Trump Bid to Stall NY AG's Probe Thrown Out by Florida Judge
(Bloomberg) -- Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to use a Florida lawsuit to stall New York’s $250 million civil fraud case against him was rejected a federal judge who called some of his arguments “plainly frivolous.”
Trump’s lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James will likely fail because Florida doesn’t have jurisdiction over out-of-state officials, US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks said a ruling Wednesday denying Trump’s motion for a preliminary injunction against James.
The judge, who had already sanctioned Trump’s lawyers in a separate suit the former president filed against Hillary Clinton, warned against continuing the case against James, saying the suit against James “has all the telltale signs of being both vexatious and frivolous.” That would make the lawyers in the James suit vulnerable to sanctions as well.
Trump’s lawyer, Timothy Weber, didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/trump-bid-to-stall-ny-ag-s-probe-thrown-out-by-florida-judge/ar-AA15xQSF
Judge shopping again? What does Florida have to do with New York outside of a lot of retirees moving there?
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