Retribution by Frivolity

Appeals court upholds $1M penalty against Trump in lawsuit against Hillary Clinton

The judges ruled that the president’s arguments “were indeed frivolous.”

The ruling is the latest rejection of President Donald Trump’s legal crusade against his perceived adversaries. | Alex Brandon/AP

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney11/26/2025 10:47 AM EST

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/26/donald-trump-penalty-lawsuit-hillary-clinton-00669616

Alina Habba has resigned:

Alina Habba, a Trump Loyalist, Resigns as New Jersey’s Top Prosecutor

Ms. Habba resigned on Monday, after a federal appeals court last week found she had been serving as U.S. attorney unlawfully.

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Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, wearing a dark jacket, white top and a cross around her neck.
President Trump appointed Alina Habba to serve as New Jersey’s interim U.S. attorney, but she was neither confirmed by the Senate nor appointed by district trial court judges.Credit…Kenny Holston/The New York Times

By Jonah E. BromwichTracey Tully and 

Dec. 8, 2025

Alina Habba resigned as U.S. attorney in New Jersey on Monday after a panel of federal judges ruled last week that she was serving in the position unlawfully.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/nyregion/alina-habba-nj-us-attorney-resigns.html

And on Dec 1, 2025, an important case:

Court Rejects Intimidation Campaign to Silence Investigative Reporting on Suspicious Loans President’s Company Took from Putin-Tied Lender

Washington, DC – Mincey Bell announces a landmark victory for its client, Truth Social Whistleblower Will Wilkerson, after a trial court in Sarasota, Florida, dismissed Trump Media & Technology Group’s (TMTG) defamation lawsuit against him.

Trump Media brought the lawsuit— which also named The Guardian and other major media outlets— after the publication of several articles reporting on a federal criminal investigation related to TMTG’s receipt of two suspicious payments totaling $8 million.

On March 15 and March 17, 2023, The Guardian published two articles stating federal prosecutors in New York were conducting a money laundering investigation related to the payments, which were wired through the Caribbean from Paxum Bank and ES Family Trust, entities with ties to an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin and a history of providing banking services to the sex worker industry. The articles reported Wilkerson’s statements that the origins of the loans caused alarm at TMTG, and the company’s CFO weighed returning the money.  President Trump’s company ultimately kept the suspicious offshore money.

https://www.minceybell.com/news-insight/florida-court-dismisses-trump-medias-defamation-lawsuit-against-mincey-bell-client-truth-social-whistleblower-will-wilkerson/

Note:

The Guardian is owned by the Guardian Media Group, which is wholly owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was established to ensure the financial and editorial independence of The Guardian. Wikipedia Oregon Public Broadcasting

Dec 11th, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from ICE custody after judge’s orders as he fights criminal charges

Judge slams Trump administration’s ‘punitive’ attempts to deport Salvadoran immigrant after rearrest

Alex Woodward

in New York

Thursday 11 December 2025

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kilmar-abrego-garcia-ice-release-b2882717.html

Dec 11th 2025

Trump DOJ fails for second time to get indictment of Letitia James


Aysha Bagchi   USA TODAY15 hours ago

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For the second time in about a week, a federal grand jury in Virginia refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to multiple media reports.

The stunning Dec. 11 development – federal prosecutors’ requests for grand jury indictments are almost always successful – is yet another setback in the Justice Department’s attempts to prosecute someone who has been explicitly targeted by President Donald Trump.

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/11/letitia-james-trump-indictment-grand-jury/87721734007/

Re: James Comey, Letitia James cases:

Dec 2, 2025

Trump Weighs In After Judge Dismisses Cases Against James Comey and Letitia James

WASHINGTON — Key evidence about an ally of former FBI Director James Comey was temporarily ruled off limits by a judge late Saturday, complicating the Justice Department’s efforts to re-indict him.   US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that prosecutors can’t use evidence from email accounts and a computer that belonged to Daniel Richman, someone who could potentially shed light on whether Comey lied to Congress as prosecutors alleged. 

“The Court concludes that Petitioner Richman is entitled to a narrow temporary restraining order to preserve the status quo while the Court evaluates his Motion for Return of Property and awaits full briefing and argument from the parties,” Kollar-Kotelly ruled.

https://nypost.com/2025/12/07/us-news/federal-judge-rules-evidence-linked-to-james-comeys-ally-daniel-richman-is-off-limits-to-doj/

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Retired, living in the Scottish Borders after living most of my life in cities in England. I can now indulge my interest in all aspects of living close to nature in a wild landscape. I live on what was once the Iapetus Ocean which took millions of years to travel from the Southern Hemisphere to here in the Northern Hemisphere. That set me thinking and questioning and seeking answers. In 1998 I co-wrote Millennium Countdown (US)/ A Business Guide to the Year 2000 (UK) see https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780749427917
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