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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDetroit Seeks Fine and District Ban for 'Kraken' Lawyer Sidney Powell
(Newsweek) The city of Detroit is asking a federal court to sanction attorney Sidney Powell and other lawyers involved in filing a suit that sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Michigan.
Powell, who is no longer associated with President Donald Trump's campaign, promised to release "the Kraken" in a series of suits but has been unsuccessful so far, with courts in four states dismissing appeals for relief arising from unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud.
Now, Detroit is seeking fines for Powell and the other attorneys and asking that they be banned from practicing law in the Eastern District of Michigan. The motion also asks that they face sanction by the Michigan state bar. ..........(more)
https://www.newsweek.com/detroit-fine-ban-kraken-lawyer-sidney-powell-1555137
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Detroit Seeks Fine and District Ban for 'Kraken' Lawyer Sidney Powell (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2020
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Wounded Bear
(64,292 posts)1. Damn right! Sanctions and disbarment should follow this shitshow...nt
The Velveteen Ocelot
(130,439 posts)3. But a federal court doesn't control attorney discipline.
Those complaints have to go to the state's licensing agency.
Solly Mack
(96,921 posts)2. K&R
lame54
(39,715 posts)4. The Kraken...
One more thing Trump has ruined