A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's campaign and former adviser Roger Stone worked with WikiLeaks.
"Plaintiffs assert that defendants engaged in a conspiracy with unidentified Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish hacked emails," the judge wrote Tuesday.
The judge said the lawsuit cited a summer 2016 meeting with a "Kremlin-connected lawyer" and Donald Trump Jr., but that the DNC hack began in July 2015.
The judge said the court "Need not accept inferences drawn by plaintiffs if such inferences are unsupported by the facts."
Ultimately, the Washington, D.C. judge dismissed the case over a technical issue, saying the Trump campaign and Stone were based outside of the court's jurisdiction.
The judge cautioned that the ruling "Does not represent a ruling on the merits of plaintiffs' claims."
The lawsuit is not the same one that was the DNC brought against Trump in April, which Trump gloated would force the DNC to provide evidence under the discovery process that it withheld from the FBI. Follow Luke on Twitter.
"Plaintiffs assert that defendants engaged in a conspiracy with unidentified Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish hacked emails," the judge wrote Tuesday.
The judge said the lawsuit cited a summer 2016 meeting with a "Kremlin-connected lawyer" and Donald Trump Jr., but that the DNC hack began in July 2015.
The judge said the court "Need not accept inferences drawn by plaintiffs if such inferences are unsupported by the facts."
Ultimately, the Washington, D.C. judge dismissed the case over a technical issue, saying the Trump campaign and Stone were based outside of the court's jurisdiction.
The judge cautioned that the ruling "Does not represent a ruling on the merits of plaintiffs' claims."
The lawsuit is not the same one that was the DNC brought against Trump in April, which Trump gloated would force the DNC to provide evidence under the discovery process that it withheld from the FBI. Follow Luke on Twitter.
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