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Trump Gets REBUKED by His OWN JUDGE and Is ORDERED to PAY SANCTIONS

2025-11-26 News & Politics
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Eleventh Circuit Upholds $1M Sanctions Against Trump and Habba; Legal Fallout Analyzed

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed $1 million in sanctions against Donald Trump and Alina Habba for filing a bad-faith lawsuit, setting potential precedent for Habba’s current DOJ role. Learn precisely why the court dismissed their procedural maneuvers and what this means for future high-profile litigation.

Short Summary

  • The court affirmed the $1 million sanction imposed by Judge Middlebrooks, finding the original suit severely meritless.
  • Procedural errors committed by Habba on appeal, including waiving key arguments, doomed their attempt to overturn the ruling.
  • This ruling provides momentum ("wind at the sale") for the Third Circuit potentially removing Habba from her position as interim US Attorney in NJ. This analysis reviews the 36-page opinion, detailing how the court characterized the complaint as a "shotgun pleading" and dismissing attempts to use the Durham Report to mitigate findings of bad faith.

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If you were wondering what the demise of Trump's grip on power would look like, this is it. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a unanimous decision led by Republican Judges including a Trump appointee, just upheld the $1 million dollar sanctions for bad faith conduct of Trump and his then attorney Alina Habba (now a top DOJ official), finding that their suit against the Democrats in 2022 was filed in bad faith to harass, and also finding that Habba screwed up the appeal by waiving many of her appeal arguments by not raising them to the trial judge first. Popok reports and explains how this decision may grease the skids for the 3rd Circuit to fire Habba as the US Attorney for NJ asap. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF by MeidasTouch podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595

Top Comments (10)

@patriciafleming8402 2025-11-26

All of his suits are in bad faith and for harassment purposes only

259 10 replies
@richardpeace4724 2025-11-26

About time....pay up NOW!

221 7 replies
@superbmediacontentcreator 2025-11-26

A big part of Trump's "game" is how slow the justice system is...

132 1 replies
@brianpowers3742 2025-11-26

Investigate Dump family for money laundering!

97 4 replies
@HappyMick-j5o 2025-11-26

3 years for circuit court to do something? Seriously, our judicial system is broken.

95 4 replies
@Bee_Keeper67 2025-11-26

3 yrs to get here and no doubt within a week it will be in front of the corrupt scotus again as an emergency docket! Lock them all up!

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@alansmith4734 2025-11-26

3 years, and no interest?

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@t47328 2025-11-26

Three years to get this done? The US justice system makes a snail look fast.

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@tf41091 2025-11-26

Now comes the impossibility of collecting……

32 1 replies
@RJ-pe6uj 2025-11-26

I'm not getting tired of all these Wins please keep them coming.

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