Carter Page Settles with Justice Dept. Over Surveillance Claims

0:00On April 23rd, the Justice Department just settled a lawsuit with Carter Page, a former aide to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for $1.25 million over claims of unlawful surveillance during the FBI's Russia probe. Page sued back in 2020, saying FBI and Justice officials made errors in omissions and secret court applications to spy on him, suspecting he was a Russian agent during the election investigation. He always denied any shady ties to Russia and was never charged with a crime, but lower courts throughout his case last year, ruling he filed too late. Page took it to the Supreme Court on appeal, and right as that was pending, the government stepped in with this settlement on Wednesday, it covers his. Claims against the feds, but leaves out the former FBI officials he also targeted. This wraps up a long fight over those FISA warrants, highlighting flaws in how the Russia probe handled surveillance, and Page finally gets them, pay out without a meeting fault. That's the story for today, US News Today, driven by AI, I'm Cory with the story.