Nine pro-Trump lawyers ordered to pay $175,000 for sham election lawsuit

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Guardian

Nine lawyers allied with Donald Trump were ordered on Thursday to pay Detroit and Michigan a total of $175,000 in sanctions for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.

The money, which must be paid within 30 days, will cover the legal costs of defending against the suit, which were more than $153,000 for the city and nearly $22,000 for the state.

US district judge Linda Parker, who agreed to impose sanctions in August in a scathing opinion, rejected most of the attorneys’ objections to Detroit’s proposed award, but she did reduce it by about $29,000.

Those sanctioned include Sidney Powell, L Lin Wood and seven other lawyers who were part of the lawsuit filed on behalf of six Republican voters after Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory over Trump in what officials have called the most secure election in US history.


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/03/donald-trump-lawyers-election-lawsuit-sanctions

[DeeNice]

1. Pocket change for them.

I was hoping it was more like $175K EACH.

[KS Toronado]

2. Those low lifes will appeal, appeal, & appeal

drag this out just as long as they can, just like IQ4.5 taught them. Then they'll start a PAC or go fund me,
because rich important people believe they never have to pay .

[maxsolomon]

3. Bill the Trump Campaign, exchange high-fives, laugh about it.

Fine should have been punitive, not just cost recovery: 17.5 million would have taught them a lesson.

175K total is a fucking joke. They'll do it again, without hesitation.

[turbinetree]

4. So $19,444.44 cents is all that it cost for each of these traitors....

they should have paid that amount for everyday they were perpetuating this stuff....

[mopinko]

5. punishable by a fine legal for a price.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. Not a meaningful deterrent. 10 hours of "billable time?"

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. May be a warning shot for others in the future but more meaningful if this bunch is disbarred.

I realize that's not this court's job but we can hope some state Bars are taking this dead serious.....

[Pisces]

8. Making them pay is the only way they will think twice in the future. Might seem small but it sets a

Precedence for future payments which could be larger.

[DFW]

9. The only thing wrong with this is this:

Ideally, there should be a zero or two on the penalty. As it is, they will just shrug it off as if it were a parking ticket.

Though, the headlines have got to sting--unless they are already only soliciting right wing business.

[ck4829]

10. K&R

[oasis]

11. K and R