Trump Says Wisconsin Impugned His Character in Legal Fees Fight

[Eugene]

Source: Bloomberg

Trump Says Wisconsin Impugned His Character in Legal Fees Fight

Erik Larson 1 hr ago

(Bloomberg) -- Donald Trump accused Wisconsin’s Democratic governor of impugning his character in a motion for legal fees stemming from the former president’s failed lawsuit to reverse the result of the 2020 election.

Governor Tony Evers used “inflammatory adjectives” like “outrageous,” “baseless” and “cynical” to describe Trump’s lawsuit and falsely described the case as an “attempt to hijack the democratic process,” Trump said in a filing late Monday challenging the state’s request.

“Governor Evers’s filings were expressly intended to be ‘punitive,’ and his attention-grabbing invective was foreseeably quoted directly in numerous press stories,” Trump said in the filing in Milwaukee federal court, adding that the state’s motion fees, filed in March, was too late.

The clash is part of the legal fallout from dozens of failed lawsuits by Trump and his supporters seeking to reverse his loss to President Joe Biden by nullifying millions of votes in swing states. Many of the suits were based on debunked conspiracy theories.

Evers is seeking $145,000 from Trump to cover the legal expenses the state spent fighting the suit, which aimed to toss out Wisconsin’s 3.3 million votes. Wisconsin is also asking for $106,000 from former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell, who filed a separate long-shot lawsuit to overturn the election result in the state.

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[Turbineguy]

1. I didn't know that was possible.

[Dan]

2. I would love for someone to put Trump's character on trial.

[lees1975]

3. You can't impugn character that doesn't exist

Evers was just telling the truth.

There are consequences to filing frivilous lawsuits based on lies. You have to pay your own legal fees.

[niyad]

5. Thank you. You saved me the trouble.

[Blue Owl]

4. FF45 can dish it out, but he can't take it

What a weak, petty, sad sack of shit

[UTUSN]

6. K& big R#5 for, what Posters 1-5 said.

[Progressive Jones]

7. Fuck You, Trump. You're The Zero's Hero. Is that inflammatory enough for you, King Of Trash? nt

[spanone]

8. says TFG who has zero character to impugn

[Whiskeytide]

9. I wonder if Тяцмр's lawyers have filed a mtn to get him to pay them too. n/t

[lagomorph777]

10. His Bond villain character, or his mobster character, or his senile toddler character?

[Grokenstein]

11. How does one "impugn the character" of a speck of human waste?

Oh, wait, he's just chasing money. Nevermind.

[Permanut]

12. His good name is ruined.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. Everyone is also casting asparagus.

On a more personal level, I also cast little baby carrots and button mushrooms.

[yellowcanine]

14. Irony is so dead. Deceased. Kaput. It is no more.

[ecstatic]

15. More grifting from the guy who killed hundreds of thousands of Americans.

The governor was respectful. His adjectives described TFG's actions, not his character. It would be impossible for Governor Evers to attack tRump's character, since tRump lacks character.

But I'll give it a shot... The Former Guy is a narcissistic, amoral sociopath. A pathological liar and a criminal-minded thug. A wannabe tyrant. He spent every day of his disastrous one-term presidency attacking and dividing the country, scaring and hurting vulnerable people, stealing from taxpayers, and abusing the power of his office. We are still dealing with the pandemic because of his self-centered cruelty, gross incompetence, corruption and short sightedness.

[msfiddlestix]

16. the dollar amount seems low ball to me..

Did trump orgy ever pay for rallies and other events he held in Wisconsin. Maybe that's for separate lawsuit.