The Supreme Court declined to revive a suit brought by former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page against former FBI director James Comey, rejecting his bid to press individual claims over surveillance approvals.
In the carter page lawsuit james comey appeal Page sought to challenge inaccuracies he says appeared in warrant applications used to authorize surveillance of him during the Russia probe.
Lower courts had dismissed Page’s suit, finding he waited too long to file, a ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld and that remained at issue on appeal.
The Supreme Court released a list of cases it would and would not accept and provided no explanation for denying Page’s attempt to revive his claims against Comey and seven other FBI officials.
Settlement Background And Reactions
Other claims Page brought against the federal government were previously resolved when the Trump administration paid him 1.25 million dollars to settle allegations he made against the government, removing those claims from the Supreme Court appeal.
The Justice Department, when announcing that settlement, described the investigation into Page as relying on flawed information and said no American should face covert and unlawful surveillance based on political view, according to a department spokesman.
Page has continued pressing suits against Comey and other FBI officials as individuals, pursuing alleged violations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act tied to the warrant applications that a Justice Department watchdog later found to be faulty.
The appeal at the Supreme Court focused on those individual FISA-based claims after the partial settlement removed the government from the dispute, and the court’s refusal leaves the individual suits barred for procedural reasons.
The lawsuit record shows Page alleged the investigation harmed his reputation and cost him business opportunities, and filings show Comey attorney David N. Kelley declined to comment on the settlement once it was revealed in a Supreme Court filing.
