Russiagate quietly reaches Supreme Court as justices asked to allow feds to be sued for FISA abuses
Supreme Court,2016 Election,Donald Trump,Russia Meddling
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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.
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