A US federal judge sanctioned Donald Trump and his attorneys nearly $1 million in a frivolous lawsuit alleging that Hillary Clinton tried to rig the 2016's election.

District Judge John Middlebrooks stated on Thursday, January 19, that the Republican who seeks to return to the White House by 2024 had a "continuing trend of misuse of courts" and had filed suit "in order dishonestly advance a political narrative."

The lawsuit claimed that Clinton, who lost the 2016 presidential election to Trump, and others had created a false narrative that his campaign had colluded with Russia.

Trump in the lawsuit had sought $70 million in damages.

But the suit “should never have been brought,” Middlebrooks said in the 45-page written court order.

“Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start. No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim,” the judge wrote.

The order also sanctions Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba.

Trump and Habba are jointly and severally liable for the total amount of sanctions imposed to cover the defendants’ legal fees and costs: $937,989.39.

Middlebrooks in the suit judgment wrote that Trump is “a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries.

“He is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following the advice of a lawyer. He knew full well the impact of his actions.”

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