Trump attorneys ordered to pay $175,000 over failed 2020 election lawsuit

Details: About $22,000 will go to pay the lawyers of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, both Democrats. The remaining $153,000 will be paid to the city of Detroit.

Catch up quick: U.S. District Judge Linda Parker dismissed the lawsuit last December after finding it based on "speculation and conjecture."

• She also decided the lawyers must pay the legal fees associated with the case and attend classes on the ethical requirements for filing a lawsuit.
• "It is one thing to take on the charge of vindicating rights associated with an allegedly fraudulent election," Parker wrote in an August order. "It is another to take on the charge of deceiving a federal court and the American people into believing that rights were infringed, without regard to whether any laws or rights were in fact violated. This is what happened here."

Worth noting: Parker has formally requested a disciplinary body to investigate whether the lawyers should be disbarred for filing the suit.

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