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Ol Janx Spirit

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34. No, but that is a claim the defendants can try to make at trial--well, not the contempt part; but...

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:35 PM

7 hrs ago

...the frivolous part.

But that is really for civil actions where anyone can sue anyone else for whatever reason basically.

These will be criminal prosecutions and will have to have grand juries return indictments based on probable cause--which is probably why they need to meet every week to come up with some.

It is amusing however since the political-right before Orange Julius screamed for years about tort reform and how much frivolous lawsuits were costing us.

Times change....

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