Former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page have reached a settlement with the Justice Department after alleging that their privacy rights were violated when their text messages were released and became political fodder for Donald Trump during his presidency. The settlement, described as a 'tentative agreement' in a court filing on Tuesday, will resolve in full the 5-year-old case Page brought against her former employer. She had sought financial damages of at least $1,000 for alleged privacy violations after her text messages critical of Trump were released to the media.
Strzok, who was ultimately fired from the FBI, hasn’t settled the portion of his lawsuit in which he sued for backpay and his job back, the filing said. The settlement has not yet been finalized or approved by a judge. Lawyers for Strzok and Page declined to comment or to provide further detail on the settlement.
