graduation speech i gave in july, but no meetings. did you meet sergey kislyak in clolveed and develand and dio him? i won t deny i did talk to him. so you did. i will say i did not meet him anywhere outside of cleveland, say that much. the only time you met him was in cleveland? that i may have met him, possibly, it might have been in cleveland. again, i m respectful to the organizers. i m respectful to confidentiality rules and whether it s in government or outside you re not going to deny you talked to him in cleveland? i do not deny that. that is carter page with chris hayes last night. he stopped with the campaign over a speech he gave in moscow criticizing american foreign policy and sanctions against russia. as for his meeting with the ambassador, gordon told the paper, quote.
around russian/american raelgs and in particular the contacts that our ambassador was making and continues to make, i can say only one thing. ambassadors are being appointed to maintained relations with the host country. i can t help but cite a quote published by the media today. all of this looks like a witch hunt or the times of mccarthyism which we believe were long over in the united states, a civilized country. that is russian s foreign minister referring to president trump s response to sessions recusal last night. president trump calling this, quote, a witch hunt. i was going to say, it must be very comforting to people of the united states that the commander in chief of their country has aligned his statements with the russians. another wonderful reason to be gleeful this morning about the state of american/russian relations. gene robinson, a witch hunt. that is, obviously, an interesting phrase.