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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Ex-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis barred from practicing law for three years over Georgia election lies

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Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis has had her law license suspended for three years in her home state of Colorado for the lies she spread as part of an effort overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

The agreement was approved on Tuesday by the Colorado Supreme Court. Ellis could have been disbarred after pleading guilty in October to a felony in Georgia. A prosecutor in the case told the Georgia court that Ellis “aided and abetted” two Trump lawyers when they baselessly told Georgia state senators that tens of thousands of votes in the state were illegal.

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