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Carter Page: Supreme Court dumps Trump aide’s wiretapping suit against James Comey
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Key Points:
- The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser, who sued former FBI officials over flawed surveillance during the 2016 Russia investigation.
- Page alleged errors in the FBI's use of a FISA warrant, with a Justice Department inspector general report confirming mistakes in the warrant process.
- Lower courts dismissed Page’s lawsuit due to a three-year statute of limitations, which the Supreme Court upheld without comment; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not participate.
- Page argued the statute of limitations should start from the 2019 inspector general report, but his appeal was rejected, leaving the lower court rulings intact.
- Page was never charged with wrongdoing, though special counsel Robert Mueller’s report detailed his contacts with Russian intelligence and Kremlin officials during the 2016 campaign.
