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Judge sanctions pro-Trump lawyers who brought 'frivolous' election fraud lawsuits
By Tierney Sneed, CNN
(CNN)A
federal judge ordered sanctions Wednesday for Sidney Powell, Lin Wood
and several other lawyers who worked on Trump-aligned lawsuits seeking
to challenge the results of the 2020 election.
US District Judge
Linda Parker, of the Eastern District of Michigan, said the lawyers had
"engaged in litigation practices" that were "abusive and, in turn,
sanctionable."
"Sanctions are required to deter the filing of future
frivolous lawsuits designed primarily to spread the narrative that our
election processes are rigged and our democratic institutions cannot be
trusted," the judge wrote in a 110-page opinion.
Parker is ordering
the lawyers to reimburse the attorneys' fees that the city of Detroit
and Michigan state officials paid in seeking the sanctions. The lawyers
must also take legal education classes, the judge said, and she is
referring her decision to the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission,
and "the appropriate disciplinary authority for the jurisdiction(s)
where each attorney is admitted," for potential disciplinary action.
This story has been updated with background information and further developments.
CNN's Paula Reid and Devan Cole contributed to this story.
12:11 am Thursday August 26 2021
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