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US judge fines Trump nearly $1m for Clinton lawsuit

US judge fines Trump nearly $1m for Clinton lawsuit

US judge fines Trump nearly $1m for Clinton lawsuit

US judge fines Trump nearly $1m for Clinton lawsuit

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  • Trump and one of his attorneys ordered to pay $1m in fines for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit.
  • Judge called Mr. Trump a ‘serial litigant’ who ‘seeks revenge’.
  • Mr. Trump hasn’t answered right away.
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Donald Trump and one of his attorneys have been ordered by a US judge to pay over $1 million (£809,190) in fines for a “frivolous” lawsuit they filed against Hillary Clinton and others.

The 2016 US presidential election was allegedly rigged by Mrs. Clinton and others by associating Mr. Trump’s campaign with Russia, according to the lawsuit.

“This case should never have been brought,” wrote US District Judge Donald M Middlebrooks in his order.

Mr. Trump hasn’t answered right away.

In his March 2018 complaint, the former president accused Mrs. Clinton, the DNC, and others of working together to “weave a false narrative” about his campaign’s 2016 election-related collusion with Russia.

Trump had asked for damages of $70 million.

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After one defendant requested sanctions, the case was dismissed in September, and Mr. Trump was assessed a fine of over $65,000 in fees and penalties in November.

After several defendants, including Mrs. Clinton, submitted a fresh request for sanctions, Thursday’s decision was made.

In the ruling, Judge Middlebrooks called Mr. Trump a “mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process”, and said the lawsuit showed “inadequacy as a legal claim” and that it was intended for a “political purpose”.

“No reasonable lawyer would have filed it,” he said.

The judgement mandated that Mr. Trump, his attorney Alina Habba, and Habba Madaio & Associates together pay a fine of $937,989.39.

“Mr. Trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries,” the judge wrote in a 46-page order.

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The complaint also included the names of former Democratic National Committee head Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former FBI Director James Comey, and Democratic political strategist John Podesta.

The suspected meddling in the 2016 election by Russia sparked a two-year investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Although Mr. Mueller found no evidence of collusion between Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia, he claimed that his findings did not absolve the president of obstruction of justice.

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