Ex-Trump aide DESTROYS CNN over their claims Russia and the Trump campaign colluded

Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page insisted Saturday that he didn't tell any Russian official any information that wasn't already publicly available.



"I was never, nothing I was ever asked to do or no information I was ever asked for was anything beyond what you could see on CNN," Page told CNN's "Smerconish" program. "Nothing I ever talked about with any Russian official extends beyond that publicly available, immaterial information."



The interview came a day after a CNN report Russia had tried to infiltrate President Donald Trump's campaign through its advisers, including Page, and on Saturday, Page centered on the word "tried."



"I've certainly seen a lot of tries going back for much of the last year, trying to put in false narratives over many many months," Page told CNN's Michael Smerconish. "There are certain questions I have, frankly speaking, just reading that report two weeks before Inauguration Day I might add, that makes me wonder whether this was just a political stunt."



Page continued that he believes that rather than focusing on Russia, the real story is "the bigger meddling … that was done against me and potentially others in the last year."



Friday night's CNN story changes the narrative that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, said Page.



"Now they're reeling things back and someone is saying out there the word tried, right?" said Page. "I've certainly seen a lot of tries going back for much of the last year, trying to put in false narratives over many, many months.: