Trump and lawyers sanctioned almost $1 million for 'frivolous' lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

A national judge connected Thursday imposed astir $1 cardinal successful sanctions connected erstwhile President Donald Trump and his lawyers for filing a "frivolous" suit against Hillary Clinton and others that claimed they tried to rig the 2016 statesmanlike predetermination successful Clinton's favor.

"This lawsuit should ne'er person been brought," wrote Judge John Middlbrooks successful U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida successful his bid sanctioning Trump.

"Its inadequacy arsenic a ineligible assertion was evident from the start," Middlebrooks wrote. "No tenable lawyer would person filed it. Intended for a governmental purpose, nary of the counts of the amended ailment stated a cognizable ineligible claim."

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