Trump campaign calls Democratic lawsuit alleging conspiracy 'frivolous'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's election campaign said a lawsuit launched by the Democratic Party on Friday alleging the campaign, WikiLeaks and Russia carried out a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election is "completely without merit and will be dismissed in due time."
"This frivolous lawsuit is a last-ditch effort to substantiate the baseless Russian collusion allegations by a nearly-bankrupt Democratic Party still trying to counter the will of the people in the 2016 presidential election," a statement issued by Donald J. Trump for President Inc said.
(This version of the story was refiled to delete the repeated word in the first sentence)
(Reporting by Tim Ahmann; Writing by Eric Walsh; Editing by Leslie Adler)
