In just another of the Democrats’ desperate ploys to de-legitimize the President, the DNC had filed suit against the Trump campaign last year for its alleged complicity in Russian “hacking” in the 2016 election in federal district court.
And finally on August 1st, it was dismissed by Judge John Koeltl, a Clinton appointee.
Styled “Democratic National Committee v. The Russian Federation et al.” in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the defendants
included the Trump campaign, Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner, George Papadopolous, Richard Gates, Roger Stone, the Russian Federation, various Russians, Joseph Mifsud, WikiLeaks, and Julian Assange.
At issue was the DNC’s assertion that the Russian Federation hacked the DNC computers and stole its emails in the 2016 campaign, and the other defendants were somehow tangentially involved.
For starters, the Russian Federation is protected from suit by sovereign immunity. The remaining defendants’ involvement the judge found to be “entirely divorced from the facts.” Thus, he granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In other words, failure to state a cause of action. A copy of his order can be read here. He clearly wasn’t impressed.
Indeed.
The judge gave the plaintiff two bites at the apple in order to amend the complaint accordingly, but even the two shinier apples were still rotten to the core and have now been tossed.
Good riddance.
This was an attempt to use the judicial system as a vehicle for intimidation and public relations. Plaintiff’s counsel probably should be sanctioned for even bringing it, although admittedly, that’s a drastic response courts usually aren’t keen on issuing.
sua sponte 