Donald Trump at Oct. 9, 2022 rally (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Former President Donald Trump withdrew another case opposing New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud investigation and lawsuit — this time, ending a pending appeal before the Manhattan-based Second Circuit.
This is the second reversal by Trump’s legal team since a federal judge in Florida issued a brutal sanctions order on his pattern of filing “frivolous” and “vexatious” litigation.
Part of that order panned Trump’s attempt to end run the New York AG’s investigation and litigation through the federal judiciary.
“I found that Plaintiff’s attempt to sidestep rulings by the New York courts by suing AG James individually rather than in her official capacity was plainly frivolous,” U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks wrote on Jan. 20. “I found there was no likelihood of success on the merits, no irreparable harm, and to ‘impede a civil Enforcement Action by the New York Attorney General would be unprecedented and contrary to the interests of the people of New York.’ […] I urged Mr. Trump and his lawyers to reconsider their opposition to AG James’s Motion to Dismiss because ‘[t]his litigation has all the telltale signs of being both vexatious and frivolous.’”
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Read the withdrawal order below:
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