Analysis

A Look At The Sanction Dogging A Trump Judicial Nominee

By Michael Macagnone (January 3, 2018, 7:27 PM EST) -- President Donald Trump's pick for a Tennessee court seat was the subject of rare Rule 11 sanctions while he was an attorney in private practice, penalized for bringing a case in 1997 a Maryland federal judge described as "unfounded in law or fact" and designed to "harass and punish" a woman who won a sexual harassment judgment against her employer — a disclosure that one Democratic senator said could influence his vote....

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