Former FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who were centers of controversy during the Trump-Russia investigation, have reached settlements with their former employer over violations of their privacy rights. The government is paying Strzok $1.2 million and Page $800,000 in settlements.

Strzok was a senior FBI counterintelligence agent who helped oversee the agency’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia in 2016. He also worked on the investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server. Page was an FBI lawyer involved in the Trump inquiry.

They both sued the Justice Department after officials with the FBI shared copies of text messages they sent each other describing former President Trump as an “idiot” and a “loathsome human” with the press.

“This outcome is a critical step forward in addressing the government’s unfair and highly politicized treatment of Pete,” Strozk’s attorney, Aitan D. Goelman, wrote in a statement. “As important as it is for him, it also vindicates the privacy interests of all government employees. We will continue to litigate Pete’s constitutional claims to ensure that, in the future, public servants are protected from adverse employment actions motivated by partisan politics.”

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DENVER — Parents in blue states may feel powerless to stop the Biden administration’s Title IX rule, but it turns out they have a silver bullet: They can join Moms for Liberty.

A federal judge last week temporarily blocked the final rule adding “gender identity” to Title IX in Kansas, Alaska, Utah and Wyoming — and schools attended by children whose parents belong to Moms for Liberty or students who are members of Young America’s Foundation or Female Athletes United.

In other words, any parent in any state can stop their child’s school from enforcing the Title IX rewrite simply by signing up for Moms for Liberty, which is free and can be done online, or having their child register for YAF or FAU.

The catch: The deadline is July 15.

The result is a membership-drive bonanza that has the potential to bring untold hundreds, if not thousands, into the Moms for Liberty fold as parents seek to exempt their schools from the gender identity requirement pending the outcome of the lawsuit.

“If you join by July 15th, your child will be protected from the Biden administration’s radical overhaul of Title IX,” said Moms for Liberty, which enrolls both mothers and fathers, on X. “That means girls & parental rights [are] protected at your child’s school!”

The message is particularly relevant in blue states or those with Democratic attorneys general. No Democratic AG has sued to block the revised rule.