…and for simply speaking the truth.
Following the 2020 presidential election, Former President Trump attempted to utilize the legal system to gain clarity and retribution for the widespread voter fraud that took place in multiple battleground states. He was categorically denied his legal rights when multiple judges — and even the Supreme Court — refused to hear his case.
Now, a liberal judge is attempted to crack down on the attorneys who spoke truth about what happened last November.
A U.S. judge on Wednesday sanctioned Sidney Powell and other lawyers who sued in Michigan to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump, and suggested they might deserve to lose their law licenses.
In a highly anticipated written ruling, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in Detroit said the pro-Trump lawyers, including Powell and prominent litigator Lin Wood, should have investigated the Republican former president’s voter fraud claims more carefully before filing what Parker called a “frivolous” lawsuit.
Parker, who dismissed the Michigan suit last December, formally requested that disciplinary bodies investigate whether the pro-Trump lawyers should have their law licenses revoked. The judge also ordered the lawyers to attend classes on the ethical and legal requirements for filing legal claims.
The judge said Powell, Wood, and other lawyers who worked with them “have scorned their oath, flouted the rules, and attempted to undermine the integrity of the judiciary along the way.”
Powell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Wood said on the social media platform Telegram that he “had nothing to do with” the lawsuit and would appeal.
Powell represented Trump’s campaign when he tried to overturn last Nov. 3’s presidential election in the courts.
Powell asserted in a court hearing last month that she had carefully vetted her election fraud claims before suing, and that the only way to test them would have been at trial or a hearing on evidence gathered. Her co-counsel repeatedly called for such an evidentiary hearing.
Starting in January, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other government lawyers asked the judge to discipline the pro-Trump lawyers, saying they had filed a frivolous lawsuit full of typos and factual errors and should be held accountable.
Parker on Thursday also ordered the pro-Trump lawyers to reimburse election officials for the cost of defending the lawsuit. The amount will be determined by the judge in the coming months, said David Fink, a lawyer for the City of Detroit who requested sanctions, in an interview.
Author: Elizabeth Tierney
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