Supreme Court declines to lift sanctions from lawyers for frivolous election lawsuits

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to lift sanctions against attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood after they challenged Donald Trump's loss in Michigan's 2020 presidential election.

In separate appeals, the two pro-Trump attorneys asked the court to revisit their lawsuits filed after the 2020 election. The lawsuits alleged an election conspiracy that they said was connected to China and Venezuela.

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Both lawsuits were dismissed in 2021.

The Michigan lawsuits were among several brought by Trump's camp after the 2020 election that challenged the result, but were ultimately dismissed. Wood had appealed, saying his name was not listed on the signature page of the challenge, while Powell said sanctions should be vacated because she had not been properly notified of them in advance.

The Supreme Court offered no comment in its filing on Tuesday.

Powell pleaded guilty last year to crimes involving election interference in Georgia, while Wood has given up his law license in a separate disciplinary case related to the election.