Judge rejects Trump lawsuit against Hillary Clinton over 2016 Russia claims

Court not the appropriate forum' for former president's complaint that Democrats unfairly linked his winning campaign to Russia

A US judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against his 2016 rival Hillary Clinton, saying the former Republican president's allegations that Democrats tried to rig that election by linking his campaign to Russia was an attempt to flaunt" political grievances that did not belong in court.

In throwing out Trump's lawsuit on Thursday night, judge Donald Middlebrooks of the US district court for the southern district of Florida said the lawsuit was not seeking redress for any legal harm" and that the court was not the appropriate forum" for the former president's complaints.