Democratic lawmakers and members of the media have criticized the Democratic National Committee's civil lawsuit against the Donald Trump campaign, the Russian government, and Wikileaks.
The DNC filed the lawsuit Friday in federal court, accusing the Trump campaign of conspiring with Russian agents and WikiLeaks. The New York Times reported the suit came as a surprise to even Democratic Party leaders.
Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier (Calif.) said the lawsuit is "ill-conceived."
"I think this lawsuit is ill-conceived," Speier said. "And I'm not very supportive of it."
Spier went on to say the DNC has only been able to speculate and not prove anything.
"I don't think that the DNC has been able to do anything more than speculate based on the statements and their complaint," Spier said.
Sen. Claire McCaskill's (D., Mo.) office called the lawsuit a "silly distraction."
CNN political reporter Gloria Borger called the DNC's lawsuit a "100 percent stunt" and said it is a way for the DNC to fundraise.
"Honestly, it's just a way to raise money. That's what it is, that's what they're trying to do," Borger said.
President Donald Trump slammed "obstructionist Democrats" for filing the complaint, and he suggested it could backfire.
"Just heard the Campaign was sued by the Obstructionist Democrats. This can be good news in that we will now counter for the DNC Server that they refused to give to the FBI, the Debbie Wasserman Schultz Servers and Documents held by the Pakistani mystery man and Clinton Emails," Trump tweeted Friday.
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