Supporters of then-President Donald Trump hold a rally at Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., a day before the scheduled Million MAGA March, on November 13, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM. 'Height of Recklessness': Judge Sanctions Attorneys Behind Election Lawsuit Over 'Woeful Lack of Investigation'
Authoritative court statements debunking election fraud should at least have warned attorneys to proceed with caution, a U.S. magistrate judge said, blasting the attorneys for instead pressing their case at full speed, even after the Jan. 6 insurrection "that had been prompted, in part, by dangerous suggestions that the election had been stolen."
August 04, 2021 at 11:57 AM
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A magistrate judge in Colorado federal court has ordered sanctions against a pair of attorneys behind a lawsuit over the 2020 election results, finding the lawyers failed to properly investigate claims of election rigging and that their conduct was particularly dangerous due to the "volatile political atmosphere."
U.S. Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter of the District of Colorado in 2020 quickly rejected the lawsuit from attorneys Gary Fielder and Ernest Walker, which targeted Dominion Voting Systems, Facebook and the Center for Tech and Civic Life and officials in several states, alleging a vast conspiracy over the 2020 election. Lawyers for several of the defendants later sought sanctions over the lawsuit.
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