Former President Donald Trump filed an appeal to a decision by a federal judge dismissing a wide-ranging lawsuit in which he claims multiple political entities attempted to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign by claiming ties he had to Russia.
Lawyers for the former president filed a notice of the appeal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday, a month after it was dismissed by Judge Donald Middlebrooks.
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The lawsuit lists several people and entities, including Trump’s 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, anti-Trump dossier author Christopher Steele, former FBI Director James Comey, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), among others who were all tied to claims of collusion between Trump and Russia.
Middlebrooks slammed Trump’s lawsuit in the dismissal filed on Sept. 9 in the district court.
“Many of the Amended Complaint’s characterizations of events are implausible because they lack any specific allegations which might provide factual support for the conclusions reached,” Middlebrooks said in the dismissal.
Middlebrooks was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
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The appeal comes as the trial of a source for Steele’s debunked dossier, Igor Danchenko, began on Tuesday.
