SEATTLE (AP) — State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is trying to recover an additional $2.8 million in legal fees related to his lawsuit against anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman.
The lawsuit dragged on because of what Ferguson called Eyman’s “cost-inflating, frivolous, obstructive and defiant litigation tactics.”
Last month, a judge ruled that Eyman has been an egregious violator of state campaign finance law, fined him $2.6 million and barred him for life from participating in financial aspects of political campaigns.
Thurston County Superior Court Judge James Dixon already granted Ferguson’s office legal fees when he ruled against Eyman. But Eyman, in a recent fundraising email, said Ferguson was lying about how much the legal fees cost.