Trump administration reaches $1.25 million settlement with ex-Trump campaign adviser Carter Page
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Key Points:
- The Trump administration has agreed to a $1.25 million settlement with former campaign aide Carter Page over claims related to FBI surveillance warrants during the 2016 Russia investigation.
- The settlement addresses Page's claims under the PATRIOT Act but does not cover his allegations under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) against individual ex-FBI officials.
- The Justice Department criticized the FBI's handling of the surveillance, citing 17 significant errors and omissions in the warrant applications, particularly reliance on the unverified Steele dossier.
- Page's lawsuit, filed in 2020 and dismissed by courts in 2022 and 2024, alleged unlawful surveillance based on false and misleading information, but was barred by the statute of limitations.
- The DOJ emphasized its commitment to preventing political weaponization of government surveillance and described the investigation into Page as a political sham.
