but surprise surprise surprise... doesn't make the news or is buried or downplayed.
Huge example -
‘This Case Was Never About Fraud’: Federal Judge Refers ‘Kraken’ Attorneys, Including Lin Wood and Sidney Powell, for ‘Possible Suspension or Disbarment’
Adam Klasfeld Aug 25th, 2021, 5:47 pm
A federal judge sent a strong message to each of the so-called “Kraken” lawyers behind litigation to upend the 2020 election, ordering that they be referred for a professional conduct investigation and “possible suspension or disbarment.” The attorneys include pro-Trump lawyers Lin Wood and Sidney Powell.
“A Historic and Profound Abuse of the Judicial Process”
Full of indignation and spanning 110 pages, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker‘s ruling reads like a treatise on the judiciary’s role in protecting the democratic process.
“This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” Judge Parker wrote in her opinion and order. “It is one thing to take on the charge of vindicating rights associated with an allegedly fraudulent election. It is another to take on the charge of deceiving a federal court and the American people into believing that rights were infringed, without regard to whether any laws or rights were in fact violated. This is what happened here.”
More than half a year ago on Dec. 7, Judge Parker decisively rejected Powell and Wood’s effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in Michigan in a scathing, 36-page ruling. “Plaintiffs ask this court to ignore the orderly statutory scheme established to challenge elections and to ignore the will of millions of voters,” Parker wrote. “This, the Court cannot, and will not, do.” “The People have spoken,” she added.
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https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/this-case-was-never-about-fraud-federal-judge-refers-kraken-attorneys-including-lin-wood-and-sidney-powell-for-possible-suspension-or-disbarment/
The latest (they are trying to get this overturned on appeal - probably not gonna happen) -
‘Kraken’ Attorneys Behind Outlandish 2020 Election Lawsuits Urge Federal Appeals Court to Overturn Sanctions That Included Bar Referrals
Adam Klasfeld Dec 8th, 2022, 3:40 pm
The self-styled “Kraken” attorneys behind a series of outlandish federal lawsuits seeking to overturn 2020 election results in four U.S. states urged a federal appeals court to overturn a sanctions order that earned every member of their legal team referrals for possible disbarment. A little more than a year has passed since a federal judge issued blistering sanctions against nine attorneys led by attorney Sidney Powell, who told the Jan. 6th Committee that former President Donald Trump wanted to make her special counsel for voter fraud.
“Extremely Dedicated and Hard-Working Lawyers”
As found by U.S. District Judge Linda Parker in August 2021, the case that Powell and her co-counsel filed in a federal court in Michigan “was never about fraud.” “This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” Parker wrote in a massive 110-page opinion and order. “It is one thing to take on the charge of vindicating rights associated with an allegedly fraudulent election. It is another to take on the charge of deceiving a federal court and the American people into believing that rights were infringed, without regard to whether any laws or rights were in fact violated. This is what happened here.”
On Thursday afternoon, Powell expressed no regrets for how she undertook the litigation. “We were a small group of extremely dedicated and hard-working lawyers who filed a complaint,” Powell told the three-judge panel. Powell’s co-counsel included highly visible figures in Trump’s orbit, including attorney Lin Wood, who was photographed with the former president in early 2020, and Juli Haller, a former member of Trump’s Department of Homeland Security. The other six lawyers on the legal team were Emily Newman, Brandon Johnson, Howard Kleinhendler, Scott Hagerstrom, Gregory Rohl, and Stefanie Lynn Junttila.
“I don’t know what more we could have possibly done to comply with Rule 11,” Powell said, referring to the rule forbidding lawyers from filing cases for “improper” purposes. One of the judges noted that another affidavit filed by Russell James Ramsland Jr. was facially “ridiculous.” She did, however, own up to what she described as “mistakes,” including not knowing enough about the person behind an affidavit that she code-named “Spyder.” Her legal team identified him as a “military intelligence expert.” The Washington Post unmasked him as Joshua Merritt, who was an Army mechanic who was not in intelligence.
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https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/this-case-was-never-about-fraud-federal-judge-refers-kraken-attorneys-including-lin-wood-and-sidney-powell-for-possible-suspension-or-disbarment/
With the above type of sanctions (and we have been seeing this play out with Ghouliani) it takes awhile to get through the administrative process. Ghouliani was already
suspended from practicing in NY -
DC Bar's disciplinary counsel recommends Rudy Giuliani be disbarred
Giuliani's lawyer instead seeks a letter of reprimand or a private admonition.
By Aaron Katersky
December 15, 2022, 2:59 PM
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Thursday’s hearing is only a step in
a long process that could lead to Giuliani's disbarment in the nation's capital. His law license has already been suspended -- but not revoked -- in New York, where a court last year found he made "demonstrably false and misleading statements" about his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Giuliani has appealed the decision.
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-bars-disciplinary-counsel-recommends-giuliani-disbarred/story?id=95370350
and his disciplinary hearing for D.C. happened the first 2 weeks of this month
ending with a recommendation for him to be disbarred. A court decision is due by sometime in March.
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just go away...let us enjoy our beautiful state..
