Lawyers for Hillary Clinton have asked the court to dismiss former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against her, saying it was just “a list of political grievances.”
“Whatever the utility of Plaintiff’s Complaint as a fundraising tool, a press release, or a list of political grievances, it has no merit as a lawsuit, and should be dismissed with prejudice,” read the motion filed Wednesday in federal court in Florida.
Mrs. Clinton’s lawyers also said Mr. Trump’s claims were subject to a four-year statute of limitations, but he waited “four years, four months, and twenty-four days” before bringing the court action.
Last month Mr. Trump sued Mrs. Clinton, former FBI Director James B. Comey and others involved in years of accusations that his campaign worked with Russia to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.
The lengthy lawsuit accused the Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee and others of conspiring to perpetrate a fraud and obstructed justice, preventing the president from doing his job while in office. The complaint said Mr. Trump was forced to spend more than $24 million defending himself against the false accusation that he had colluded with Russia.
“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 108-page complaint reads. “The actions taken in furtherance of their scheme — falsifying evidence, deceiving law...
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