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Martin Pengelly in New York

Trump sues Hillary Clinton, alleging ‘plot’ to rig 2016 election against him

Trump, nearly six years after beating Clinton, alleges his 2016 opponent is guilty of ‘racketeering’ and a ‘conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood’.
Donald Trump, nearly six years after beating Hillary Clinton, alleges his 2016 opponent is guilty of ‘racketeering’ and a ‘conspiracy’. Photograph: Rick Wilking/Reuters

Donald Trump has sued Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and other people and entities tied to the investigation of Russian election interference in 2016, claiming that in a bid to rig the election they orchestrated a conspiracy which made Watergate “pale in comparison”.

The suit came a day after the release of a letter from a prosecutor in New York who said he believed Trump was “guilty of numerous felony violations” in his business affairs, despite the district attorney in Manhattan choosing not to indict.

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