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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive His 2016 Election Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton

Trump’s lawyers say Supreme Court review is needed to protect the presidency after a judge dismissed the suit and imposed nearly $1 million in sanctions.

  • On Friday, President Donald Trump petitioned the US Supreme Court to revive his dismissed lawsuit against 2016 Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, accusing her of conspiring to rig that year's election by linking his campaign to Russia.
  • Trump originally filed the lawsuit in 2022, alleging Clinton conspired with allies to discredit him using a "false narrative" that his campaign colluded with Russia, a claim government officials have disputed.
  • US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks dismissed the suit as a "two-hundred-page political manifesto," ordering Trump and lead attorney Alina Habba to pay nearly $1 million in sanctions for asserting "frivolous" legal theories.
  • The Atlanta-based 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal and sanctions in 2025, finding the litigation used abusive tactics and contained "knowingly false" allegations.
  • Lawyers for Trump argue the lawsuit's time limit should have been extended to protect the presidency, stating "this court's intervention is necessary" to prevent judicial disagreement from becoming a license to punish advocates.
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USA Today broke the news in New York, United States on Friday, October 9, 2026.
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