Trump says he is suing a US law firm that handed Hilary Clinton campaign a dossier on US President's links to Russia
US President Donald Trump has said he has sued the law firm that handed Hilary Clinton's campaign a dossier on his links to Russia.
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Perkin Coie paid over $1 million to an investigations firm to get hold of the dossier on Trump's links to Russia, which it ultimately gave to Hilary Clinton's campaign.
The dossier, which was written by former Mi6 agent Christopher Steele, claimed Moscow helped Trump become president by hacking into and leaking Democratic Party emails.
Trump announced his intention to sue Perkins Coie in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, saying the company and "a specific member of this firm" had committed "egregious and unlawful acts".
He raged on that Judge Beryl Howell, who was appointed by Barack Obama, has "ruled against me in the past, in a shocking display of sick judicial temperament, on a case that ended up working out very well for me, on appeal.
"Her ruling was so pathologically bad that it became the 'talk of the town'. I could have a 100% perfect case and she would angrily rule against me. It’s called Trump Derangement Syndrome, and she’s got a bad case of it. To put it nicely, Beryl Howell is an unmitigated train wreck. NO JUSTICE!!!"
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Perkins Coie was one of several law firms hit by an Executive Order by President Trump on March 6 that banned lawyers from the companies from entering federal buildings and bidding for federal contracts.
The order would make it impossible for Perkins Coie to work on cases that require security clearance.
The law firm and WilmerHale, another of Trump's targets, sued the government over the Executive Order.
The initial Executive Order accused the firm of "undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts, and honest law enforcement".
It also accused Perkins Coie of "racially" discriminating against its own "attorneys and staff, and against applicants".