Donald Trump's lawsuit against New York AG Letitia James sets him up for another loss
By one estimate, Trump and his allies have a 0-40 record in post-election lawsuits.
By Jessica Levinson, MSNBC Opinion Columnist
The familiar maxim “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” that we pass along to our children encourages resilience and perseverance in the face of failure. We have reason to think someone encouraged former President Donald Trump to take the expression to heart, and, unfortunately, he did.
The many lawsuits Trump and his allies filed in 2021, the vast majority of which he lost, provide a case study in perseverance. Trump persevered despite the fact that doing so was often irrational and immoral.
There are few truisms in life, but here’s one: Trump is litigious. Very litigious. Before the 2016 election, a USA Today analysis found that he and his businesses had been involved in 4,095 lawsuits over three decades, and in more than 2,100 of those suits as the plaintiff.
Lawsuits, even ones that are destined to fail, can still lead to success. Filing a lawsuit can scare people; lawsuits are often costly and time-consuming to defend against. Filing a lawsuit can also lead to beneficial delays, like, to take two wild hypotheticals, delaying a state investigation into potentially fraudulent behavior or a congressional investigation into an insurrection.
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Saturday, December 25th 2021 at 12:13PM
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