Overview
- The Justice Department told the Supreme Court in a Wednesday filing that it had settled Carter Page’s claims against the United States.
- A person familiar with the agreement said the payment is about $1.25 million because the filing did not disclose a dollar figure.
- The settlement covers only a PATRIOT Act damages claim against the government and leaves Page’s FISA-based claims and cases against ex-FBI officials in place, which also moots his appeal against the United States.
- The move follows a March settlement with Michael Flynn for roughly $1.2 million, signaling a broader effort to close high-profile cases tied to the Russia investigation.
- Page’s surveillance stemmed from four FISA warrants in 2016 and 2017 that a Justice Department watchdog later found had 17 significant errors, prompting the FBI to adopt more than 40 fixes to its warrant process.