Donald Trump Hits Hillary Clinton, FBI Officials, More With Lawsuit Over Fake Russia Claims [FULL DETAILS]

Former President Donald Trump sued Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James B. Comey, and others on Thursday in response to years of allegations that his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the 2016 election.

The Clinton campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and others are accused of conspiring to commit fraud and obstruct justice, prohibiting the president from doing his duties while in office, according to the long lawsuit. According to the complaint, Trump was compelled to spend more than $24 million defending himself against the bogus charge he cooperated with Russia.

Donald Trump Sues Hillary Clinton, Others

The allegations that Trump's campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 election sparked a two-year investigation conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller, which followed Trump throughout his administration but resulted in no criminal charges being brought against him or his family.

Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee were tied to the false narrative of the Trump-Russia connection sold to the FBI and the news media, according to Special Counsel John Durham.

According to 9News, Durham is looking into the beginnings of the FBI's Russia connection investigation. His discoveries led to the prosecution of lawyer Michael Sussmann, who worked for the Democratic National Committee and is accused of lying to agents about his contact with them while peddling the conspiracy notion.

Former British agent Christopher Steele, who created a dossier of lurid, unproven allegations against Trump and Russia, promoted the collusion theory.

The 108-page lawsuit reads like a greatest-hits collection of Trump's long-held complaints against the public people most directly involved with the 2016 Russia inquiry. It brings together data found in special counsel John Durham's continuing probe, as well as long-known details regarding the FBI's Russia investigations and special counsel Robert Mueller's follow-up investigation.

Hillary Clinton Accused Trump of Colluding With Russia

The lawsuit appears to be seeking more than $72 million in damages, which the complaint claims are the total of legal bills and other expenditures associated with fighting against the alleged lies. Trump's lawyers requested merely $21 million in another court filing in the lawsuit.

Philippe Reines, a former State Department employee, and Clinton's spokeswoman, is one of the defendants in the lawsuit. The suit's sole specific claims against him are that he made public remarks implying that Trump colluded with Russia in 2016 and that he was facing major legal issues.

Former FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok, another defendant in the case, said through his counsel that the claim was likely outrageously false, Politico reported. It's "odd," according to Atty. Aitan Goelman that Trump is launching a new lawsuit against Strzok and others while opposing efforts to depose him in connection with a lawsuit Strzok filed alleging he was fired from the FBI for political reasons.

According to Trump's complaint, Clinton and the other defendants colluded to have the FBI open an "unfounded investigation" into possible Trump-Russia cooperation during the 2016 election. Several federal judges affirmed the validity of that probe, which was eventually taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller and revealed scores of links between Trump associates and Russian officials.

The inquiry found that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump win, using a hack-and-leak operation against Clinton and a sophisticated social media misinformation campaign targeting US voters. The investigation also discovered that Trump's campaign attempted to profit from Russia's meddling, while it found no evidence of a criminal conspiracy between Trump advisers and Russians, CNN reported.