A federal judge is considering whether to order financial penalties or other sanctions against some of fmr. President Trump's lawyers who signed onto a lawsuit last year challenging Michigan's election results.
The lawsuit alleging widespread fraud was voluntarily dropped after a judge in December found nothing but “speculation and conjecture” that votes for Trump somehow were destroyed or switched to votes for Joe Biden, who won Michigan by 2.8 percentage points.
“It was never about winning on the merits of the claims, but rather purpose was to undermine the integrity of the election results and the people’s trust in the electoral process and in government,” the attorney general's office said in a court filing.June 24, 2021There is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election.
The case appeared to be mostly handled by Detroit-area attorneys. But the lawsuit also carried the names of Powell, Wood and four more lawyers from outside Michigan. Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, also a Democrat, want the state to receive at least $11,000 in legal fees. Detroit is asking the judge to disgorge any money that lawyers have collected through a post-election fundraising campaign. The city also wants the lawyers to face disciplinary hearings in their respective states.
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