Quote:SORE LOSERS: DNC Sues Trump Campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks Over 2016 Election
Ryan SaavedraApril 20, 2018

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On Friday, the Democratic National Committee filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the Russian government, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and WikiLeaks, claiming that they were involved in a massive conspiracy against Hillary Clinton.

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, claims that senior members of the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to damage Clinton and seeks financial damages for the alleged hacks of the DNC's servers.

“During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an all-out assault on our democracy, and it found a willing and active partner in Donald Trump’s campaign,” DNC chairman Tom Perez said.

Discovery in the case will be interesting given that the FBI has not had access to the DNC's servers. In November 2017, BuzzFeed News reported:

The party had hired CrowdStrike essentially in place of the FBI — to this day, the Bureau has not had access to the DNC’s servers. DNC officials said they made the eyebrow-raising choice to go with a private firm because they were worried they’d lose control of their operations right in the middle of the campaign. Not only that, but the FBI was investigating Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Better, the DNC figured, to handle things privately.

“This constituted an act of unprecedented treachery: the campaign of a nominee for president of the United States in league with a hostile foreign power to bolster its own chance to win the presidency,” Perez continued. “This is not partisan, it’s patriotic."

(04-21-2018, 12:06 AM)Benton Wrote:

Quote:Whether the theory that Trump colluded is true makes no difference; the theory doesn’t work as a lawsuit. But, as my inbox suggests, the point of the suit isn’t to win. It’s to stir up the base.

Which is too bad.

Because if you subtract the political defendants and consider only the lawsuit against Russia, the DNC could potentially be on to something both interesting and important. So far, no foreign government has been successfully sued for hacking U.S. computers. But this time the evidence just might be strong enough to give a federal court jurisdiction.

The essential claim is that by hacking the DNC’s computers, Russia committed a trespass in the U.S. The problem, of course, is that Russia is generally protected by sovereign immunity. But the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act includes an exception for torts committed on U.S. soil. The idea that hacking falls within the exception has lately been raised in the law reviews but has yet to be tested successfully in court.

(04-20-2018, 10:19 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: https://www.dailywire.com/news/29699/sore-losers-hillarys-campaign-sues-trump-campaign-ryan-saavedra

How do they expect to win when they are still going on about this stuff?  The DNC actually conspired against Bernie Sanders and his Supporters.  

Can’t make this up.  Dems can’t handle any positive momentum no matter how small.  

(04-23-2018, 03:35 PM)Dill Wrote: This is the second time the DNC has sued the Republicans for election skulduggery.

They won the first time around. Maybe this time too.

(04-23-2018, 05:07 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Perhaps they should sue themselves for election skullduggery. I'm positive they would win.

(04-23-2018, 05:17 PM)Dill Wrote: Not the best way to replenish depleted funds though.

(04-23-2018, 05:19 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Who knows maybe they could include Hillary in the suit and get something from the Clintons.

(04-23-2018, 11:40 PM)Dill Wrote: Never happen.

Hillary derangement syndrome is not widespread within the Democratic Party.