<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">The Trump administration has agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Carter Page, a 2016 Trump campaign adviser who was wiretapped during the investigation into Russia’s interference in that year’s election, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">There is no dispute that the F.B.I. significantly botched its applications for four rounds of court orders authorizing surveillance of Mr. Page’s phone calls and emails between late 2016 and mid-2017. An <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/fisa-surveillance-fbi.html" title="">inspector general</a> report uncovered numerous errors and material omissions that made Mr. Page look more suspicious.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">But whether Mr. Page had a legal right to compensation from taxpayers was in doubt. Lower courts had dismissed his lawsuit, leading him to appeal to the Supreme Court. The solicitor general, D. John Sauer, <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-705/405085/20260422154955020_Page_v._Comey_FINAL.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="">told the justices on Wednesday</a> that there was a settlement.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">This was the latest payout by the Justice Department to someone aligned with President Trump. Last month, the department agreed to <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/michael-flynn-doj-settlement-trump.html" title="">pay $1.25 million to Michael T. Flynn</a>, Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, who <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/michael-flynn-doj-settlement-trump.html" title="">claimed that he was wrongfully prosecuted</a> by Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel. Last year, the government <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/us/politics/ashli-babbitt-jan-6-settlement-trump.html" title="">paid nearly $5 million to the estate of Ashli Babbitt,</a> a rioter who was shot by a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">To date, however, the Justice Department has declined to settle wrongful prosecution lawsuits brought by people who were charged for taking part in the Jan. 6 riot.</p><p class="css-ac37hb evys1bk0">Reached by text on Wednesday, Mr. Page did not dispute the $1.25 million figure, but declined to comment. The person who provided the settlement figure spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue. 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