Michigan GOP chair, others fined $58K for 'frivolous' election fraud suit

[RandySF]

Michigan Republican Party chair Kristina Karamo and eight others have been sanctioned by a Wayne County judge, ordered to pay more than $58,000 over their lawsuit that alleged, without evidence, there was widespread voter fraud in Detroit days before the November 2022 election.

“Plaintiffs’ complaint was rife with speculation, an absence of facts and a lack of understanding of Michigan election statutes and Detroit absentee ballot procedures,” Third Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny wrote in the Monday order.

He ruled their lawsuit had been “devoid of legal merit” and “frivolous,” ordering the plaintiffs in the suit and their attorneys to together pay $58,459 in attorney fees and costs to the office of Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, who was named as the defendant in the lawsuit.

Attorney David Fink, who represented the city of Detroit in the suit, said in a statement, “we appreciate Judge Kenny’s hard work addressing this frivolous lawsuit, and we are grateful that he returned from retirement to consider our motion for sanctions. When a baseless lawsuit is filed to interfere with the good work done by Detroit’s city clerk, there should be consequences.”



https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/06/michigan-gop-chair-others-fined-58k-for-frivolous-election-fraud-suit.html

[democratsruletheday]

1. Thanks Randy....

As a Michigander, we all knew what was going on but it sometimes gets lost in the shuffle with all of Don the Con's crimes. Karamo is a total loon who tried to run for Secretary of State and got trounced.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I wouldn't call having to pay the other side's costs a "fine", just a consequence

A "fine" would be a payment into the court system (the costs of the courts itself - salaries, the physical building running costs, the delay of proper cases etc. don't seem to be covered in this, let alone anything punitive).