The former president was willing to carry out his fight with his old 2016 rival by attempting to sue her with what a judge called a 'frivolous' lawsuit.
Trump's suit was unable to detail any actual evidence of such collusion, with Middlebrooks calling the legal complaint in Thursday's opinion a"hodgepodge of disconnected, often immaterial events, followed by an implausible conclusion."
"This is a deliberate attempt to harass; to tell a story without regard to facts," Middlebrooks added. One particular allegation the judge sternly dismissed as"categorically absurd" was the idea that Clinton and former FBI DirectorMiddlebrooks noted that Comey had reopened an investigation into the Clinton email scandal on October 28, 2016, 11 days before the November election, which was sure to have an"impact" on the race the Democrat went on to lose.
Middlebrooks also condemned Trump for repeatedly using the courts to seek"revenge on political adversaries," with Clinton just one of his many unjustified targets. "He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following the advice of a lawyer. He knew full well the impact of his actions," Middlebrooks said.
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