The Supreme Court declined to hear a defamation suit brought by former Trump campaign official Carter Page against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and other individuals connected to the Steele dossier.

The Hill reports:

Page had appealed to the Supreme Court after his lawsuit was dismissed in the lower courts on procedural grounds.

The former 2016 Trump campaign foreign policy adviser filed suit in January 2020 against the DNC and law firm Perkins Coie in relation to a dossier compiled by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele.

The creation of the dossier was set in motion by Perkins Coie through the research firm Fusion GPS. The document, which included unverified claims about former President Trump and his associates’ links to Russia, played a role in the U.S. obtaining a warrant to surveil Page.

In December 2019, the Justice Department’s inspector general released a report detailing multiple inaccuracies and omissions in the surveillance warrant applications targeting Page that were submitted to the court associated with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

In his legal filing Page alleged that the dossier “mobilized the news media against Dr. Page, damaging his reputation, and effectively destroying his once-private life.”