The ex-president and his lawyers have been fined around $1 million for a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
Miami - It should be a belated satisfaction for Hillary Clinton.
A court in the US state of Florida sentenced former President Donald Trump and his lawyers to a fine of almost one million US dollars.
Judge Donald Middlebrooks found it proven that Trump and his legal advisers had filed a lawsuit against the former secretary of state for political purposes, making them guilty of abuse of justice.
Fr.de reports on this.
Trump's fine is approximately $938,000.
Hillary Clinton will receive $172,000, according to the political magazine
Politico
.
The rest of the money would go to people who – unlike Trump – had really been wronged, according to the judge in his verdict.
On 46 pages, Middlebrooks settled accounts with Trump and his lawyer Alina Habba.
Her lawsuit was "frivolous", the strategy behind it was clear: Trump and his legal team tried to flood the US judiciary with lawsuits in the hope that some would fall on fertile ground.
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A photomontage for a movie poster shows the rivals of the US election 2016: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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Donald Trump loses Hillary Clinton trial
Specifically, Trump accused his rival in the 2016 US election campaign of being part of a conspiracy to prevent his victory in the presidential election.
In addition to Clinton, other Democrats and the then FBI chief James Comey were also involved in the alleged conspiracy.
The aim of the plot against Trump was to destroy his political career and public image.
Trump, who won the 2016 US election despite the alleged conspiracy, deliberately filed the lawsuit in Florida in the hope of finding a more sympathetic judge than would have been possible in the capital, Washington DC.
But Trump had no luck in Florida either.
The case itself was dismissed by Middlebrooks back in September 2022.
“This lawsuit should never have been brought.
The inadequacy of the legal claim was evident from the start,” the judge said.
"No sane lawyer would have filed them." Trump is a master of "strategic misuse of court proceedings" and cannot claim to have been misadvised by his lawyers.
"He was very aware of the implications of what he was doing," Middlebrocks said.
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According to the
New York Times
, the verdict is particularly distressing for Trump.
Even during his time as a real estate mogul in New York, it was part of Trump's strategy to shower his opponents with lawsuits, even if they had no chance of success.
According to the US newspaper, these wear and tear tactics often led to the desired result even without a judgement.
Now Trump has felt the consequences for the first time.
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