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Met with mostly scholars. but according to "the new york times," carter page met russian government officials during his july 2016 trip that he took to moscow. so carter page has been mischaracterizing this meeting. the more important part of this, whether or not youre invested in carter pages integrity as a person who describes his own history is that he appears to have described his meetings with russian government officials to the trump campaign at the time. so when the trump campaign senior ...

To him frequently and its been very difficult to get any clarity on who he met with, and whether he met with any government officials. in some cases he just denied it. thats why this is significant and its significant because he seemed to have notified the campaign about the contacts. >> so and to that point specifically, mark, one of the things that we heard after he came out of this house intelligence committee testimony, the committee was frustrated because he didnt hand over documents to the...

Met with mostly scholars. but according to "the new york times," carter page met russian government officials during his july 2016 trip that he took to moscow. so carter page has been mischaracterizing this meeting. the more important part of this, whether or not youre invested in carter pages integrity as a person who describes his own history is that he appears to have described his meetings with russian government officials to the trump campaign at the time. so when the trump campaign senior ...

To the campaign after the trip, sort of describing his interactions with government officials, business executives, et cetera. and the e-mailing came as a part of the house intelligence committees investigation and they were produced by the campaign. as you say, he -- carter page has been out and about in the media for months. "the new york times" has talked to him frequently and its been very difficult to get any charity on who he met with, and whether he met with government officials. in some ...

Time tonight, particularly on short notice, mark. congratulations on the scoop. >> thank you. all right. again, just to underscore what "the new york times" has just reported, according to the e-mails obtained by the house intelligence committee, read aloud when carter page testified this week, he not only took a trip to moscow that was approved by the trump campaign during the campaign, he met with russian government officials while there. he reported on his meetings with russian government o...

To him frequently and its been very difficult to get any charity on who he met with, and whether he met with government officials. in some cases he just denied it. thats why this is significant and its significant because he seemed to have notified the campaign about the contacts. >> so and to that point specifically, mark, one of the things that we heard after he came out of this house intelligence committee testimony, the committee was frustrated because he didnt hand over documents to them. t...

Having contacts with russian officials during the campaign, an e-mail that carter page sent back to the campaign after the moscow trip appears to give lie to that. joining us now is mark muzetti, one of the reporters on this new piece about carter page that has just broken. thank you very much for joining us on short notice. >> sure. >> carter page is an unusual figure because he does a lot of media interviews and he doesnt appear to have a lawyer and he speaks in ways that make him seem like a ...