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share information about ongoing investigations. including donald trumps mishandling of classified documents. what that means for the gops efforts to probe the agency. plus, donald trump dropped the lawsuit against new york tierney general letitia james a day after he and his lawyers or saw plus 1 million dollar fine for another, quote, frivolous case brought against hillary clinton. could we see trump upending even more lawsuits? and, congressman george santos long list of lies and con...

Orchestrate what he has called the russia hoax. the judge did not agree. joining me now for all of this is criminal defense attorney msnbc legal analyst danny cibolos. danny, welcome in. i dont think ive heard a judge put it so plainly before. weve seen trump do this for decades, really manipulating the legal system to his own will. how rare is a judgment like? this >> its very rare, for the most part, there are plenty of lawsuits that are on shaky grounds, but rare is the case that is so frivol...

Matter from home. michigan lawyer gregory role, said he should not be sanctioned quo, because he read the pleating only on the day of its filing. the judge wrote in response to that, he read an 830 page complaint and just well over an hour, on the day he filed it, so his argument in of itself, reveals sanctionable conduct. the judge pointed out, because he was the only lawyer involved, who has admitted to practice in the eastern district of michigan, quote, the complaints could not have been fil...

Plaintiffs challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in michigan. emily newman tried to escape sanctions by claiming that she spent, quote, maybe five hours on the matter from home. michigan lawyer gregory reuel said he spent be sanctioned, quote, because he read the pleading only on the day of its filing. the judge wrote in response to that, reuel read an 830-page complaint in just well over an hour on the day he filed it, so reuels argument in and of itself reveals sanctionable...

In the lawsuit. the judge said, of course, an empty head but pure heart does not justify lodging patently unsupported factual assertions, in such cases ignorance is not bliss, it is sanctionable. some of the lawyers compared their false assertions to the kinds of things so-called journalists on the fox channel say every night, to which the judge said, quote, attorneys are not journalists, it therefore comes as no surprise that plaintiffs attorneys fail to cite a single case suggesting that the t...

Assertions, in such cases ignorance is not bliss, it is sanctionable. some of the lawyers compared their faults assertions to the kinds of things so-called journalists, on the fox channel, say every night. to which the judge said, attorneys are not journalists. it therefore comes as no surprise that the plaintiffs attorneys failed to say a single case suggesting that the two professions share comparable duties and responsibilities. although the first amendment may allow plaintiffs council to say...