Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton over Russian collusion allegations
- The former president alleges that she and other democrats tried to rig the 2016 US election by tying his campaign to Moscow
- Trump is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, saying he has spent ‘in excess of US$24 million’ in defence costs, legal fees and related expenses
Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 US presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia.
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, and comes as he continues to falsely claim that his 2020 election defeat by Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud.
“Acting in concert, the defendants maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile foreign sovereignty,” the former president alleged in a 108-page lawsuit filed in a federal court in Florida.
The suit alleges “racketeering” and a “conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood”, among other claims.
Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill called the suit “nonsense”.
The suit seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Trump said he was “forced to incur expenses in an amount to be determined at trial, but known to be in excess of US$24 million and continuing to accrue, in the form of defence costs, legal fees, and related expenses”.
