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attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. The second “Count Five” is actually just a demand for punitive damages, rather than an actual separate tort. The 40-page lawsuit was written by D.C. Then nothing happened.
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