Former President Donald Trump is planning to sue the Justice Department for $100 million in damages over the 2022 FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago resort property, claiming it was illegal and politically motivated.
The complaint, submitted under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleges that the raid approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray constituted an “intrusion upon seclusion, malicious prosecution, and abuse of process,” according to a memo obtained by the Washington Examiner.
“President Trump is continuing to fight against blatant Election Interference by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s weaponized Department of Justice,” Trump 2024 election campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the Washington…