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Washington launched a lawsuit claiming that President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish hacked emails by the Democratic National Committee.

However, Justice Ellen Huvelle wrote that her decision was unfounded. The decision came hours after the Senate Intelligence Committee said it agreed with US intelligence that the Russian government attempted to undermine Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while promoting Trump. in the presidential election of 2016.

Huvelle, a person named by former President Bill Clinton, said the allegations of conspiracy in the hundred lawsuit It unfolded around meetings between Trump staff and Russian agents in New York, making New York the appropriate venue for the trial. New York, however, does not recognize the specific tort claims pressed in the lawsuit.

The complaint was filed on behalf of DNC donors Eric Schoenberg and Roy Cockrum and former DNC staff member Scott Comer. He claims that piracy has invaded their privacy, tried to inflict emotional distress and violated their right to support the candidate of their choice.

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The lawsuit alleges that hackers working for the Russian government have hacked DNC's email systems have obtained "voluminous amounts of data," including e-mails and other documents sent to thousands of people.

They claim that piracy was part of a deliberate campaign to interfere in the US elections. result in favor of Donald Trump "and that the Trump campaign, especially former agent Roger Stone, conspired with unidentified Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish pirated emails.

Nearly 20,000 emails were sent was published in July 2016, days before the start of the National Democratic Convention Some have suggested that the Democratic National Committee had worked behind the scenes to ensure that Clinton was appointed to the Vermont Senate Bernie Sanders. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, finally resigned under pressure in the midst of the ensuing controversy

Protect Democracy, who filed the lawsuit, said she was considering her options regarding an appeal or reclassification elsewhere

I disagree with the District Court's decision to dismiss this case on the grounds that it does not belong in Washington, DC, but this case is far away to be completed, "said the group in a statement

. The intelligence agencies, in a report of 2017, wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered an influential campaign supporting Trump in the 2016 elections. The report said Moscow had a "clear preference" for Trump and was trying to undermine Clinton while undermining the American democratic process.

Trump waged a relentless media attack on a separate criminal investigation by Special Advisor Robert Mueller into the allegations.

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