Former President Donald Trump’s legal team is preparing a $100 million lawsuit against the Department of Justice alleging the August 8, 2022, FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago (see BREAKING: Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home Raided by FBI; DOJ Declines to Comment) was done with “clear intent to engage in political persecution.”
The raid was based on allegations that Trump had improperly stored documents at Mar-a-Lago and ultimately provided the subterfuge to appoint an apparently illicit “special prosecutor” who proceeded to indict Trump on 37 felony counts; see Following Dismissal of Classified Documents Case Against Trump, Jack Smith Will Appeal.
Trump attorney Daniel Epstein filed the notice to sue the Justice Department. The Justice Department has 180 days from the date of receipt to respond to Epstein’s notice and come to a resolution. If no resolution is made, Trump’s case will move to…