'Indeed frivolous': Appeals court upholds $1 million penalty against Trump and his lawyer

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I have been following this lawsuit for a while. This case was a joke.

'Indeed frivolous': Appeals court upholds million penalty against Trump and his lawyer

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T15:04:41.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-alina-habba-2674344756/

A federal appeals court upheld a $1 million penalty against President Donald Trump and his former lawyer Alina Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, James Comey and others.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Trump's 2022 lawsuit – which first came in at 108 pages and then 193 pages in an amended complaint – violated federal court rules with tenuous links between a myriad of defendants and legal claims.

"The district court decided that the amended complaint advanced legal theories foreclosed by precedent 'that the most basic legal research would have revealed,'" reads the 36-page decision.....

"Trump leaves all these frivolous claims behind, making a total of 11 of his 16 claims he does not appeal," the court ruled. "Trump and Habba give us no reason to reverse the district court’s ruling that these claims were frivolous."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I have been following this lawsuit for a long time.

The lawyers in this case deserved to be sanctioned and those sanctions may include disbarment.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/judge-sanctions-trump-lawyers-frivolous-anti-clinton-case-rcna56799?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

Donald Trump and his lawyers have suffered quite a few defeats of late, and as CNBC reported yesterday, their latest setback will hit their wallets.

A federal judge Thursday sanctioned attorneys for former President Donald Trump to pay $50,000 as penalty for advancing a “frivolous” lawsuit against a raft of Trump’s political enemies, including Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. Judge Donald Middlebrooks’ scathing order in Florida federal court suggested Trump’s lawyers had undermined the rule of law by pushing a political narrative in court “without factual basis or any cognizable legal theory.”

......The judge in the case didn’t just reject the underlying claims, Middlebrooks could barely contain his disgust with the inanity of the legal complaint.

American courtrooms are not supposed to be abused by politicians filing frivolous cases for no reasons. Those who do open themselves up to possible sanctions — and in this case, the district court judge seemed open to that possibility in September......

The penalties were imposed on several Trump lawyers, including Alina Habba. What’s more, the sanctions may not end there: “Additional sanctions may be appropriate,” the judge added in yesterday’s ruling.

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2. What are the chances of Trump picking up the tab ?

As opposed to his hapless lawyers getting stuck with it.

[allegorical oracle]

3. About damned time. Have wondered for many months how many stupid lawsuits

would it take before judges would finally call out djt and his attorneys. Dump and his revenge attacks have all but swamped the courts. He won't stop, though.