Trump adviser reportedly being investigated for back channel ties to the Kremlin

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U.S. intelligence officials are reportedly taking a closer look at the possibility of one of Donald Trump's foreign policy advisers secretly meeting with senior Russian officials about lifting economic sanctions if Trump was elected president, Yahoo News reports. The alleged meetings occurred before cyberattacks on the Democratic National Committee heightened U.S. suspicions of Russia trying to influence the American election.

Carter Page, who has an office in Trump Tower and has been named by the Republican nominee as a foreign policy adviser, works at a New York-based consulting firm that "specializes in oil and gas deals in Russia and other Central Asian countries," Yahoo News reports. He has also advised and invested in the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom and accused the Obama administration's economic sanctions of driving down its stock.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.