Justice Department settles lawsuit brought by Trump-Russia probe subject Carter Page

Trump investigationsJustice Department settles lawsuit brought by Trump-Russia probe subject Carter PageLower courts had dismissed Page's suit alleging he'd been illegally targeted by DOJ because of statute of limitations issues, rulings he appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00The Justice Department reached a settlement in former Trump aide Carter Page's lawsuit over the federal probe into potential ties between Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia.Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 23, 2026, 2:05 PM EDTBy Dareh Gregorian and Ryan J. ReillyThe Justice Department has settled a lawsuit brought by Carter Page, the former Trump campaign adviser who was a key figure in the federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.“No American should ever face covert and unlawful surveillance based on their political view," a Justice Department spokesman said in a statement Thursday after the deal was revealed in a court filing. "The investigation into Carter Page — a man never charged with a single crime — relied on inherently flawed and uncorroborated information, proving it was a political sham from the get-go." Page's lawsuit alleged he was the victim of illegal surveillance based in part on findings from DOJ's inspector general that the warrants used in the probe “lacked probable cause and were ‘unlawfully obtained.’”The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant application that had been used to convince a judge to sign off on the warrant contained “seven significant inaccuracies and omissions” that were never corrected and thus “repeated in all three renewal applications,” the Trump administration said in the court filing. Page's suit was dismissed after a federal judge found the statute of limitations on his claims had expired, a finding that was upheld by the...