Litigation brought by a key figure in the Russiagate scandal has quietly reached the Supreme Court, giving the nation’s nine justices a chance to weigh in on an investigation that has become a symbol of law-enforcement and intelligence abuses during the Obama-Biden era.

Carter Page, an energy consultant who briefly served as a foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, became the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation into possible Russian election interference known as Crossfire Hurricane.

In 2020, Page filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages from then-FBI Director James Comey and other former officials, including former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

He alleged that they violated his constitutional rights by submitting false or misleading information to secure the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) warrant, and that he was wrongfully surveilled as part of a politically motivated investigation.

Page sought hundreds of millions of dollars in damages, arguing that the surveillance severely harmed his reputation and career.

Federal courts ultimately dismissed Page’s lawsuit. While the Justice Department acknowledged serious mistakes in the FISA process related to Page, the courts concluded that those errors did not entitle him to monetary damages from the named officials.

The petition was filed with the Supreme Court on December 11, 2025, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Page’s lawsuit.

The Supreme Court is currently considering whether to hear the case, Carter Page v. James B. Comey, in the 2025–2026 term, but as of now it has not made a final decision.

The government has successfully asked for permission to delay its response until mid-March.

Page's lawyers argue that the case is important to civil liberties, and that the justices should allow victims of false FISA warrants to sue federal officials.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained four warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil Petitioner Dr. CarterPage. But its applications contained multiple errors, omissions, and misstatements that the FBI later concluded vitiated its showing of probable cause," Page's lawyers argued.

"Worse, it was later revealed that two agents leaked information about the FBI’s surveillance to the press, resulting in an April 2017 article in The Washington Post," his motion added.