Wisconsin Governor Wants Trump to Pay Legal Fees for Failed Suit

Former President Donald Trump should personally have to pay at least a portion of Wisconsin’s legal fees for filing a failed lawsuit to overturn the result of the 2020 election -- not just his lawyers, the state’s Democratic governor told a judge.

Recent sanctions awards in similar cases, including a ruling this week in Michigan against former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell, support sanctions against Trump and his attorneys, Governor Tony Evers said in a filing Friday in federal court in Milwaukee.

“These decisions have made clear that the conduct of Trump and his counsel here crossed the line,” ...