Jenna Ellis authored two memos claiming Pence could halt Biden's victory

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Jenna Ellis, a Trump campaign lawyer, wrote two legal memos in the week before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that claimed then-VP Mike Pence had the authority to refuse to count presidential electors from states that delivered Joe Biden the White House.

Trump campaign lawyer authored two memos claiming Pence could halt Biden’s victory
In one previously unreported memo, Jenna Ellis delivered a technical -- and far-fetched -- legal argument to another of the former president's outside lawyers.
politico.com
3:15 PM · Dec 10, 2021

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/10/trump-lawyer-pence-biden-524088

A Donald Trump campaign lawyer wrote two legal memos in the week before the Jan. 6 Capitol attack that claimed then-Vice President Mike Pence had the authority to refuse to count presidential electors from states that delivered Joe Biden the White House.

The memos from then-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, which contain widely disputed legal theories about Pence’s ability to stop a Biden presidency, underscore Ellis’ promotion of extreme arguments that she promulgated amid Trump's effort to reverse the election results. Her actions have remained largely below the radar as House investigators probe Trump’s inner circle.

A Dec. 31 Ellis memo delivered to Trump’s office suggested that Pence — who was constitutionally responsible for presiding over Congress’ counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6 — should simply refuse to open envelopes from states whose election results Trump considered to be fraudulent. That memo was described by ABC reporter Jonathan Karl in his recent book “Betrayal.” POLITICO is publishing it in full for the first time.

In a second, previously unreported memo dated Jan. 5, Ellis made a more technical legal argument that she delivered to Jay Sekulow, one of Trump's outside lawyers. Sekulow represented Trump during his first impeachment and in a series of legal battles during his administration, but he had minimal involvement in Trump’s election litigation. The exception was an early November Supreme Court case regarding Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots.

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[OnDoutside]

1. Because one wasn't moronic enough....

[FelineOverlord]

2. Jenna is REALLY upset this has come out

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[rsdsharp]

6. It's YOUR responsibility to protect the privilege, Jenna.

The press has no such duty.

Did you leak the memo?

Who did you disseminate to? Were all of those people covered by the privilege? If not, you violated the privilege yourself.

In any event, the crime-fraud exception to the privilege seems to apply here.

[Takket]

7. she thinks writing that on a document means the press can't publish it?

i guess i would expect that from someone who never litigated anything beyond parking tickets and got in the white house by licking drumpf's taint.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. The traffic court attorney?

[SheltieLover]

4. Has she been disbarred & locked up?

All I want to know.

[Takket]

8. i'm no expert............

i don't know if just writing a memo to try to justify a coup is enough to get a person disbarred, but it damn well should be. i would think coups would be covered under some generic ethics clause of the bar somewhere.........

[SheltieLover]

9. I agree!

[Mr.Bill]

5. They should be cafreful about making their base think that,

because that would mean that Kamala Harris could do the same thing after the next election.