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JUST SAYING: Federal Judges Can Stop Trump’s Stooge Bondi from Filing Frivolous and “Bad Faith” Cases

Posted on September 26, 2025

Trump and his personal lawyer/ stooge Bondi, along with Bond’s handpicked DOJ shysters, can be stopped from repeatedly filing malicious, “bad faith” and frivolous federal cases in court.

How?

Federal Rule 11 or the Hyde Amendment:

The message is clear: the courtroom isn’t a playground.

Lawyers—and even prosecutors—risk fines and sanctions when they waste judicial resources for politics, harassment, or gamesmanship.

Under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, courts can sanction lawyers who file claims for harassment, delay, or without a factual or legal basis.

Judges also rely on 28 U.S.C. § 1927, which makes attorneys personally liable for costs if they “unreasonably and vexatiously” multiply proceedings. Beyond these, courts wield inherent authority to punish bad-faith conduct that abuses the judicial process.

Even prosecutors can be hit.

The Hyde Amendment (1997) allows courts to award attorney’s fees to prevailing defendants if a prosecution is “vexatious, frivolous, or in bad faith.” It’s rarely applied, but in United States v. Aisenberg, the government was ordered to pay $2.9 million after a judge found the prosecution’s case frivolous:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Hyde_Amendment_%281997%29

Bondi is no stranger to allegations of professional misconduct, according to Miami Herald report:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article307770070.html?tbref=hp

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