Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis hit by new legal challenge: 'Should be disbarred'
Jenna Ellis, the Donald Trump attorney who tearfully pleaded guilty to 2020 election interference crimes, will face disbarment in her home state if two watchdog groups have their way.
The groups — States United Democracy Center and Lawyers Defending American Democracy — lodged a complaint against Ellis with Colorado's Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel via a joint letter sent Friday.
“The lies that Jenna Ellis helped spread about fraud and misconduct by Georgia voters and election administrators poisoned public trust in our elections, endangered election workers, and threatened our democracy,” States United Democracy Center senior counsel Gillian Feiner said in a statement.
“Attorneys who commit crimes like this must face serious professional consequences. Ellis should be disbarred.”
The complaint is cosigned by three former governors from Massachusetts, New Jersey and Montana as well as a former White House special counsel for Ethics and Government Reform.
The watchdog groups’ demands arrives two months after a teary-eyed Ellis pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to Trump’s efforts to overturn the election in Georgia, court records show.
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The watchdog groups contend the actions Ellis admitted to — namely making false statements to foster suspicion of President Joe Biden’s victory — violated her oath as an attorney to uphold the law.
They also argue Ellis’ actions since pleading guilty prove she’s not yet accepted responsibility.
“At her allocution in Georgia, she attempted to cast her criminal conduct as a mere failure to conduct due diligence,” the groups write.
“These statements elide her more than a decade of experience as a barred attorney and fall far short of demonstrating the type of contrition that would warrant lesser discipline.”
An attorney for Ellis did not respond to requests for comment from the Denver Post, first to report the letter.