Former US President Donald J. Trump Thursday sued Hilary R. Clinton, the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and others for conspiring “to vilify Donald J. Trump” through nefarious “political stratagems,” claiming damages in excess of $24,000,000.

Trump filed suit in the US District Court Southern District of Florida. Trump’s complaint accuses Clinton and other defendants of attempting to undermine Trump’s presidential candidacy in the 2016 Presidential Election, spurring “an unfounded federal investigation,” and igniting “a media frenzy.” The complaint states:

In the run-up to the 2016 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts orchestrated an unthinkable plot – one that shocks the conscience and is an affront to this nation’s democracy. Acting in concert, the Defendants maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile foreign sovereignty. The actions taken in furtherance of their scheme—falsifying evidence, deceiving law enforcement, and exploiting access to highly-sensitive data sources – are so outrageous, subversive and incendiary that even the events of Watergate pale in comparison.

The complaint charged the defendants with 16 various counts. For instance, count one claims the “RICO defendants” violated 18 U.S.C. § 1962(C) through “racketeering activity spanning from at least April 2015.” Additionally, count three accuses the defendants of committing an injurious falsehood under 18 U.S.C. § 2701 when they “made, disseminated and/or published false and damaging statements concerning the Plaintiff, specifically that he was colluding with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin.”

The Florida district court has since issued a summons to all named defendants.