Unlike Trump, most who seek money for official misconduct face long odds
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Mr Donald Trump may well obtain a settlement without even going to court, given that the Justice Department officials assessing the President’s claims work for him.
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Adam Liptak, Devlin Barrett
WASHINGTON – Mr George Retes Jr, an American citizen and army veteran who says he was brutally mistreated by federal agents when he was detained in a California immigration raid in July, wants to sue the federal government.
To start the process, he had to file what is known as a Standard Form 95 saying what happened to him and asking for compensation. It is the same document that lawyers for President Donald Trump have twice filed to claim he was mistreated by federal law enforcement during FBI investigations into his conduct.
