Targeted as part of Democrats’ ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theory
By Mariane Angela, Daily Caller News Foundation
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with former campaign adviser Carter Page.
Federal investigators relied on inaccurate and incomplete information to obtain a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court warrant to illegally wiretap Page during the investigation into allegations that Russia influenced the 2016 presidential election. In a filing dated April 21, 2026, the Justice Department told the justices that it resolved Page’s claims against the United States stemming from alleged FISA violations.
The agreement does not extend to claims Page brought against individual federal officials involved in the surveillance applications. This move ends the case against the United States after years in federal court and repeated scrutiny over how the FBI obtained warrants to monitor Page. The Justice Department’s inspector general later found those warrants contained serious errors and omissions, including inaccurate assertions and failures to disclose key information.