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Deadline: White House

“A giant legal loser”

Deadline: White House

MSNBC

News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace discusses the latest blow to the former president on the legal front as a federal judge has ordered him and his attorney to pay almost one million in sanctions for a lawsuit he filed, how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to ban parts of American history in schools throughout the state, an exclusive conversation with the January 6th Select Committee’s lead investigator and more. Joined by: Mike Schmidt, Andrew Weissman, Tim Miller, Michael Gold, Basil Smikle, Irwin and Karen Redlener and Tim Heaphy.

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0:00.0

Hi there everyone it's 4 o'clock in New York and it's Friday. So it's a well-established

0:13.5

track at this point. The Donald Trump wrestles with his own complicated complex rooted in

0:19.7

his own feelings of inadequacy. There's a leader, a politician and a businessman. Well, now

0:25.8

it appears that a Florida judge has rendered him not just a giant legal loser. He's freely

0:30.8

hit him where it hurts by calling the claims in his latest lawsuit quote, inadequate. Ouch.

0:37.2

The latest blow to the ex-president on the legal front of federal judge has ordered Donald

0:41.3

Trump and his attorney, Alina Haba, to pay just about $1 million in sanctions. For filing

0:48.4

a lawsuit, he brought against more than 30 people. He has labeled his political enemies

0:53.6

as part of his warped and paranoid worldview. It's a group that includes people that won't

0:58.8

surprise you. Hillary Clinton, Pete Struck, Jim Comey, and the Democratic National Committee.

1:04.7

That lawsuit alleged racketeering and conspiracy and it was dismissed in less than six months.

1:12.2

Practically actually lacked out of court. Now the ruling by US District Judge Donald

1:18.2

Middlebrooks ordering Trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants

1:23.2

in that suit is one for the ages. It is a stinging rebuke of Donald Trump the man and

1:29.6

of Donald Trump's lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and coming

1:35.2

up the courts with lawsuits. It starts off like this quote. This case never should have

1:41.2

been brought. It's inadequacy. There's that word again. As a legal claim was evident from

1:46.5

the start. Now, reasonable lawyer would have filed it. The judge then makes it crystal

1:51.4

clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. He goes on, quote,

1:57.1

Trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek

2:02.4

revenge on political adversaries. He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial

2:09.0

process and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following the advice of a lawyer.

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