The long-running legal battle between the federal government and former campaign aide Carter Page has reached a quiet end at the nation’s highest court.
On Tuesday, the Trump administration notified the Supreme Court that it has officially reached a settlement with Page, potentially ending years of litigation over the FBI’s controversial surveillance of him during the 2016 election cycle.
The agreement, detailed in a Justice Department filing dated April 21, 2026, resolves Page’s claims against the United States regarding the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants used to monitor his communications. While the settlement clears the government’s liability, it does not apply to the individual federal officials Page sued for their roles in the surveillance applications.
According to reports, the settlement was for $1.25 million.
This resolution follows a decade of intense scrutiny regarding how the FBI handled the Russia investigation. Between late 2016 and mid-2017, the Bureau obtained four separate warrants to wiretap Page, alleging there was probable cause to believe he was acting as a foreign agent.
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However, a 2019 report by the Justice Department’s inspector general later dismantled the basis for those warrants, uncovering “serious errors and omissions.” The watchdog found that the FBI relied on inaccurate information, failed to disclose Page’s previous cooperation with another U.S. government agency, and omitted the political origins of the evidence used to justify the spying.
Page first filed his lawsuit in 2020, seeking damages for violations of the PATRIOT Act and other federal privacy laws.
His case faced uphill battles in the lower courts; a district judge dismissed the claims in 2022, and an appeals court later upheld that dismissal, arguing that Page had missed the statutory deadlines to file his suit.
The case only reached the Supreme Court after Page petitioned the justices to review those previous rulings. Now, the Justice Department argues that because a deal has been struck, the highest court no longer needs to weigh in.
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“The settlement of a case on appeal renders the appeal moot,” the filing stated, noting that because the financial dispute with the government is resolved, the justices lack further jurisdiction over those specific claims.
While the settlement puts an end to the “United States vs. Carter Page” chapter of the story, the move leaves the door open for continued legal friction involving the specific individuals who authorized the now-discredited warrant applications.
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