Supreme Court Dismisses Ex-trump Aide's Surveillance Lawsuit
WHO:
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - Carter Page, informal foreign-policy adviser to Trump during the 2016 campaign, sued former FBI officials including James Comey and Andrew McCabe.
CNN - Carter Page, former Trump campaign adviser
CNN - James Comey, former FBI Director
CBS News - Andrew McCabe, former FBI Deputy Director
CBS News - Trump administration
CBS News - U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich
CBS News - Special counsel Robert Mueller
WHAT:
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - The Supreme Court's denial of Page's appeal was issued in a brief order with no comment, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not participate in the deliberations.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - Page's appeal to the Supreme Court was filed in December.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CNN - The part of Page's litigation that remained on appeal involved FBI officials who worked during President Joe Biden’s administration.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CNN - The D.C. Circuit ruled that a three-year statute of limitations barred Page's assertions against the federal entities and FBI personnel.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - The Supreme Court's denial of Page's appeal was issued in a brief order with no comment.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - The Justice Department's settlement with Page involved only claims under the PATRIOT Act, not those alleging violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
CNN - The Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal from Carter Page regarding his lawsuit against former FBI officials.
CBS News - The Supreme Court's denial came after the Trump administration reached a $1.25 million settlement with Page.
CBS News - Page's lawsuit against the Justice Department, FBI, and eight named individuals was dismissed by lower courts.
CBS News - The FBI obtained four warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to surveil Page.
CBS News - The Justice Department's internal watchdog found 17 "significant errors and omissions" in the FBI's warrant applications.
CBS News - Page filed his lawsuit in November 2020, alleging unlawful surveillance.
WHERE:
CNN - Washington, DC
WHEN:
CBS News - Page's lawsuit was filed in November 2020.
CBS News - The Trump administration settled Page's claims in April.
CBS News - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of Page's lawsuit in 2024.
WHY:
[10:18 AM EDT] - CNN - Page argued that the appeals court decision created a “Catch-22” situation where such claims would be dismissed as either too speculative or time-barred.
CNN - Page argued that the statute of limitations should start with the inspector general's report in 2019.
CBS News - Page claimed that the warrant applications were false and misleading, leading to unlawful surveillance.
HOW:
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - The Justice Department's internal watchdog found that the FBI made 17 "significant errors and omissions" in its initial application in 2016 and the three renewal requests.
[10:18 AM EDT] - CBS News - The FBI obtained four FISA warrants to surveil Page, including one in October 2016 and three others in 2017.
CBS News - The FBI's surveillance of Page was based on a FISA warrant authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
(UPDATED June 15, 2026 20:09 UTC)
The Supreme Court has denied Page's appeal without comment, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson did not take part in the deliberations. Page's appeal, which was filed in December, focused on claims against FBI officials from President Biden's administration, but the D.C. Circuit ruled that a three-year statute of limitations barred those assertions. Additionally, the Justice Department's internal watchdog found that the FBI made 17 significant errors and omissions in its initial application and subsequent renewal requests in 2016.
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(UPDATED June 15, 2026 18:30 UTC)
Carter Page, who served as an informal foreign-policy adviser to Trump during the 2016 campaign, has filed a lawsuit against former FBI officials, including James Comey and Andrew McCabe. The Supreme Court recently denied Page's appeal in a brief order without any comments, while the Justice Department's settlement with him only addressed claims under the PATRIOT Act, leaving out allegations related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The FBI had obtained four FISA warrants to surveil Page, with one issued in October 2016 and three others in 2017.
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(UPDATED June 15, 2026 15:05 UTC)
The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Carter Page regarding his lawsuit against former FBI officials, following a $1.25 million settlement reached with the Trump administration. Page's lawsuit, which he filed in November 2020, was dismissed by lower courts after the FBI obtained four warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to surveil him, and an internal watchdog found significant errors in those warrant applications. Page argued that the statute of limitations should begin with a 2019 inspector general's report, claiming the warrant applications were false and misleading.