Democrats sue Trump campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks over alleged election conspiracy
by Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
Apr 20, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - Democrats gave President Donald Trump another potential legal headache Friday, filing a federal lawsuit that alleges an illegal election conspiracy between his presidential campaign, the Russian government, the WikiLeaks organization and others.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified financial damages, probably in the millions of dollars, for computer fraud, racketeering and other illegal activity that it says undermined the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's campaign. The suit does not name Trump as a defendant.
"During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an
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