Trump Should Pay Legal Fees for Failed Lawsuit, Wisconsin Governor Says
- Evers asks judge to order Trump to personally pay part of fees
- Michigan judge ruled election lawsuit was abuse of process
Former U.S. President Donald Trump
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Former President Donald Trump should personally have to pay at least a portion of Wisconsin’s legal fees for filing a failed lawsuit to overturn the result of the 2020 election -- not just his lawyers, the state’s Democratic governor told a judge.
Recent sanctions awards in similar cases, including a ruling this week in Michigan against former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell, support sanctions against Trump and his attorneys, Governor Tony Evers said in a filing Friday in federal court in Milwaukee.