THE United States could have used military might and need not file civil suits in its own country if it wanted to topple the Malaysian government, DAP said today.

Party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said Umno and PAS were only confusing the people with statements alluding that the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) suits to recover assets bought with funds allegedly stolen from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) were to take down the government and a “foreign intervention in Malaysia’s domestic affairs”.