Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Carter Page Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, ending his long-running lawsuit against former FBI Director James Comey and other former government officials. The justices, without comment, left in place lower court rulings that had dismissed the case, effectively closing Page's attempt to hold individuals personally liable for what he alleged was unlawful surveillance during the Russia investigation.

Page, who served as a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, was the subject of secret surveillance warrants approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2016 and 2017. The warrants were part of the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane" investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian election interference efforts. Page was never charged with a crime and has consistently denied acting as an agent of Russia.

His lawsuit followed a 2019 Justice Department inspector general report that was harshly critical of the FBI's applications to surveil Page. The report identified significant errors and omissions, including an altered email by a former FBI lawyer. In response to the...