Carter Page is weighing his legal options to fight the Justice Department ahead of the release of a watchdog report on alleged government surveillance abuses.
Page, a onetime Trump campaign adviser who was the target of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants that came under scrutiny, claimed he has not been given a chance to provide any input for Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s forthcoming report and is putting together “a very serious battle plan.”
“I’m thinking of ways of fighting back, potentially even a court injunction,” he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Monday.
Hannity, who expects the report to reveal a “premeditated fraud” conspiracy, asked if Page is going to delay its release. “You’re going to kill me if you delay it,” he said.
“I’m not going to delay it, I promise,” Page said.
Page filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for D.C. last month, accusing the Justice Department of Privacy Act violations and demanding an opportunity to review the FISA report before it is released to the public.
Page also mentioned on Monday that he is in talks with the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has scheduled a hearing for Horowitz to testify on Dec. 11, two days after his report is set to be released. He said he has not received a “final answer” from the panel and noted he would like to “have a say” at the Dec. 11 hearing.
After Hannity brought up how leaks about the report dismiss the notion of a high-level conspiracy against President Trump, Page said the process for the year-and-a-half investigation has “been totally one-sided across the board.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the committee, appeared on Hannity’s show afterward but did not discuss any talks he may be having with Page.
