So if you want to plow through 243 pages of Carter Page testimony from his seven hour meeting last week with the House Intel Committee, have at it.
Hard to tell how fascinating the session in the House Intel Committee was, but it was clear Carter Page has been withholding information that would be important to getting to the cooperation between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Unlike his television interviews, he did actually have to answer some questions, rather than make irrelevant digressions.
More interesting is that the Papadopoulos indictment has made it more difficult for Page to claim that he has been wronged by a body of information that now goes beyond the Steele Dossier.
Also interesting is how forgetful he is about some names of people he’s met and yet can recognize whom he has not met.
More interesting is that there were some overlaps with Hungarian intelligence not previously verified.
Page may yet have a sealed indictment from Mueller, so perhaps more will be known.
Once one gets past all the grievances about how his life has been made miserable from the Steele Dossier, there are more questions than answers, although perhaps the Senate committee might get past all those pieces of information promised but withheld.
And then there’s who he actually met while also confirming that he did mention his activities to the Trump campaign, while also disclosing that Russian interest in him increased after he’s identified as a member (albeit a “volunteer”) of the Trump campaign.
Also interesting are his claims of having death threats with an interesting footnote of that text. And there’s the conversation with Steve Bannon when Page is asked not to appear on MSNBC.
What’s also clear from the transcript is how little the GOP majority is interested in pursuing Biglygate and the awesome questioning skills of Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell.
Steele wrote in his dossier that a Russian source close to Sechin said in July 2016 that Sechin and Page had held a "secret meeting" to discuss "the issues of future bilateral energy cooperation and prospects for an associated move to lift Ukraine-related western sanctions against Russia."
The dossier alleged that Sechin offered Page the brokerage of a 19% stake in the company in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on Russia.
Page told Schiff that the sanctions issue was "outside the scope" of Baranov's responsibilities, and said he couldn't recall when asked whether he had spoken to Baranov again after returning to the US. Page also said he met with an investor relations official at Gazprom while in Moscow in both July and December.
Asked whether he and Baranov discussed "a potential sale of a significant percentage of Rosneft" in July, Page said, "He may have briefly mentioned it."
"Did you ever express support for the idea of lifting US sanctions on Russia with Mr. Baranov?" Schiff asked.
"Not — not directly, not directly," Page said.
There is no evidence that Page played any role in the Rosneft deal. But Page returned to Moscow one day after the Rosneft deal was signed on December 8 to "meet with some of the top managers" of Rosneft, he told reporters at the time. Page denied meeting with Sechin, Rosneft's CEO, during that trip, but he said it would have been "a great honor" if he had.