Did Carter page get jail time or are you talking about padapolous? Either way both Carter page and padadopolous met with Russians during the campaign for unknown purpose, and lied about it.

Manafort is obviously connected to the Russian gov by proxy for his work in the Ukraine which he has been compensated for via money from numerous she'll companies.

Why is everyone in the Trump administration lying about their Russian connections? Why are they trying to set up secret back channels with Russia? Why won't the president provide notes for his meeting with putin? Why did George padapolous brag about getting the emails on Hilary from Russia? Why was Trump aligning himself with wikileaks during the campaign?