{"id":24471,"date":"2023-01-20T18:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24471"},"modified":"2023-01-20T18:07:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T23:07:47","slug":"trump-drops-lawsuit-against-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/trump-drops-lawsuit-against-new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump drops lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump has withdrawn a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge accused him of using the courts to seek revenge.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The lawsuit accused Ms James of conducting a “war of intimidation” against the former president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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An ongoing $250m (\u00a3202m) lawsuit launched by Ms James accuses Mr Trump’s family company – the Trump Organization – of committing fraud over a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The BBC has contacted Mr Trump and his legal team for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Trump’s lawsuit was withdrawn on Friday, less than a day after he was rebuked by US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks who said it bordered on “frivolous”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge added that the former president had repeatedly used the courts to “seek revenge on political adversaries”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He ordered Mr Trump to pay nearly $1m (\u00a3809,190) for another lawsuit filed against Hillary Clinton, which accused her and others of conspiring to “weave a false narrative” during the 2016 election that his campaign was colluding with Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That lawsuit was dismissed in September, and Mr Trump was later fined after one defendant sought sanctions. The latest order came after a group of defendants, including Mrs Clinton, filed a new request for sanctions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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 was intended for a “political purpose”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“No reasonable lawyer would have filed it,” he said. “This case should never have been brought.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The judge ordered Mr Trump and his lawyer, Alina Habba, and her firm, Habba Madaio & Associates, to jointly pay $937,989.39 in fines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Middlebrooks also warned at the time that Mr Trump could face further sanctions over his lawsuit against Ms James.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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That lawsuit, which was filed in November<\/a>, claimed Ms James had led “a relentless, pernicious, public and unapologetic crusade” against him and the Trump Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ms James has not commented.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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