William Pryor Jr., chief judge of the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, upheld nearly $1 million in fines directed at President Donald Trump and his then-lawyer. Alina Habba after three years ago they filed “frivolous” lawsuits against Hillary Clinton, the nation’s former first lady; of James Comey, former director of the FBI; of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and 25 other people.
Under the argument that they allegedly conspired to affect his 2016 presidential campaign by linking it to the interests of the Russian government, Trump chose to file a legal complaint. blaming mainly Clinton, who at that time was his direct rival seeking the presidency.
Advised by Alina Habba, whom he currently nominated to serve as Acting United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, The 79-year-old New Yorker denounced that Hillary Clinton and some of her alleged allies leaked false or misleading documents that projected him as a candidate at the service of the Kremlin.
However, after a long and cumbersome process, Donald Middlebrooks, district judge, indicated that the case should never have been filed, as he considered it lacking merit.
Based on this, he determined that the New York magnate and Alina Habbathey had to cover the legal fees of those who accused them at the time.
“They give us no reason to overturn the district court’s ruling that these claims were frivolous,” the judge said. whose ruling was also accompanied by the signatures of Circuit Judges Andrew Brasher and Embry Kidd.
Despite the resolution against it, the president’s current legal team is considering the possibility of going to the Supreme Court in hopes of revoking the sanction imposed.
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