WA lawyer who made false gubernatorial election claims banned can't practice law for a year

After having served in the Law Enforcement community, I laugh at the depicted picture of the Temple of Justice building.

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"A lawyer accused of making false claims about the 2020 Washington governor's race has been banned from practicing in the state for one year.

The Washington State Bar suspended the license of attorney Stephen Pidgeon and the state Supreme Court just upheld that order.

Pidgeon was an attorney for Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp. After Culp lost, Pidgeon claimed that the state ran an illegal and unfair election and filed a lawsuit on behalf of the candidate.

The state Supreme Court ruled that Pidgeon did not have the facts to back up his election claims. According to The Seattle Times, the court called his actions "frivolous."

Washington's Democratic Party initially called for Pidgeon to be disciplined."...