Ordinarily, once a civil case runs its course in court, the process ends and those involved move on. But in the wake of the 2020 election cycle, plenty of Republican conspiracy theorists lost plenty of lawsuits — and as it turns out, the courtroom defeats weren’t the end of their troubles.
At the heart of the problem is the simple fact that the GOP litigants brought cases that never should’ve been filed. The result has been a striking series of court-imposed sanctions on a sizable group of Republican plaintiffs. The Arizona Republic reported late last week on one of the more notable examples.
The Republic’s article added that the failed GOP candidates will not personally have to pay the sanctions, but their lawyers are being held accountable for filing a lawsuit in bad faith.
They have plenty of company. Revisiting our earlier coverage, Michigan Republican Party Chair Kristina Karamo, for example, was recently sanctioned for filing a baseless anti-election lawsuit. Sidney Powell was also sanctioned as a result of her work trying to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat. The former president himself has also been sanctioned for filing frivolous litigation.
But what helps the Arizona story stand out is the fact that the relevant players have faced court-imposed punishments more than once.
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