Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia.
Highlights
- The lawsuit covers a long list of grievances the Republican former president repeatedly aired during his four years in the White House after beating Clinton.
- The suit alleges “racketeering” and a “conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood,” among other claims.
- The defendants in Trump’s lawsuit include Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer.
- A dossier written by Steele, which was circulated to the FBI and media outlets before the November 2016 election, set out unproven assertions that Russia had embarrassing information about Trump and some of his Republican campaign advisers and that Moscow was working behind the scenes to defeat Clinton.
- A 966-page report issued by a Republican-led U.S.
- Senate committee concluded that Russia used Republican political operative Paul