No judge on court half-appointed by Trump was interested in giving his frivolous RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
Source: Law & Crime
May 12th, 2026, 3:00 pm
In a resounding denial, not one judge on the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals saw fit to call for a vote on the prospect of giving President Donald Trump a full rehearing in his "frivolous" RICO lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
"Petition for Rehearing En Banc is denied, no judge in regular active service on the Court having requested that the Court be polled on rehearing en banc," the 11th Circuit said Tuesday in a brief order. "The Petition for Panel Rehearing also is denied.". By "regular active service," the court means U.S. circuit judges who have not taken senior status, and of those 12 on the court, six were appointed by Trump.
During November oral arguments, a three-judge panel savaged the case for myriad flaws.
Chief U.S. Circuit Judge William Pryor, a George W. Bush appointee, poked holes in Trump's bid to revive a lawsuit that accused Democrats and entities of conspiring to bankroll "an unthinkable plot" to tar the 2016 Trump campaign, cloud his first term through "a sinister link" to Russia, and to harm his business interests. "This is a classic shotgun pleading," Pryor remarked, only scratching the surface of what the district judge said about the lawsuit.
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Link to ORDER - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28115982/denied.pdf
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