(CNN) - A former campaign foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump says he's going to plead the fifth to Senate investigators of possible Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Carter Page said on Monday he will invoke the constitutional right to keep from turning over requested documents to officials. Page called the request beyond the charter of the inquiry.
Carter also requested an opportunity to testify publicly, but he suggested that request has been denied.
The Washington Post reported in April that the FBI obtained a warrant to monitor Page on suspicions he knowingly engaged in secret intelligence activities on behalf of Moscow.
Page has been demanding the government release information about his communications that were picked up during those surveillance operations.
Page says that he does not want to be caught in a "perjury trap" since the government has more detailed records about his communications.
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