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Edward Helmore

Missouri attorney general to sue New York over Trump prosecutions

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Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, testifies before a House judiciary committee hearing in Washington DC on 13 June 2024. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

The Missouri attorney general, Andrew Bailey, has confirmed that he is suing the state of New York for election interference and wrongful prosecution for bringing the Stormy Daniels hush-money case to a trial that saw Donald Trump convicted of 34 felonies.

Bailey, a Republican politician appointed by Missouri’s governor, Mike Parson, last year, said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that he would be filing a lawsuit “against the State of New York for their direct attack on our democratic process through unconstitutional lawfare against President Trump”.

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