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Appeals court panel upholds nearly $1M sanctions against Trump, Alina Habba over Hillary Clinton lawsuit
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court upheld nearly $1 million in sanctions against Trump and Habba for filing a frivolous lawsuit alleging a racketeering conspiracy.
- On Wednesday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld nearly $1 million in sanctions against President Donald Trump and Alina Habba, with Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. authoring the opinion.
- U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks had earlier ruled the amended complaint frivolous, calling it a 'two-hundred-page political manifesto' filed in bad faith for an improper political purpose.
- The appeals panel affirmed most orders but vacated dismissal against one defendant for lack of jurisdiction and remanded with instructions to dismiss without prejudice, applying bad-faith standards and citing federal precedent such as Chambers v. NASCO and Link v. Wabash under Rule 11.
- The decision forces Trump and Habba, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, to pay approximately $938,000 split among the dozens of individuals named in the lawsuit, while Habba's interim role faces DOJ challenge.
- The opinion emphasized that federal courts' inherent authority allows sanctions and attorney's fees for bad faith, and the Durham Report did not change its conclusions, signaling deterrence against Trump’s litigation pattern.
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A federal court confirmed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump and his former lawyer, Alina Habba — the current federal prosecutor in New Jersey — will have to pay about $938,000 for a lawsuit that justice described as “frivolous” and groundless, filed against Hillary Clinton, former FBI director James Comey and several other public figures.Read more]]>
Donald Trump will have to cover a million dollars in fines derived from a lawsuit filed three years ago, which was rejected by a judge
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