Thursday, December 22, 2022

Judge slams Trump suit aimed at blocking N.Y. attorney general probe - POLITICO

The prospect of Middlebrooks imposing sanctions on Trump or his attorneys for pursuing litigation the judge views as "frivolous" is a real one. Just last month, Middlebrooks ordered four attorneys to pay a total of $66,000 for their involvement in filing a prior Trump suit against former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey and others alleging a conspiracy to falsely tie Trump to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. 

"These were political grievances masquerading as legal claims," Middlebrooks wrote then. "This cannot be attributed to incompetent lawyering. It was a deliberate use of the judicial system to pursue a political agenda."…


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