The Denver Post reports:
Longmont native Jenna Ellis, who worked as a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, faces an effort to disbar her in Colorado for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
The bipartisan watchdog group States United Democracy Center filed a complaint against Ellis Thursday with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, asking for an investigation into whether she violated her ethical obligations as an attorney.
After the election Ellis “knowingly spread falsehoods” about its results; helped Trump try to persuade former Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election results by providing “misleading legal advice;” and “amplifying false theories of voter fraud.”
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Colorado attorney for Trump faces ethics complaint over election misinformation, January 6 insurrection https://t.co/ED14s4DwVU
— Denver Post Breaking (@DenverPostBrk) May 5, 2022
A quote about LGBTQ people from Trump lawyer @JennaEllisEsq
“While their conduct is vile and abominable, certainly we cannot forget that they are human beings, made in the image of God. Unlike gorillas.”
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 14, 2020
A quote from Trump lawyer @JennaEllisEsq about criminalizing gay sex.
“The [Supreme Court] ignored the immorality of homosexuality and set the groundwork for open celebration of homosexuality and all kinds of deviant sexual behavior with any coupling or grouping.”
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 14, 2020
A quote about adultery from (ahem) Trump lawyer @JennaEllisEsq
“Christians cannot follow God and accept or condone or participate in homosexuality or adulterous behavior.”
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) June 14, 2020
Blocked by @jennaellisesq for pointing out what she’s literally written books about. pic.twitter.com/cNnyMlgwod
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 16, 2020