Colorado Supreme Court censures attorney and Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis over 2020 election...

And another one down, and another one down who bites the dust!
Rich

LTC Eugene Chu
"The Colorado Supreme Court's chief disciplinary judge censured Jenna Ellis, a former Colorado prosecutor and law professor who served as a prominent legal advisor for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

Representatives from the nonprofit States United Democracy Center filed a formal complaint with the Colorado Supreme Court in May of last year pertaining to Ellis' false claims that Trump won the 2020 election and that President Joe Biden stole the election. The court announced in December it would launch an investigation.

The one-page decision letter cites a stipulation involving Ellis as the reason for the censure. The Colorado Supreme Court, in a public statement, said "Ellis agreed that she violated Colo. RPC 8.4(c), which prohibits reckless, knowing, or intentional misrepresentations by attorneys. She violated this rule when, as counsel to the President Trump (sic) and the Trump campaign, she made a number of public statements about the November 2020 presidential election that were false."

A censure against an attorney is a formal disciplinary action, but typically does not, in itself, result in suspension or disbarment.

In that 45-page May 2022 complaint, the States United Democracy Center -- which describes itself as a "nonpartisan organization advancing free, fair, and secure elections" and comprises former government officials, legal experts, law enforcement officials and others -- accuse Ellis of violating several provisions of the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct through her statements about election denialism."...

A slap on the hand