Trump Plans $100 Million Lawsuit Against DOJ Over Mar-a-Lago Search

The GOP presidential nominee’s lawyers alleged illegal conduct by the United States against the former president over the FBI search.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks on Super Tuesday at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on March 5, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Former President Donald Trump has submitted a memo detailing plans to sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $100 million in damages over the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago property in 2022, claiming that it was conducted in an illegal manner.

The administrative claim was submitted on Aug. 7 under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which allows private citizens to sue the U.S. government for an alleged infringement of a right.