The then-Department of Justice official who approved $2 million in legal settlement payments to two former FBI employees involved in the Russian collusion hoax reportedly now works for a Democrat-affiliated group that opposes President Donald Trump and his policies.

Brian Netter, legal director at Democracy Forward, has been “identified … as the individual that approved the settlement agreements,” The Federalist reported Friday when it quoted what a DOJ official told the Center to Advance Security in America, which had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in 2024.

Netter was deputy assistant attorney general for the Federal Programs Branch at the time of the settlement agreements with former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok and former FBI attorney Lisa Page over DOJ’s release of text messages the pair exchanged, Politico reported at the time the deals were announced.

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