"In 2022, Trump sued dozens of defendants, including Clinton, Comey, the Democratic National Committee, the Perkins Coie law firm, alleging they had maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that he was colluding with Russia in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, claiming the defendants had violated Florida law and the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and seeking $72 million in damages."
"The complaint was dismissed with prejudice in Jan. 2023 by Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, in a scathing 46-page order that excoriated the president and Alina Habba, his lead counsel, for bringing a lawsuit that should never have been filed, which was completely frivolous, both factually and legally, and which was brought in bad faith for an improper purpose."
"Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim. The judge blasted Trump specifically as a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries and the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process."
Donald Trump filed a 2022 lawsuit alleging a malicious conspiracy by Hillary Clinton, James Comey, the DNC and others, seeking $72 million under Florida law and RICO. A federal judge dismissed the complaint with prejudice in January 2023, calling the suit factually and legally frivolous, brought in bad faith and intended for a political purpose. The judge ordered Trump and lead counsel Alina Habba to pay $938,000 in sanctions, jointly and severally, to cover defendants' legal expenses. A unanimous three-judge appellate panel upheld the dismissal and the sanctions against Trump and his attorneys.
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