Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge

[brooklynite]

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Source: CNN

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Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal gambits.

Ellis signed a stipulation stating that several comments she made about the 2020 election violated professional ethics rules barring reckless, knowing or intentional misrepresentations by attorneys, according to documents posted by Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. As part of the stipulation, Ellis agrees to pay $224.

Among the false statements highlighted in the stipulation were comments by Ellis on social media and in TV appearances claiming that the Trump campaign had evidence the election was “stolen.”

“The public censure in this matter reinforces that even if engaged in political speech, there is a line attorneys cannot cross, particularly when they are speaking in a representative capacity,” Jessica Yates, attorney regulation counsel for the Colorado Supreme Court, said in a statement.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/politics/jenna-ellis-former-trump-attorney/index.html

[Warpy]

1. A whole $224?

Those were big "misrepresentations." She should at least face a suspension.

I guess we are still operating under IOKIYAR.

[Karadeniz]

2. Gee, a censure....

[Ocelot II]

3. Here's the order where the judge explains the decision:

https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2304-OPINION-APPROVING-STIPULATION-TO-DISCIPLINE-UNDER-C.R.C.P.-242.19c....pdf Basically, it was because they couldn't find any precedential cases like this one, and the misstatements were not made in her capacity as an attorney of record. It's a long, interesting analysis.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. Marc Elias is amused

Link to tweet

[SoCalDavidS]

5. She's The Only Person I Know Of That's Blocked Me From Seeing Her Twitter Account

SNOWFLAKE

[Scrivener7]

6. $224. That's kind of begging her to do it again, only bigger.

[Achilleaze]

7. Deep deep deep is the G.O.P. doo doo

[republianmushroom]

8. more slaps on the wrist.

[Emile]

9. Locking

After a report to the hosts.

Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143043571