The U.S. Supreme Court has denied an appeal by a number of Trump-aligned lawyers who challenged the results of the 2020 election in Michigan.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to undo sanctions against a handful of pro-Trump lawyersâincluding Sidney Powell and Lin Woodâwho filed a lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.
The failed suit, brought as part of a string of âKrakenâ lawsuits that Ms. Powell championed, sought emergency relief in the form of eliminating all mail ballots from being counted in the 2020 election, or disqualifying Michiganâs electoral college votes from being counted in the final tally. It also called for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to transmit certified election results that declared âPresident Donald Trump is the winner of the election.â
Ms. Powell has argued in court filings that her conduct was reasonable and that she had vetted her election fraud claims before filing the lawsuit.
The Supreme Court has turned down other requests from attorneys opposing court sanctions for lawsuits they filed challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election.
âChilling Effect on Zealous Advocacyâ
Judge Parker, a nominee of President Barack Obama, also said that Ms. Powell waited too long to bring the lawsuit and said the voter fraud claims on which it was based were ânothing but speculation and conjecture.â In addition to a monetary penalty, the judge ordered that Ms. Powell and the others be referred to the bar associations in their respective states for disciplinary proceedings.
âThe petition raises important issues of procedural and substantive due process regarding sanctions and even more important issues of First Amendment rights and electoral integrity,â their complaint reads.
The Supreme Court decision to deny Ms. Powellâs application for a writ of certiorari means that the sanctions are upheld.
Ms. Powell and the other lawyers were not immediately available for comment. They have argued in court filings that they followed all ethics rules and that the sanctions were improper.
Since the 2020 election, several other lawyers who were either retained by President Trump or had promoted his claims of voter fraud have faced disbarment.
For example, Jenna Ellis was censured by the Colorado Bar for making what it claimed were false statements about the 2020 election. Former Trump attorney John Eastman, a law dean at Chapman University, is facing disbarment in California.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a longtime Trump ally and lawyer, had his license suspended following the election as well.
Guilty Plea
In October 2023, Ms. Powell accepted a plea bargain in Fulton County, pleading guilty to six misdemeanors related to efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential results in Georgia.
Ms. Powell and 18 co-defendants, including President Trump, were charged with violating the stateâs Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, a law designed to fight organized crime.
She also faced additional charges related to the removal and use of voting machines in Coffee County.
Her plea deal didnât require her to plead guilty to the racketeering charge. As part of the deal, she paid $2,700 in restitution to the Georgia Secretary of Stateâs office.
President Trump, who has pleaded not guilty in the case, has called it a blatant attempt to interfere in the 2024 presidential election.
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