Before Mueller finishes his investigation?

The standard in civil court is more likely than not. The standard in criminal court is beyond a reasonable doubt.

And who knows what the discovery phase of this investigation might reveal that helps in the criminal phase?

nothing about the rule of law, and they are party before country and don't give a shit about the average Americans nor their rights nor economic woes.

The current GOPs want a dictatorship not a democracy. They need to the stopped. We no longer can trust them to protect the USA, they have been compromised.

Although it's a civil suit, discovery is gonna be a disaster for the Republican Party.

the thugs are never accountable for their lies and crimes.. Time to go after them while there's still a few impartial judges left.

Brings it back to the top of the page for more visibility.

...or any other statement regarding the content of your post. If I don't have time for a real post I put KnR in the subject line all by itself

Do this thing.

I didn’t read the lawsuit but what is the relief it s seeking? Usually file lawsuit for money damages or specific relief like an injunction or declaratory judgement but here what is the plaintiff’s damages. Punitive, compensatory or both. Very interesting idea but I don’t know how far they are going to get with the case. I hope they bankrupt the defendants.

This is a masterful & necessary move by the DNC.

Discovery will out a whole bunch more names & complicit action connected to the coup.

Those named in this suit should be quite concerned about the discovery.

That is the main story here, I believe.

A Very Damn Big Deal!!

The DNC, as a civil plaintiff, will face a lower standard of proof than would Mueller or any other prosecutor in a criminal case (see #9 by DemocratSinceBirth).

Trump can thwart any federal criminal prosecution by issuing a pardon. By contrast, a pardon has no effect on the pardoned person's civil liability.

It's not all peaches and cream, though. Posters in this thread that look forward to discovery should remember that discovery goes both ways. Until now, the DNC has preferred to keep confidential some of the information pertaining to the breach of its server security. In this suit, the defendants will have a pretty broad license to explore the DNC's internal workings, including the inspection of its servers.

Of course, that assumes that the case reaches the discovery stage. There will certainly be motions to dismiss. For one thing, some of the counts seem to allege intentional torts. For most of those, the New York statute of limitations is one year. There are "tolling" rules that can extend the deadline, and the statutes of limitations of Virginia, the District of Columbia, and the cited federal laws will also come into play. There will be a lot of legal research to be done. Several fine homes in Westchester may be built out of this case.

Come taste all the Big Apple has to offer.

I wonder if they are going forward with this because they got wind that Mueller's investigation is almost over and nothing will come of it?

Where have you heard that about Mueller's case?

It was just a thought.

A lot of info comung at us today & trying to keep it somewhat organized.

so probably many other newspapers throughout the nation.
Good for raising consciousness/awareness.