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In reply to the discussion: Clinton Asks Judge to Sanction Trump Over Failed Conspiracy Suit--wants $1.6 is legal fees. [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(179,047 posts)24. This lawsuit was a joke
This is the long lawsuit filed by two shopping center lawyers representing TFG against Hillary Clinton and large number of other people such as Comey, Perter Struck and others. No top tier law firm would touch this lawsuit. One of of the defenses to the statute of limitations defense was that TFG was too busy being POTUS to file this lawsuit
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https://news.yahoo.com/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-124420268.html
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against his 2016 rival Hillary Clinton, saying the former Republican president's allegations that Democrats tried to rig that election by linking his campaign to Russia was an attempt to "flaunt" political grievances that did not belong in court.
In throwing out Trump's lawsuit Thursday night, Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said the lawsuit was not seeking "redress for any legal harm" and that the court was "not the appropriate forum" for the former president's complaints.
"He is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him," Middlebrooks said in his ruling.
Trump in March had sued Clinton, who was the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, and several other Democrats alleging "racketeering," a "conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood" and other claims in a 108-page lawsuit that echoed the long list of grievances he repeatedly aired during his four years in the White House after beating Clinton.
He had sought compensatory and punitive damages, saying he had incurred more than $24 million in "defense costs, legal fees, and related expenses."
In his ruling, Middlebrooks said Trump had waited too long to file his complaint by exceeding the legal statute of limitations for his claims and that he failed to make his case that he was harmed by any falsehoods, noting that many of the statements made by the defendants were "plainly protected by the First Amendment" of the U.S. Constitution.
In throwing out Trump's lawsuit Thursday night, Judge Donald Middlebrooks of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said the lawsuit was not seeking "redress for any legal harm" and that the court was "not the appropriate forum" for the former president's complaints.
"He is seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him," Middlebrooks said in his ruling.
Trump in March had sued Clinton, who was the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee, and several other Democrats alleging "racketeering," a "conspiracy to commit injurious falsehood" and other claims in a 108-page lawsuit that echoed the long list of grievances he repeatedly aired during his four years in the White House after beating Clinton.
He had sought compensatory and punitive damages, saying he had incurred more than $24 million in "defense costs, legal fees, and related expenses."
In his ruling, Middlebrooks said Trump had waited too long to file his complaint by exceeding the legal statute of limitations for his claims and that he failed to make his case that he was harmed by any falsehoods, noting that many of the statements made by the defendants were "plainly protected by the First Amendment" of the U.S. Constitution.
The opinion is 65 pages but is a fun read. The judge had fun telling TFG's shopping center lawyes that they re idiots
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Clinton Asks Judge to Sanction Trump Over Failed Conspiracy Suit--wants $1.6 is legal fees. [View all]
riversedge
Nov 2022
OP
ICYMI--Trumpi is appealing his Clinton lawsuit the the judge dismissed...........
riversedge
Nov 2022
#2
with steel toe boots. God, I'd pay money to see that, or Pelosi punching him out. Is that wrong?
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2022
#25
If they make fun of a man in ICU for a broken skull, is it OK to root for a smashed testicle? I know
Evolve Dammit
Nov 2022
#36
HRC would not have filed this suit if she didn't know she was almost but assured of winning it.
Botany
Nov 2022
#5
the photos caught my eye right off the bat. trumpy is smirking and Hillary is upset or angry. At
riversedge
Nov 2022
#35
First thing I thought, "Bwahaha! She's got him by his itty bitty balls!"
Hermit-The-Prog
Nov 2022
#39
"Trump has since appealed to the 11th Circuit." That would be Clarence Thomas's assigned district.
ancianita
Nov 2022
#11
Cool. I'm using the pessimistic abundance of caution approach here. Thanks for the info.
ancianita
Nov 2022
#17