President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed 2022 lawsuit accusing 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and others of conspiring to rig that year’s election by linking his campaign to Russia. US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks threw the case out and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions on Trump and attorney Alina Habba for bringing a “frivolous” suit, likening the complaint to a “two-hundred-page political manifesto”; the 11th Circuit upheld both the dismissal and the sanctions in 2025. Trump’s lawyers say the lower-court rulings are having a “profound impact on the presidency, and the nation as a whole.”
Trump asks Supreme Court to revive dismissed Clinton lawsuit
President Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to revive his dismissed 2022 lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton, James Comey and others of conspiring to rig the 2016 election.
Why it matters: The long-shot appeal tests whether the justices will revisit a case two lower courts called frivolous, and it keeps one of Trump's oldest legal grievances alive in his second term.
Data as of Arab News/Reuters reporting October 9, 2026 (article opened and read in full). Single-sourced; the filing details are from Trump's court papers as reported.
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