A federal judge has ordered Donald Trump and one of his attorneys to pay nearly $1 million in joint penalties to pursue a “frivolous” lawsuit once morest Hillary Clinton, along with several other Democrats, for involvement in racketeering and a vast conspiracy once morest him.
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Donald Trump.
Federal judge orderUS President Donald Trump and one of his lawyers paid nearly $ 1 million in joint penalties to pursue a lawsuit filed by Trump once morest Hillary Clinton, in addition to a number of other Democrats, in which he alleged that they were involved in extortion and fabricating a wide conspiracy once morest him.
And she claimed The suit, which Trump filed in March 2022Prior to the 2016 election, Clinton and the Democratic National Committee conspired with top FBI officials and others to fabricate ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, to damage him politically.
But US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks dismissed the case last September, following finding that Trump “engaged in sporadic pleadings amounting to obstruction of justice, which included allegations known to be false.” According to the report, his legal arguments, including extortion and conspiracy, were found to be unfounded.
The court’s order came following a group of the remaining defendants, including Clinton, filed a separate motion for sanctions.
The end of the lawsuit marks the latest legal setback for Trump, as the former president grapples with a raft of civil and criminal investigations, including Investigate his retention of sensitive documentswhile some of his lawyers are subject to self-scrutiny for their conduct in these cases.
US Federal Judge John Middlebrooks criticized Trump and his lead attorney, Alaina Haba, for abusing the legal system by filing a lawsuit that furthered his political grievances over the “2017 Russia investigation using arguments riddled with misinformation and errors.”
“We are facing a lawsuit that should never have been brought, which was utterly frivolous, factually and legally, and which was brought in bad faith for an improper purpose,” Middlebrooks said.
The judge noted that “Trump’s allegations that former FBI Director James Comey conspired, with Clinton, to impeach him were false, as Trump was never prosecuted, while such a plot was implausible because Comey would likely harm Clinton’s 2010 campaign.” 2016, by reopening the investigation into her emails.
Middlebrooks noted, “The misuse of the courts by Trump and his lawyers undermines the rule of law, portrays judges as partisan, and diverts resources from those who have suffered actual legal harm.”
