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Trump to sue DOJ for $100M over Mar-a-Lago raid, alleging ‘political persecution’

Former President Trump is set to sue the Justice Department for $100 million in damages following the government’s unprecedented 2022 raid on his Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla.

EXCLUSIVE:FormerPresidentDonaldTrumpissettosuetheJusticeDepartmentfor$100millionindamagesoverthegovernment’sunprecedented2022raidonhisMar-a-LagopropertyinPalmBeach,Florida,withlawyersarguingitwasdonewith“clearintenttoengageinpoliticalpersecution.” FoxNewshasobtainedTrump’smemoclaiming“tortiousconductbytheUnitedStatesagainstPresidentTrump.”  TrumpandhislegalteamintendtosuetheJusticeDepartmentforitsconductduringtheFBI’sraidonMar-a-LagoonAug.8,2022,amidthefederalinvestigationintohisallegedimproperretentionofclassifiedrecords.  JUDGEDISMISSESTRUMP’SFLORIDACLASSIFIEDDOCUMENTSCASE Aftertheraid,SpecialCounselJackSmithwasappointedtoinvestigate.Smithultimatelybrought37felonycountsagainstTrump,includingwillfulretentionofnationaldefenseinformation,conspiracytoobstructjustice,andfalsestatements.Tr