Judge Roasts Trump’s “Frivolous” Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton

It looks like Donald Trump and Alina Habba won't be able to avoid that pesky nearly $1 million fine for filing a petty lawsuit against the president's political opponents.

IN 36 page resolution On Wednesday, a federal appeals court panel in Atlanta unanimously affirmed that Trump and his lawyer committed “authorized conduct” in filing a “frivolous” lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey.

“Many of Trump's and Hubba's legal arguments were indeed frivolous,” 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge William Pryor Jr. wrote, meaning that the claims were fictitious and was likely intended to intimidate, delay, or embarrass the accused. Pryor was joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher and Biden appointee Embry Kidd.

Trump sued Clinton, Comey and others in 2022, accusing them of a racketeering conspiracy to make up false claims that his first presidential campaign worked with Russia. The district court dismissed the case in January 2023 and jointly fined Hubba and Trump $932,989.39.

Pryor cited the district court's previous findings that Trump filed, among other things, a “malicious allegation without an indictment” and a “trade secret claim without a trade secret.” “Trump and Hubba provide us with no basis to overturn the district court's determination that these claims were frivolous,” he wrote.

The judge also wrote that the district court “did not clearly err” in finding that Trump demonstrated “a pattern of abuse of the courts.”

Last week, another panel of the federal appeals court confirmed dismissing Trump's $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN for using the term “big lie,” calling the president's claims “unconvincing” and “baseless.” In September, a federal judge fired $15 billion presidential defamation lawsuit against New York Timessaying it was filled with “tedious and burdensome” language that had nothing to do with the case itself.