The Senate Intelligence Committee wants documents and testimony from President Trump's former foreign policy advisor Carter Page and has issued subpoenas to get them. Page said last week he would take the Fifth if legally compelled to provide materials.
Page, who previously had volunteered to speak with lawmakers, now says he only will testify on November 1st when three social media companies -- Facebook, Twitter, and Google -- are scheduled to appear.
Former FBI double agent Naveed Jamali explains in Newsweek why Page is making this specific demand:
Page, who spent most of his career working in finance and energy, doesn’t appear to have any experience in social media, technology or political advertising. But the former Trump adviser says he wants to speak about “the severe fake news that private and U.S. state-funded media organizations defamed me with in the months prior to the election...” he told Newsweek via text. (Page is suing Yahoo News and the Huffington Post for $75,000 in damages for their coverage of him).
The Senate committee appears to have rejected Page's offer. Instead, it’s interested only in his alleged ties to Moscow.
Senate Subpoenas Former Trump Adviser Carter Page (NBC News)
Related: Trump Dossier Update: Carter Page Only Wants to Talk about Facebook and Fake News (Newsweek)
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