A U.S. judge has ordered lawyers representing former President Donald Trump to pay a defendant named in Trump’s since-dismissed lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.
Trump lawyers, including Alina Habba, misrepresented facts about Charles Dolan, the defendant, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled.
The claims in the original and amended complaint regarding Dolan, including that he once chaired the Democratic National Committee, were not supported by facts, Middlebrooks, a Bill Clinton appointee, said in the 19-page order.
“In short, I find that Mr. Trump’s lawyers were warned about the lack of foundation for their factual contentions, turned a blind eye towards information in their possession, and misrepresented the Danchenko Indictment they claim as their primary support. The lawyers failed to conduct a pre-filing inquiry into the allegations against Mr. Dolan and have continued to advance Plaintiff’s false claims based upon nothing but conjecture, speculation, and guesswork,” Middlebrooks said….