Sanctions sought against lawyers who pushed to overturn Michigan's election

Status
Not open for further replies.
M

mojoalthor

Guest

Lansing — Attorney General Dana Nessel said she plans to seek sanctions against lawyers who filed lawsuits against the state’s election results with claims that featured “intentional misrepresentations.”

The Democratic attorney general also plans to pursue court costs and fees and to file complaints with the attorney grievance commission, Nessel told reporters Tuesday. Her remarks came as the City of Detroit and an attorney for Wayne County voter Robert Davis took their own steps in search of sanctions against lawyers involved in one of the cases to overturn the state’s presidential election.

Davis and his attorney, Andrew Paterson, filed a motion Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court for Michigan’s Eastern District for sanctions against the lawyers who represented six Michigan Republicans in asking a judge to require that President Donald Trump be named the state’s winner. The Republican’s case, which is known as King v. Whitmer , relied on conspiracy theories and discredited claims of wrongdoing.
 
“It is unfathomable that licensed attorneys would deliberately file false and misleading affidavits and pleadings with the Court in an effort to disenfranchise millions of Michigan residents,” Davis said. “Not only should these individuals and their attorneys be assessed financial sanctions, but they also should be barred from practicing in the federal courts in the Eastern District of Michigan.”
 
I hope she is successful. Actually, I’m surprised that a judge hasn’t imposed sanctions already.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top