The Faces of Trump’s ‘Kraken’ Lawyer Sidney Powell and Attorney Lynn Wood Are Being DISBARRED After Federal Judge Approves Them on ‘Disgraceful’ 2020 Election Lawsuits
- US District Judge Linda Parker says lawyers indulging in ‘abusive’ practices
- Powell and Wood filed a lawsuit in November alleging election rigging
- Sanctions have been sent to their home states for disciplinary action
- He must take 12-hour legal classes and could face dismissal
- Parker also ordered them to pay legal fees to state and city officials.
- Rudy Giuliani temporarily suspended his law licenses in New York and Washington, DC earlier this year for his 2020 lawsuits
A federal judge on Wednesday cleared Sidney Powell, Lynn Wood and nine other lawyers to work on lawsuits allied with former President Donald Trump. 2020 election Result.
US District Judge Linda Parker of the Eastern District Michigan, the group of lawyers said ‘involved in litigation’ which were ‘outrageous and, in turn, sanctioned’.
Powell, Wood and the rest of MAGA attorneys filed a lawsuit in Parker’s court last November claiming the results of the 2020 presidential election were not valid and that the vote for help had been rigged. Joe Biden Victory.
Parker said the lawsuit was intended to deceive the court and the public, just days after Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in the state was certified, and filled with “speculation and conjecture” about the vote counting process. Was.
‘Despite the haze of confusion, the commotion, and the chaos the lawyer deliberately attempted to file this suit, one thing is completely clear: the plaintiffs’ lawyers have defied their oaths, flouted the rules, and on the way Attempts have been made to undermine the integrity of the judiciary. ,’ Parker wrote in his 110-page opinion released Wednesday.
‘The sanctions are needed to prevent the filing of future frivolous lawsuits designed primarily to spread the narrative that our election processes are rigged and that our democratic institutions cannot be trusted Is.’
Parker’s sanctions have now been extended to all states where lawyers are licensed for disciplinary action and could face financial penalties or sanctions.
They have also been ordered to take 12 hours of legal classes, including six hours in election law, before possible penalties are determined.
A federal judge on Wednesday cleared attorneys Sidney Powell, Lynn Wood and nine others to act on lawsuits related to reversing the 2020 election results.
The lawsuit was filed last fall on behalf of six Republican voters who wanted Parker to certify Michigan’s results and confiscate voting machines. The judge rejected the request in December, describing it as “astonishing in its scope and breathtaking in its reach”.
Parker ordered lawyers to pay legal fees incurred by the city of Detroit and Michigan state officials when seeking sanctions.
An attorney in the city of Detroit said his lawsuit was for spreading lies about the election and asked a Michigan federal court to approve the attorneys.
Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan praised the judge’s decision on Wednesday.
It said in a statement that it “sends a clear message: those who seek to overturn the US election and poison the well of American democracy must face the consequences.”
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer praises ruling as a ‘clear message’ to those wishing to reverse US election
“I appreciate the unmistakable message he sent with this decision—those who vow to uphold the Constitution must respond by abandoning that oath,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, Democrat.
Lawyers affiliated with Trump have filed lawsuits in several courts across the country claiming election rigging, but none have succeeded.
Trump aides have now turned to electoral audits in states including Arizona and Pennsylvania to prove there were ballot tampering and other irregularities.
During a July court hearing, Powell took ‘full responsibility’ of the lawsuit and compared the legal battle to a 1954 US Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation in schools.
“Raising difficult and even unpopular issues is the duty of lawyers and the highest tradition of the law,” Powell told the judge. He said efforts to impose sanctions would dilute the public’s view of the court system.
Wood was named in the lawsuit, but he insisted that he had no role other than to tell Powell that if he needed an experienced litigant he would be available.
Wood and Powell are not the first lawyers to be punished in their 2020 lawsuits.
Rudy Giuliani temporarily suspended his law license in New York and Washington DC over his election fraud lawsuits.
Wood (pictured with Trump in March 2020) and Powell are not the first lawyers to be punished in their 2020 lawsuits. Rudy Giuliani temporarily suspended his law license in New York and Washington DC over his election fraud lawsuits
.