The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from former Donald Trump adviser Carter Page, who alleged he was illegally investigated in a probe into the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.
None of the justices noted any objection to the denial of Page’s petition. The rejection appeared on the court’s order list, a document that announces the latest action in pending appeals. As usual, the court did not provide any explanation for the denial. The justices deny review of most of the petitions they receive.
In his rejected petition, Page’s lawyers said warrants that the FBI obtained from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to investigate him “contained multiple errors, omissions, and misstatements” and that agents leaked information about the surveillance to the press. Page sued former FBI director James Comey and others he said were involved in the surveillance or disclosure.