Ellis Faces Disbarment In Colorado After Conviction

Colorado Newsline reports:

Jenna Ellis, the lawyer who represented former President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn the 2020 election, is under investigation by the state office that oversees attorney conduct in Colorado. On Tuesday she pleaded guilty in Fulton County, Georgia, to a felony charge of aiding and abetting false statements and writings.

A criminal conviction obliges a lawyer who is licensed to practice in Colorado to report the conviction within 14 days to the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, and it triggers at minimum a review. Jessica Yates, the state’s attorney regulation counsel, confirmed to Newsline on Thursday that an investigation into Ellis has commenced.

Ellis, who until recently was a Colorado resident and who is licensed to practice law in the state, was publicly censured in Colorado after a professional misconduct investigation in March, when Ellis admitted that multiple statements she made on Trump’s behalf were “misrepresentations.”

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