Posted on 08/25/2021 7:26:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned Sidney Powell and other lawyers who sued in Michigan to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden's election victory over Donald Trump, and suggested they might deserve to lose their law licenses.
In a highly anticipated written ruling, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in Detroit said the pro-Trump lawyers, including Powell and prominent litigator Lin Wood, should have investigated the Republican former president's voter fraud claims more carefully before filing what Parker called a "frivolous" lawsuit.
Parker, who dismissed the Michigan suit last December, formally requested that disciplinary bodies investigate whether the pro-Trump lawyers should have their law licenses revoked. The judge also ordered the lawyers to attend classes on the ethical and legal requirements for filing legal claims.
"This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process," Parker said in her decision, adding that the case "was never about fraud - it was about undermining the People's faith in our democracy and debasing the judicial process to do so."
The judge said Powell, Wood, and other lawyers who worked with them "have scorned their oath, flouted the rules, and attempted to undermine the integrity of the judiciary along the way."
Powell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Wood said on the social media platform Telegram that he "had nothing to do with" the lawsuit and would appeal.
Powell represented Trump's campaign when he tried to overturn last Nov. 3's presidential election in the courts. His campaign distanced itself from Powell after she claimed without evidence at a Nov. 19 news conference that electronic voting systems had switched millions of ballots to Biden.
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We are getting even more such judges. The Biden Administration is rapidly appointing judges:
https://news.yahoo.com/biden-installs-federal-judges-blistering-004913709.html
Where was this judge re so many other leftist, anti-Trump harassment lawsuits?
What evidence does U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in Detroit have to support her assertion that it was a "frivolous" lawsuit?
Perhaps U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in Detroit should be impeached and removed from the bench.
Apparently she does not need evidence to make false assertions. The evidence of election fraud is monumental!
Powell asserted in a court hearing last month that she had carefully vetted her election fraud claims before suing, and that the only way to test them would have been at trial or a hearing on evidence gathered. Her co-counsel repeatedly called for such an evidentiary hearing.
Starting in January, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other government lawyers asked the judge to discipline the pro-Trump lawyers, saying they had filed a frivolous lawsuit full of typos and factual errors and should be held accountable.
True. I'd prefer "executed for treason" though.
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