Page first filed a defamation suit on his own against the parties in October 2018 in federal court in Oklahoma, but that suit was dismissed in January 2019 after the judge ruled the court lacked jurisdiction over the case because neither Page nor the DNC had strong enough ties to the state.
Page is now represented by Pierce, the global managing partner of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP. They filed in Illinois because they allege the relationship with the firm behind the dossier, Fusion GPS, was "Orchestrated" through law firm Perkins Coie's Chicago office.
Page's lawsuit does not specify the amount sought, instead seeking "Compensatory, special and punitive damages in appropriate amounts to be established at trial."
The suit alleges that the DNC, Perkins Coie and partners Marc Elias and Michael Sussman "Used false information, misrepresentations and other misconduct to direct the power of the international intelligence apparatus and the media industry against" Page "To further their political agenda."
Page was the textbook definition of a private person at the time he was targeted by Christopher Steele.
Arguably, at some point he became an "Involuntary public figure." Regardless, there seems no doubt that Page can handily prove that not only were the allegations against him false, but they were distributed with actual malice and a textbook case of reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the allegations.
The real goldmine here will not be a monetary settlement, it will be the discovery process which will give Carter Page's legal team the ability to gain access to all manner of communications by the DNC and Perkins Coie concerning anything to do with the Steele Dossier.
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2020/01/30/774314/
Page is now represented by Pierce, the global managing partner of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht LLP. They filed in Illinois because they allege the relationship with the firm behind the dossier, Fusion GPS, was "Orchestrated" through law firm Perkins Coie's Chicago office.
Page's lawsuit does not specify the amount sought, instead seeking "Compensatory, special and punitive damages in appropriate amounts to be established at trial."
The suit alleges that the DNC, Perkins Coie and partners Marc Elias and Michael Sussman "Used false information, misrepresentations and other misconduct to direct the power of the international intelligence apparatus and the media industry against" Page "To further their political agenda."
Page was the textbook definition of a private person at the time he was targeted by Christopher Steele.
Arguably, at some point he became an "Involuntary public figure." Regardless, there seems no doubt that Page can handily prove that not only were the allegations against him false, but they were distributed with actual malice and a textbook case of reckless disregard for the truth or falsity of the allegations.
The real goldmine here will not be a monetary settlement, it will be the discovery process which will give Carter Page's legal team the ability to gain access to all manner of communications by the DNC and Perkins Coie concerning anything to do with the Steele Dossier.
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2020/01/30/774314/
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