Former President Donald Trump plans to sue the Department of Justice ( DOJ) for$ 100 million over its alleged “malicious prosecution” and “abuse of process”, according to Fox News, which obtained a copy of the memo.
Trump’s attorney Daniel Epstein’s memo specifies that Trump intends to reimburse the DOJ for its exceptional raid on August 8, 2022, but also gives the Court 180 days to respond and resolve the issue, according to Fox News. Trump did take the case to court if the matter proceed unanswered, according to the report.
The registration alleges, according to Fox News, the” tortious acts against the senator are rooted in encroachment upon isolation, malicious prosecution, and misuse of process resulting from the August 8, 2022 attack of his and his family’s residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Florida”.
Further, the memo asserts that the raid was conducted with the” clear intention to engage in political persecution— not to advance good law enforcement practices.”
According to Epstein, the FBI’s alleged activities were incompatible with protocols used during routine searches of a target’s premises, arguing that Trump “had a clear expectation of privacy at Mar-a-Lago.”
The FBI’s actions in the raid, which allegedly violated established protocol, constitute a severe and unacceptable intrusion that is offensive to a reasonable person, the memo claims.
According to Fox News, Epstein also points to the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling on presidential immunity and the dismissal of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case, contending that there was” no constitutional basis for the search or the subsequent indictment.”
After ruling that Smith’s appointment was unlawful, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed his Trump law-fare case in July. Less than a year after the raid, Smith charged Trump with handling allegedly confidential documents. Notably, President Joe Biden also retained classified documents following his tenure as vice president, but his own DOJ decided not to charge him over prosecutors ‘ concerns that Biden would likely “present himself to the jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”.
According to Cannon, the appointment should have been made by the legislature as Attorney General Merrick did not have the authority to do so.
The misconduct prosecution also severely tainted the lawfare prosecution. In a post on X, independent journalist Julie Kelly claimed that DOJ prosecutors had acknowledged some of the documents had been seized without the proper order. Other documents, according to my colleague Tristan Justice, could have been misplaced or mislabeled.
The Federalist’s election correspondent, Brianna Lyman. With a degree in international political economy, Brianna received her degree from Fordham University. Her work has been featured on Newsmax, Fox News, Fox Business and RealClearPolitics. Follow Brianna on X: @briannalyman2
