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