DOJ Settles Carter Page Suit for $1.25 Million

The Justice Department has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, over surveillance warrants that federal investigators obtained to monitor his communications during the probe into Russian election interference.

The settlement, detailed in a court filing submitted to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, resolves Page's claims against the federal government but leaves intact his allegations against individual former officials, including ex-FBI Director James Comey, former counterintelligence official Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith. Page, who filed the suit in 2020 seeking $75 million in damages for alleged violations of his constitutional rights, had appealed to the Supreme Court after lower courts dismissed his case, citing issues such as the timing of his filing and questions over which defendants were properly named.

Investigators targeted Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2016, wiretapping him for about a year based on his ties to Russia. These included pre-campaign contacts with at least two Russian intelligence officers, a July...