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jimnyc
08-22-2020, 02:20 PM
Even thew judges on the left will lie and not follow the law and are basically activist judges.

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Huh? Liberal Judge Orders President Trump to Pay Court Costs for Stormy Daniels Even Though Her Case Was Dismissed in Court

Here we go…
Look for more completely ridiculous actions like this against President Trump by the Democrat deep state from now until election day.

A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stormy Daniels to reimburse her attorneys’ fees in in a case that was dismissed in court.

Stormy’s case was dismissed.

It had no merit.
But Trump has to pay the costs?

It’s not supposed to work that way.

Judge Robert Broadbetl III is a registered Democrat and was appointed to the court by Jerry Brown.
Shocker.

KTLA reported:


A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to reimburse her attorneys’ fees in the legal battle surrounding her nondisclosure agreement.

Clifford, an adult-film actress who says she had an affair with Trump from 2006 to 2007, signed a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement with former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, who represented a shell company and a “David Dennison,” which Clifford contends is a pseudonym for Trump. Trump denies the affair occurred.

Clifford sued Trump in 2018, seeking to be released from the NDA. In response, Trump and his legal team agreed outside of court not to sue or otherwise enforce the NDA. The suit was dismissed and Clifford’s claims ruled moot, as the NDA had been rendered unenforceable…

…In his decision this week, Judge Robert Broadbelt III ruled that Clifford was entitled to legal fees, finding her the “prevailing party” under California law, despite the case having been dismissed.

Broadbelt also rejected an argument by Trump’s attorneys that the President was not liable for the fees because he had not signed the NDA.

This sounds like just another excuse to trash President Trump.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/huh-liberal-judge-orders-president-trump-pay-court-costs-stormy-daniels-even-though-case-dismissed-court/


Here it was in early February of 2019, from CNN:

The case brought by Daniels against Cohen was dismissed "with prejudice" -- meaning it cannot be brought again against him.

Daniels' lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said the defamation case is resolved after the legal teams for Daniels and Cohen asked for the claim be dismissed.. The judge agreed.

"The Court already stated we received everything we asked for because Cohen and Trump were forced to admit we were right all along," Avenatti said in a statement to CNN.

But Cohen's lawyer called the ruling "a clear win for Michael Cohen."

"Today's ruling dismissing Ms. Daniels' defamation claim 'with prejudice' is a clear win for Michael Cohen. Rather than fighting in court, Ms. Daniels and her attorney instead chose to abandon the case -- the legal equivalent of running away," Cohen's attorney Brent Blakely told CNN.

"When a plaintiff's claim has been dismissed 'with prejudice,' the defendant, in this case Mr. Cohen, is the prevailing party. No amount of spin on behalf of Ms. Daniels or her attorney can alter this result," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-defamation/index.html

Gunny
08-22-2020, 04:39 PM
That's BS. The case was thrown out. Meaning: no case was presented to and accepted by the court. Arbitrarily holding Trump liable for court costs would be the same as ordering any of us to pay them. Legally, he did nothing wrong but get accused.