Justice Dept Settles with Carter Page for $1.25M

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. Page claimed the FBI illegally spied on him during the Russia investigation, pointing to mistakes in secret court warrants used to monitor his calls. Back in 2016 and 2017, those warrants came from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, based on suspicions, Page was working for Russia to meddle in the election. He sued in 2020, saying officials omitted key facts and botched the applications. Page always denied any shady Russian links and faced no charges. Lower courts throughout his case last year, ruling he filed too late, but he took it to the Supreme Court on appeal. Now, with that appeal still hanging, the government stepped in with this settlement Wednesday. It only covers claims against the Feds, not the ex-FBI folks he also targeted, and word of the payout came from someone in the know. This wraps up a long fight over surveillance gone wrong, leaving questions about accountability

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