Do you remember Jenna Ellis, a relatively insignificant member of the "Kraken team" of lawyers for the Trump campaign who paraded around lying about the 2020 election? Back in March 2023, to avoid a harsher sanction, she agreed to a censure (with no suspension) in Colorado for her lying, only to proceed to lie about it in the media later on. Some time later she was indicted in Georgian and, true to form, she also pled guilty to avoid a harsher sentence.
After the settlement in Colorado, I wondered here why the Colorado authorities thought she deserved such a light sanction when Rudy Giuliani was likely to get disbarred for the same conduct. After her guilty plea agreement in Georgia, I wondered here if she could be sanctioned in Colorado even if her plea agreement had been worded precisely to try to avoid sanctions.
Well, my questions have been answered. A few days ago it was reported that Ellis has been suspended for three years in Colorado. The Hill has the story and a link to the order itself here.
In commenting on the story, Above the Law has a profile of Ellis here recounting her employment history and her embellishing of her resume. (spoiler alert: she apparently lost her job as a traffic court prosecutor for incompetence, which won her unemployment benefits after an appeal held that she had “perform[ed her] duties to the best of her ability” given the “deficiencies in her education and experience” and that she had committed irreparable egregious acts in just a few of her cases. You know, not all of them; just a few...) It is worth a quick read.
MSNBC also has the news here.
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