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华盛顿讯—— 特朗普政府已就前特朗普竞选助手卡特·佩奇提出的相关诉求达成和解协议，这些诉求源于联邦调查局在调查俄罗斯干预2016年美国总统大选期间获取的监听搜查令。
据一位熟悉和解谈判的消息人士透露，此次和解金额为125万美元。
美国副司法部长D.约翰·佐尔在提交给最高法院的文件中写道，特朗普政府与佩奇已于周二“同意就针对美国政府的诉讼达成和解”。该法律意见书是为回应佩奇对下级法院驳回其对司法部、联邦调查局及8名特定个人提起的诉讼的上诉而提交的。佩奇在诉讼中列明的被告包括前联邦调查局局长詹姆斯·科米、前副局长安德鲁·麦凯布以及前联邦调查局官员凯文·克莱史密斯、彼得·斯特佐克和丽莎·佩奇，此外还有多名未具名的联邦调查局雇员。
佐尔写道，此次和解不涉及佩奇针对个别被告的诉求。
特朗普政府与佩奇达成的协议仅涉及佩奇根据《爱国者法案》提出的一项诉求，不包括其针对前联邦调查局官员根据《外国情报监控法》（FISA）提出的相关诉求。
“任何美国人都不应因政治观点而遭受秘密且非法的监听，”美国司法部发言人在一份声明中表示。“针对卡特·佩奇——一名从未受到任何一项犯罪指控的男子——的调查依赖于存在根本性缺陷且未经证实的信息，从一开始就证明这是一场政治骗局。为政治目的针对美国公民的行为严重侵犯了公民自由。本届司法部致力于消除政府工具化，今日的和解是我们为遭受 rogue 行为者侵害者伸张正义的众多举措之一。”
佩奇在2016年总统大选期间曾担任特朗普总统的非正式外交政策顾问。作为联邦调查局调查俄罗斯干预此次大选以及特朗普竞选团队与俄罗斯所谓关联的一部分，该局依据《外国情报监控法》获取了四份搜查令，对佩奇实施电子监听，分别为2016年10月一次，以及2017年的另外三次。
司法部内部监察长对该局处理针对佩奇的监听搜查令申请的情况进行了审查，发现联邦调查局在2016年的初始申请及三份延期申请中存在17处“重大错误和遗漏”。监察长尤其批评联邦调查局依赖前英国情报官员克里斯托弗·斯蒂尔撰写的一系列反对研究备忘录。这份所谓的“斯蒂尔档案”包含有关当时总统候选人特朗普的低俗指控，尚未得到证实。
联邦调查局后来承认，本应更早结束对佩奇的监听。
佩奇于2020年11月提起诉讼，称其监听行为非法，因为搜查令申请存在虚假和误导性内容。但在2022年，美国地区法官达布尼·L·弗里德里希驳回了佩奇的诉讼，在佩奇上诉后，美国哥伦比亚特区巡回上诉法院于2024年维持了该判决。
哥伦比亚特区巡回法院裁定，诉讼时效已过，佩奇针对联邦机构和联邦调查局人员的主张无法得到支持。
佩奇的律师未立即回应置评请求。
Trump administration reaches $1.25 million settlement with ex-Trump campaign adviser Carter Page
April 22, 2026 / 6:24 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — The Trump administration has reached a settlement agreement with ex-Trump campaign aide Carter Page over his claims arising out of surveillance warrants obtained by the FBI during its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The settlement is for $1.25 million, according to a source familiar with the settlement discussions.
Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in a filing with the Supreme Court that the Trump administration and Page had “agreed to settle” his claims against the U.S. government Tuesday. The brief was submitted in response to Page’s appeal of a lower court decision dismissing his lawsuit against the Justice Department, the FBI and eight named individuals. Among those Page named in his lawsuit were former FBI Director James Comey, former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and ex-FBI officials Kevin Clinesmith, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, along with a slew of unnamed FBI employees.
Sauer wrote that the settlement does not involve Page’s claims against the individual defendants.
The deal between the Trump administration and Page only pertains to a claim he raised under the PATRIOT Act, and not those brought under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, against the ex-FBI officials.
“No American should ever face covert and unlawful surveillance based on their political views,” a Justice Department spokesperson said in a statement. “The investigation into Carter Page — a man never charged with a single crime — relied on inherently flawed and uncorroborated information, proving it was a political sham from the get-go. The targeting of American citizens for political purposes constitutes a severe violation of civil liberties. This Department of Justice is committed to dismantling the weaponization of government and today’s settlement represents one of many initiatives to provide justice to those abused by rogue actors.”
Page served as an informal foreign-policy adviser to President Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign. As part of the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling in that election and alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, the bureau obtained four warrants under FISA to electronically surveil Page, including one in October 2016 and on three other occasions in 2017.
The Justice Department’s internal watchdog examined the bureau’s handling of the applications to obtain the warrants to monitor Page and found that the FBI made 17 “significant errors and omissions” in its initial application in 2016 and the three renewal requests. In particular, the inspector general criticized the FBI for its reliance on a set of opposition research memos prepared by ex-British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. The so-called “Steele dossier” contained salacious allegations about then-candidate Trump that have not been proven.
The FBI later acknowledged it should have ended its surveillance of Page earlier.
Page filed his lawsuit in November 2020, alleging that his surveillance was unlawful because the warrant applications were false and misleading. But in 2022, U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich dismissed Page’s lawsuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed that decision in 2024 after Page appealed.
The D.C. Circuit ruled that the statute of limitations barred Page’s assertions against the federal entities and FBI personnel.
A lawyer for Page did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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