Power: How an Innocent American was Framed in an Attempted Coup Against the President," Page shares his saga with readers. In an interview last week with the author, Page punctuated the finer points of the plot against Trump that ensnared him.
"I reminded Schiff and the Democrats," Page continued, "that a month after the election, it was Swiss company Glencore that bought that stake in 2016. Glencore, I further reminded Schiff and the Democrats, was founded by the late Marc Rich, the uber Clinton donor and beneficiary of an unusual pardon while an international fugitive." Democrats "might want to take a look closer to home," Page concluded.Hat tip to whomever posted that very appropriate graphic.