Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid
Trump's attorneys claim that the raid during the secret materials probe was carried out with a "clear intent to engage in political persecution."
According to Fox News citing Donald Trump's memo, Trump plans to sue the US Justice Department and seek $100 million in compensation for the 2022 raid at his Florida property, Mar-a-Lago.
Trump's attorneys claim that the raid during the secret materials probe was carried out with a "clear intent to engage in political persecution," according to the newspaper.
According to the article, Trump's attorney, Daniel Epstein, has filed a notice of intent to sue the Justice Department, which has 180 days to settle or fight the case in federal court in the Southern District of Florida.
The notice states that "tortious acts against the president are rooted in intrusion upon seclusion, malicious prosecution, and abuse of process resulting from the August 8, 2022 raid of his and his family's home at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Florida."
"The entire special counsel investigation was about interfering with his ability to get elected," according to the paper, citing Epstein's notification. "For these harms to President Trump, the respondents must pay punitive damages of $100 million."
In November 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland named Jack Smith as Special Counsel in the case. Smith accused the former president with 37 charges of alleged mishandling of classified documents and then issued a superseding indictment with three more counts.
Last month, US District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the superseding indictment in the classified documents case involving former President Donald Trump.
"Former President Trump's Motion to Dismiss Indictment Based on the Unlawful Appointment and Funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith is granted in accordance with this Order. The Superseding Indictment is dismissed because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution," the order said.
The order noted that Smith's use of a permanent indefinite appropriation also violates the US Constitution's Appropriations Clause.
Smith filed an appeal in late July to reverse the rejection of the secret papers case against Trump.
Days after the FBI raided Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, the contents of the search warrant were made public.
The FBI took 11 boxes worth of papers, including data deemed to be so secret that they could not be stated individually in the "receipt" of what was taken.
Biden calls Trump 'genuine danger to American security'
US President Joe Biden said it is necessary for Kamala Harris to defeat Donald Trump in November.
"Watch what happens. It's a danger. He's a genuine danger to American security… We must, we must, we must defeat Trump," he told CBS News in an interview broadcast Sunday.
He stated that Americans are at "an inflection point in world history," explaining that actions taken today will influence the next 60 years. According to Biden, "Democracy is key."
Last week, the president suggested changes to the United States Supreme Court, advocating for term limits and an enforced ethics code for justices. He also urged Congress to enact a constitutional amendment that would restrict presidential immunity, citing the Court's ruling that a president is entitled to extensive protection from prosecution for "official acts", thereby elevating the chief executive above the law.
Biden warned that the transition of power might not be peaceful if former President Donald Trump were to lose in the upcoming November election, highlighting Trump's comments suggesting that the only way he would lose the election is if it were stolen from him.
"If Trump loses, I’m not confident at all" that it will be a peaceful transition, Biden said adding that "[Trump] means what he says, we don’t take him seriously, he means it — all the stuff about if we lose, there’ll be a bloodbath, it will have to be a stolen election."