Sidney Powell et Al Want to Pay Less Than $44K in Sanctions After Trying to Overturn 2020 Election
Attorney Sidney Powell and a collection of other litigators who pressed claims against the outcome of the 2020 election in Michigan have asked a federal judge to severely limit the dollar amount of sanctions sought against them by the State of Michigan and the City of Detroit.
According to federal court documents filed Wednesday, Powell and some other members of her team are objecting to the City of Detroit’s attempt to obtain a payback of $182,193.75 after the failed so-called “Kraken” litigation which took aim at former President Donald Trump’s loss in the Wolverine State. Powell and five other attorneys quickly pointed out that the city’s request was “over eight times the State Defendants’ request.” The state was asking Powell and others associated with the Kraken case to fork over $21,964.75 to reimburse time the state spent legally protecting its determination that Joe Biden beat Trump by slightly more than 154,000 votes. The state’s calculation was “based on a $395 per hour rate for attorney Heather S. Meingast and a $350 per hour rate for attorney Erik A. Grill,” Powell and the others said; they immediately noted that they “do not oppose the State Defendants’ calculations.” Rather, they used it as a benchmark for arguing that the City of Detroit’s much higher request was out of line.
Powell is joined by Gregory Rohl, Brandon Johnson, Howard Kleinhendler, Julia Haller, and Scott Hagerstrom in making the request.
Haller was a former Trump Administration official. Kleinhendler has attempted to litigate various right-wing post-election issues. He sued Major League Baseball over its decision to move its annual All-Star Game out of Atlanta; that case fell flat with a harsh ruling by a separate judge.
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