A former Donald Trump campaign adviser on Friday sued the Department of Justice and the lawyer who admitted to falsifying evidence against the adviser, among …
A former Donald Trump campaign adviser on Friday sued the Department of Justice and the lawyer who admitted to falsifying evidence against the adviser, among others. Carter Page filed the 59-page lawsuit in federal court in Washington, alleging he was surveilled illegally as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged collusion between the campaign and Russian actors. Former FBI Director James Comey, former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, and former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith were among those named as defendants. Clinesmith pleaded guilty this year to changing an email from the CIA that initially stated Page was an agency asset to say Page was not an asset. The email was used to obtain spy warrants from a secretive court to surveil Page, along with unsubstantiated information from a dossier compiled by ex-British spy Christopher Steele and paid for by the campaign of Trump’s rival, Democrat Hillary Clinton.
