Carter Page, a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, told the House Intelligence Committee Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew Page was traveling to Moscow in July 2016:
During more than six hours of closed-door testimony, Page said that he informed Sessions about his coming July 2016 trip to Russia, which Page told CNN was unconnected to his campaign role.
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A source familiar with the meeting told CNN that the encounter occurred at a dinner at the Capitol Hill Club, attended by members of the Trump national security team, including Sessions. Near the end of the dinner, Page approached Sessions to say hello and thanked the then-senator for the dinner, and Page also mentioned he was headed to Russia. Sessions didn't respond and moved on to the next person waiting to shake his hand, this source said.
The committee will release a transcript of Page's testimony next week.
Several lawmakers from both parties described the session as meandering, at-times confusing and contradictory. Page did not have a lawyer present, which is highly unusual, lawmakers said.
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The committee has asked Page to produce more documents, according to members, to comply with the subpoena they previously issued.
Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip (CNN)