A former adviser to President Trump during the campaign said he'll have to wait for transcripts obtained from government surveillance to definitively say that he didn't promise Russian associates that Trump would be open to relaxing sanctions on Russia.

"We'll see what comes out in this FISA transcript." —Carter Page can't say for certain that he didn't discuss easing sanctions with Russians pic.twitter.com/SpiFa2qaSR— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 13, 2017



Carter Page, who Trump said advised him on foreign policy during the campaign, said on ABC Thursday that he never offered to Russian associates that Trump would be open to relaxing sanctions during the campaign. However, he backed off that statement a few seconds later.

"I never offered that, no, nothing along those lines," Page said. "It may… topics … we'll see what comes out in this FISA transcript."

Page was referring to information obtained by the government after the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved a warrant on Page to be monitored by the intelligence community. The court reportedly approved a warrant for Page to be monitored during the campaign.

Page is known to have close ties to the Russian government.

He said he doesn't think he ever made any promises on Trump's behalf.

"I don't recall every single word that I ever said, but I would never make any offer," he said.

He added, "Something may have come up in a conversation, I have no recollection and there is nothing specifically that I would have done that would have given people that impression."

Page said he could categorically deny having any conversations with anyone in Russia about the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails.