Agreement closes one chapter of long-running legal battle tied to 2016 election probes, while leaving potential claims against former federal officials unresolved
In a significant legal development stemming from investigations into the 2016 presidential election, the U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to pay $1.25 million to former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page to settle claims of unlawful surveillance.
The settlement, disclosed in a recent filing before the Supreme Court, resolves part of Page’s lawsuit against the federal government, in which he argued that the FBI and Justice Department improperly obtained and renewed surveillance warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Page, who served briefly as a foreign policy adviser during Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, was never charged with a crime.

