The U.S. Department of Justice has reached a settlement with former FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok, following a controversy over anti-Trump text messages they exchanged during the 2016 presidential campaign. The pair were both involved in the FBI’s investigation into possible Russian interference in the election.
Page and Strzok sued the DOJ and FBI in 2018 and 2019 respectively, claiming privacy violations when their text messages, in which they expressed criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump, were