Trump appeals nearly $1 million in sanctions for 'frivolous' suit he filed against Hillary Clinton

Former President Donald Trump and 1 of his lawyers connected Monday said they are appealing astir $1 cardinal successful sanctions slapped connected them for what a national justice called their "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and much than 2 twelve different defendants.

The tribunal filing astir the entreaty came days aft a lawyer for Trump and his lawyer Alina Habba told the justice successful the lawsuit they were consenting to enactment up a enslaved of $1,031,788 to screen the costs of the sanctions portion the national Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit considered the matter.

In imposing those sanctions past month, Judge John Middlebrooks said successful an order, "We are confronted with a suit that should ne'er person been filed, which was wholly frivolous, some factually and legally, and which was brought successful atrocious religion for an improper purpose."

Trump's suit, which sought $70 cardinal successful damages, accused Clinton, erstwhile FBI officials, the Democratic National Committee, and others of conspiring to make a "false communicative that Trump and his 2016 statesmanlike run against Clinton were colluding with Russia to effort to triumph the predetermination that year.

Middlebrooks past twelvemonth dismissed the lawsuit, which was filed successful U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and barred Trump from refiling the complaint.

He aboriginal ordered Trump and his Habba, to wage much than $937,000 successful sanctions.

Middlebrooks successful his sanctions bid called Trump "a mastermind of strategical maltreatment of the judicial process," and a "prolific and blase litigant who is repeatedly utilizing the courts to question revenge connected governmental adversaries."

A time aft Middlebrooks issued that order, Trump voluntarily dropped different lawsuit helium had pending earlier the aforesaid justice against New York Attorney General Letitia James, which is related to her pending $250 cardinal fraud suit against Trump and his institution successful Manhattan authorities court.

Jared Roberts, the lawyer for Trump and Habba, did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from CNBC astir the appeal.