PAGE v. US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE et al

  1. July 26, 2024

    DOJ Inks Deals With Ex-FBI Agent, Atty Over Release Of Texts

    The U.S. Department of Justice and two former FBI employees whose texts disparaging former President Donald Trump were made public told a Washington, D.C., federal judge Friday they have reached settlements in their privacy rights cases.

  2. July 06, 2023

    DOJ Loses Bid To Block Trump Deposition In FBI Agent Case

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday refused to reconsider her order allowing former President Donald Trump to be deposed by attorneys for former FBI employees suing the government after their texts were made public, shooting down the U.S. Department of Justice's bid to block the deposition.

  3. February 23, 2023

    ​​​​​​​Trump And FBI Director Can Be Deposed By Ex-FBI Agent

    Former President Donald Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray can be deposed by attorneys for two former FBI employees who separately sued the government after their text messages criticizing the former president were made public, a D.C. federal judge ruled on Thursday.

  4. January 26, 2021

    Ex-FBI Agent Asks Court To Enforce Subpoena Against Trump

    A veteran FBI agent fired allegedly for sending anti-Trump text messages is urging a D.C. federal court to compel the ex-president's campaign to comply with a request for documents in an unfair termination suit against the agency, adding that the organization should also explain why it shouldn't be held in contempt.

  5. September 25, 2020

    DOJ Must Face Privacy Battles Over Exposed FBI Texts

    Former FBI agent Peter Strzok and onetime prosecutor Lisa Page won green lights Friday to move ahead with their lawsuits accusing the Justice Department of violating privacy laws by publicly releasing anti-Trump texts the two exchanged during the 2016 presidential election.

  6. March 17, 2020

    FBI, DOJ Say Release Of Ex-FBI Atty's Texts Was Warranted

    The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have asked a D.C. federal judge to end a suit brought by a former FBI lawyer, who worked on investigations into both Hillary Clinton's private email server and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, saying releasing her text messages to the press was warranted and didn't violate her privacy.

  7. December 10, 2019

    Former FBI Atty Sues DOJ, FBI Over Released Texts

    Lisa Page, a former FBI attorney connected with both the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server and Russian interference into the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, filed suit against both the bureau and the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, saying they violated her privacy by sharing her text messages with the press.