Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation

Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation
Court United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Full case name Democratic National Committee, Plaintiff, v. The Russian Federation; General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ("GRU"); GRU operative using the pseudonym "Guccifer 2.0"; Aras Iskenerovich Agalarov, Emin Araz Agalarov, Joseph Mifsud, Wikileaks; Julian Assange; Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; Donald J. Trump, Jr.; Paul J. Manafort, Jr.; Roger J. Stone, Jr.; Jared C. Kushner; George Papadopolous; Richard W. Gates, III; John Does 1-10, Defendants

Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation, et al. is a civil lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Russian Federation and other entities and individuals. The case, relating to Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, was filed on April 20, 2018.[1] Judge John G. Koeltl will preside over the case.[2]

Named as defendants in the lawsuit are the Russian Federation; the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU); the GRU operative using the pseudonym "Guccifer 2.0"; Aras Iskenerovich Agalarov; Emin Araz Agalarov; Joseph Mifsud; WikiLeaks; Julian Assange; the Trump campaign (formally "Donald J. Trump for President, Inc."); Donald Trump, Jr.; Paul Manafort; Roger Stone; Jared Kushner; George Papadopoulos; Richard W. Gates; and unnamed defendants sued as John Does 1–10.[3] The U.S. government has concluded that the GRU, the Russian military intelligence service, was responsible for hacking into the DNC's servers in 2016 and leaking emails to Wikileaks, which published them.[4] The group of defendants named in the DNC lawsuit overlaps with the group of people who have been investigated in connection with the probe led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.[1] Gates pleaded guilty to charges brought by Mueller in February 2018 and cooperated in the investigation, while Manafort has been charged and has pleaded not guilty.[4] Aras and Emin Agalarov, who are also named as defendants in the lawsuit, are a father-and-son pair of Russian businessmen who hosted Trump's Miss Universe 2013 Pageant in Moscow and who were involved in planning a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer "at which Donald Trump Jr. had expected to be given damaging information" about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.[4]

The DNC's complaint accuses the Trump campaign of engaging in a racketeering enterprise in conjunction with Russia and WikiLeaks.[1]

The law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC represents the DNC.[5]

The suit has been compared to the DNC's 1972 suit against Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President in connection with the Watergate scandal; that suit was settled in 1974 on the day Nixon resigned from office.[4] The DNC has chosen not to reveal how much the lawsuit will cost.[6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Alexander Burns & Michael D. Shear, Democratic Party Alleges Trump-Russia Conspiracy in New Lawsuit, New York Times (April 20, 2018).
  2. ↑ "Democrats file suit alleging Russia, Trump campaign, WikiLeaks conspired to interfere in 2016 campaign". CNN. April 21, 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Complaint, Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation et al.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman & Ellen Nakashima, Democratic Party sues Russia, Trump campaign and WikiLeaks alleging 2016 campaign conspiracy, Washington Post (April 20, 2018).
  5. ↑ Nicole Hong & Julie Bykowicz, Democrats Sue Trump Campaign, Russia, WikiLeaks Over 2016 Election, Wall Street Journal (April 20, 2018).
  6. ↑ Mathis-Lilley, Ben (April 20, 2018). "Democrat on Internal DNC Call About Russia Lawsuit Asks Why DNC Is Spending Money to Sue Russia". Slate.
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