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Trump's 'frivolous' $100m DOJ lawsuit draws scathing responses: 'Pathetic attempt at being relevant'

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45% : " Rubin continued, "Short answer: Trump won't be able to file suit, I expect, for another six months.
39% : Smith brought federal charges against Trump in 2023, but in July, Judge Aileen Cannon -- the Trump appointee assigned to the case -- dismissed the charges.
34% : FBI agents searched Mar-a-Lago that year looking for classified government documents that Trump, according to special counsel Jack Smith, had no business keeping after completing his presidency and leaving the White House in January 2021.
22% : " READ MORE: 'An implosion': Conservatives warn 'deeply unwell' Trump grows more 'dangerous' as Harris soars
19% : Trump wants back in the news cycle, suing DOJ will sling red meat to his ignorant and uneducated remaining followers, it's another frivolous, stupid lawsuit that will go nowhere.
11% : Daniel Epstein, one of Trump's attorneys, announced the lawsuit and told Fox Business' Lydia Hu, "What President Trump is doing here is not just standing up for himself -- he is standing up for all Americans who believe in the rule of law and believe that you should hold the government accountable when it wrongs you." READ MORE:Trump is losing it because he's afraid of losing MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin weighed in on the lawsuit, telling host Ana Cabrera, "Trump is letting the Department of Justice know that he intends to sue under a law called the Federal Tort Claims Act.

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