Hillary Clinton and other Democrats file motion to sanction Trump for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined a variety of other top Democrats in a court motion looking to sanction former President Donald Trump for filing a debunked racketeering lawsuit in opposition to them, USA Todayreported Wednesday.

Within the motion, which was filed in the U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, Florida, attorneys for Clinton argued that Trump needs to be sanctioned for more than $1 million in legal expenses that the former secretary of state incurred while fighting Trump’s lawsuit. Beyond Clinton, the motion additionally requested that Trump be forced to pay the legal bills of others associated with Clinton, including her 2016 presidential campaign manager, John Podesta, USA Today reported.

“Under its inherent authority, the court may order [Trump] to pay defendants’ costs and fees associated with the defense of the entire action, which would not have been incurred absent [Trump’s] bad-faith pursuit of these frivolous claims,” the motion wrote.

The motion revolves round a racketeering lawsuit filed in March by Trump, during which the former president claimed there was a large conspiracy amongst dozens of top Democrats to attempt to stop his political career.

Nevertheless, the lawsuit was quickly dismissed by a district judge, who wrote in his determination that “what [Trump’s lawsuit] lacks in substance and legal support it seeks to substitute with length, hyperbole, and the settling of scores and grievances.”

The judge added that Trump’s actions had been “a list of political grievances” that “had no merit as a lawsuit.”