Carter Page was a paid FBI informant upto 10 days before he volunteered for the Trump campaign. Russian intelligence had approached Page in 2013. Page reported the approach to the FBI and agreed to work with the FBI, wearing a wire, to apprehend Russian intelligence officers. The initial 2013 approach was used in the FISA application to allege that Page was an "agent of a foreign power," yet the application left out that Page had been vetted for his loyalties as an informant, the fact that he was paid by the FBI, and the fact that he was thanked publicly for helping to secure a conviction of a Russian spy while his identity was kept secret. | Carter Page was a paid FBI informant upto 10 days before he volunteered for the Trump campaign. Russian intelligence had approached Page in 2013. Page reported the approach to the FBI and agreed to work with the FBI, wearing a wire, to apprehend Russian intelligence officers. The initial 2013 approach was used in the FISA application to allege that Page was an "agent of a foreign power," yet the application left out that Page had been vetted for his loyalties as an informant, the fact that he was paid by the FBI, and the fact that he was thanked publicly for helping to secure a conviction of a Russian spy while his identity was kept secret. |