![]() Reines responded nonchalantly to the suit Thursday. The suit says that after Trump reportedly blocked sanctions on Russia in 2018, Reines tweeted: “yes collusion, yes collusion, yes collusion.” The suit also alleges that after publication of Mueller’s report in 2019, Reines said on Fox News that Trump was still “under investigation by 17 other entities including the Southern District of New York.” The only specific allegations against him in the suit are that he made public statements suggesting that Trump had worked with Russia in 2016 and that he had serious legal woes. ![]() In another court filing in the case, Trump’s attorneys asked for only $21 million.Īmong the defendants in the case is a former State Department official and spokesperson for Clinton, Philippe Reines. ![]() The suit appears to seek more than $72 million in damages, which the complaint says is the tally of legal fees and other costs of defending against the alleged untruths. It stitches together disparate details unearthed in the ongoing investigation by special counsel John Durham, as well as long-known details about the FBI’s Russia probe and special counsel Robert Mueller’s subsequent investigation. The sprawling, 108-page complaint reads like a greatest-hits of Trump’s long-held grievances against the public figures most closely associated with the investigation of his campaign’s ties to Russia in 2016. ![]() “The actions taken in furtherance of their scheme-falsifying evidence, deceiving law enforcement, and exploiting access to highly-sensitive data sources-are so outrageous, subversive and incendiary that even the events of Watergate pale in comparison,” the complaint adds. The suit accused the defendants of obstruction of justice and theft of trade secrets, as well as unlawful hacking into Trump’s private communications. ![]()
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