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  1. May 16, 2024

    6th Circ. Still Won't Rethink Sanctions Against Trump Attys

    The Sixth Circuit on Thursday once again denied a bid from former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and other attorneys to reconsider sanctions issued against them after they challenged the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan, holding that the attorneys must seek permission for future filings given their history of "meritless motions."

  2. May 14, 2024

    Trump Attys Trying To Delay Paying Sanctions, Mich. Says

    Michigan officials and the city of Detroit say former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and other attorneys should be penalized with another round of sanctions for apparently attempting to put off paying a hefty sanctions award imposed in a lawsuit challenging the state's 2020 presidential election results.

  3. May 06, 2024

    Trump Attys Again Ask 6th Circ. To Reconsider Sanctions

    Attorneys who challenged the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan have once again asked the Sixth Circuit to rethink its decision leaving intact a district court's sanctions against them, arguing that new facts and U.S. Supreme Court precedent warrant recalling the appellate court's mandate.

  4. November 13, 2023

    Trump Attys Ask Justices To Review Election Suit Sanctions

    Attorneys who challenged presidential election results in Michigan in 2020 and were penalized to the tune of more than $100,000 pushed back last week against a Sixth Circuit decision that mostly affirmed those sanctions, asking for a U.S. Supreme Court review of the appeals court ruling.

  5. August 08, 2023

    Powell, Other Trump Attys Can't Get 6th Circ. Sanctions Redo

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday denied a rehearing request from Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood and other lawyers for former president Donald Trump who were hit with $150,000 in fees after a Michigan federal judge found their lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election to be frivolous.

  6. July 13, 2023

    Powell, Other Trump Attys Urge 6th Circ. To Rethink Sanctions

    Sidney Powell and a handful of former President Donald Trump's ex-attorneys are pushing for a full Sixth Circuit review of its panel decision to largely stand by the sanctions they received for their "profound abuse of the judicial process" following the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

  7. June 23, 2023

    6th Circ. Mostly Preserves Sanctions Over 2020 Election Suit

    The Sixth Circuit on Friday mostly left in place a Michigan federal judge's sanctions against former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and a handful of other attorneys involved in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 presidential election results, although it found that some claims were reasonable and therefore not sanctionable. 

  8. September 13, 2022

    Powell, Others Ask 6th Circ. To Ax 'Career-Ending' Sanctions

    Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and five other attorneys have accused a Michigan federal judge of discrimination in an appeal to the Sixth Circuit of what they describe as career-ending sanctions stemming from their involvement in a lawsuit challenging the 2020 presidential election results in the Great Lakes State.

  9. February 25, 2022

    6th Circ. Says Powell, Others Can't Dodge CLE Sanctions

    The Sixth Circuit has rejected an attempt by Sidney Powell and five other attorneys to freeze a judge's imposition of nonmonetary sanctions against them for engaging in abusive tactics in their lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results in Michigan, saying their effort to pause those orders came too late.