Feds eye 6 Putin officials in hack

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EX-TRUMP FOREIGN policy adviser Carter Page testified to Congress that he told Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the 2016 campaign that he was traveling to Russia — and now Sessions is starting to remember his own chats about a possible meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Page told the House Intelligence Committee during closeddoor testimony on Thursday that he told Sessions about his plans to visit Russia in July 2016, according to CNN.

Meanwhile, CNN reported that Sessions rejected a proposal by another Trump campaign foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, according to court documents.

But Sessions, a top surrogate for Trump during the campaign, did not disclose the fact he had the discussions despite delivering sworn testimony about Russia during multiple hearings on Capitol Hill.

Papadopoulos proposed T Trump meet with Putin during a March 2016 conference of Trump advisers. Photos of the meeting show him sitting next to Sessions.

“The March 31 comments by this Papadopoulos person did not leave a lasting impression,” a s source familiar with Sessions’ v views told NBC News.

Sessions testified earlier this year that he knew of no one in the campaign who had “conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials.”

Meanwhile, President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner has turned over documents to special counsel Robert Mueller about his role in former FBI Director James Comey’s firing, sources told CNN. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS believed to be behind the hack of Democ cratic National Committee emails may have their day in court, even if they don’t show up for it.

Prosecutors in the Justice Department are mulling bringing federal charges over the cyberattack a against those in Moscow, and have identified six potential targets, The Wall Street Journal rep ported Thursday.

The case is reportedly still in its early stages, but may be filed next year.

The FBI has been investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election since last year.

It is separate from the probe of s special counsel Robert Mueller, who The Journal reports is allowing the FBI to retain control of the t technical nature of the case.