Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Pro-Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell to Review 2020 Election Lawsuit Sanctions
Published on April 15, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to rehear an appeal to undo sanctions against a handful of pro-Trump lawyers—including Sidney Powell—who filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan. In an April 15 entry in the case docket, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Ms. Powell’s petition for rehearing, effectively leaving in place sanctions against her and six other lawyers who were part of the Michigan lawsuit. The failed suit, brought as part of a string of “Kraken” lawsuits that Ms. Powell championed, sought emergency relief in the form of eliminating all mail ballots from being counted in the 2020 election, or disqualifying Michigan’s electoral college votes from being counted in the final tally....