| | The FBI under [[James Comey]], and later Acting Director [[Andrew McCabe]], knew Carter Page was not an agent of a foreign power, and illegally used the Carter Page FISA warrant to intrude into all the electronic communications - personal and campaign related - of the entire network of Trump advisors ([[Michael Cohen]], Michael Caputo, [[Michael Flynn]] and hundreds of others) and sought retroactive approval for their lawbreaking. | | The FBI under [[James Comey]], and later Acting Director [[Andrew McCabe]], knew Carter Page was not an agent of a foreign power, and illegally used the Carter Page FISA warrant to intrude into all the electronic communications - personal and campaign related - of the entire network of Trump advisors ([[Michael Cohen]], Michael Caputo, [[Michael Flynn]] and hundreds of others) and sought retroactive approval for their lawbreaking. |
| | On March 11, 2016 a DOJ press release announced {{quotebox|[[Preet Bharara]], the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and [[John P. Carlin]], Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that Evgrny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya, pled guilty today to conspiring to act in the United States as an agent of the Russian Federation, without providing prior notice to the Attorney General.<br>The FBI obtained recordings after Sporyshev attempted to recruit Carter Page who was posing as an analyst from a New York-based energy company. In response to requests from Sporyshev, Carter Page provided Sporyshev with binders containing purported industry analysis written by Page and supporting documentation relating to Carter Page's reports, as well as covertly placed recording devices."<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work</ref>}} | | On March 11, 2016 a DOJ press release announced {{quotebox|[[Preet Bharara]], the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and [[John P. Carlin]], Assistant Attorney General for National Security, announced that Evgrny Buryakov, a/k/a “Zhenya, pled guilty today to conspiring to act in the United States as an agent of the Russian Federation, without providing prior notice to the Attorney General.<br>The FBI obtained recordings after Sporyshev attempted to recruit Carter Page who was posing as an analyst from a New York-based energy company. In response to requests from Sporyshev, Carter Page provided Sporyshev with binders containing purported industry analysis written by Page and supporting documentation relating to Carter Page's reports, as well as covertly placed recording devices."<ref>https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/evgeny-buryakov-pleads-guilty-manhattan-federal-court-connection-conspiracy-work</ref>}} |