Trump Plans To Sue Biden DOJ For $100 Million Over Mar-A-Lago Raid

President Trump is on the verge of suing the Biden Justice Department for $100 million over the FBI’s raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate.

Trump’s attorneys are arguing the DOJ’s raid on Mar-a-Lago was “clear intent to engage in political persecution.”

A memo in the suit states that Biden’s DOJ participated in “tortious conduct by the United States against President Trump.”

Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging 'political persecution' https://t.co/2ENG0HV6cK

— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) August 12, 2024

🚨 BREAKING: Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging 'political persecution'https://t.co/P6bURm9T5H

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 12, 2024

Here’s what Fox News reported:

Former President Donald Trump is set to sue the Justice Department for $100 million in damages over the government’s unprecedented 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, with lawyers arguing it was done with “clear intent to engage in political persecution.”

Fox News has obtained Trump’s memo claiming “tortious conduct by the United States against President Trump.”

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Trump and his legal team intend to sue the Justice Department for its conduct during the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8, 2022, amid the federal investigation into his alleged improper retention of classified records.

After the raid, Special Counsel Jack Smith was appointed to investigate. Smith ultimately brought 37 felony counts against Trump, including willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and false statements. Trump pleaded not guilty to all counts.

Reposting my ⁦@RCInvestigates⁩ piece on MAL raid in light of Trump’s plans to sue DOJ for $100 million. https://t.co/Izuj3tPiKJ

— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) August 12, 2024

Per Real Clear:

Top officials at the Department of Justice are downplaying recently disclosed documents showing FBI agents were authorized to use deadly force during their 2022 raid of Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago.

Responding to Trump’s claim that “Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bureau was following “standard operating procedure” as it executed a search warrant on Aug. 8, 2022, regarding classified material that the former president was holding at Mar-a-Lago.

While noting that Trump was not present during the raid, Attorney General Merrick Garland dismissed Trump’s claim as “false” and “dangerous.” Garland said the same language was used in a later search warrant seeking classified documents President Biden was storing in various locations.

But critics argue that there was nothing ordinary about the Mar-a-Lago raid, in which more than 30 FBI agents descended on Trump’s Palm Beach estate, potentially creating a dangerous situation with the armed Secret Service agents on site.