But the agency explained this wrinkle to the court. The FBI also made its assessment partially on reports from Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer who was commissioned to look into Trump’s Russia ties by a political intelligence firm underwritten by Democrats. The FBI said it made its assessment of Page based on several sources of evidence, including a 2013 attempt by Russian agents to recruit American assets. Much of the crucial information remains redacted. In the applications, the FBI says it believes Page had been the subject of recruitment by the Russian government. “They should drop the discredited Mueller Witch Hunt now!” “A disgrace to America,” Trump tweeted early Monday. Unfortunately, President Trump’s Twitter feed over the past several days has made it clear that attempts to set the record straight on the surveillance of Carter Page, a onetime Trump campaign adviser, may quickly be buried under misinformation, partisan warfare and Washington’s growing divide over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The unusual release of federal surveillance documents offers the nation a new chance to understand the depths of our Russian entanglements during the 2016 presidential election. But lawmakers from both parties say the documents don't show wrongdoing.(AP Photo/J. President Donald Trump claimed Sunday, July 22, 2018, that newly released documents relating to the wiretapping of his onetime campaign adviser Carter Page "confirm with little doubt" that intelligence agencies misled the courts that approved the warrant. 2, 2017 file photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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