The federal judge who refused to stop hand-counting Florida ballots during the 2000 presidential election is once again at the center of a high-profile case involving presidential politics. Only this time, its former President Donald Trump’s challenge to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, Perkins Coie and other progressive actors for their role in the publication of the Steele dossier.
Trump claims his campaign was falsely linked to Russia in the lead-up to the election against Clinton, which he won. And while experts think the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization suit might face uphill battles, the former president’s legal team is looking for any edge it can get, including asking the judge presiding over the case, Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks of Florida’s Southern District, to recuse from the dispute because he was nominated by former President Bill Clinton in 1997.
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