AUSTIN, Texas — The State Bar of Texas is seeking sanctions against Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell over her failed efforts to contest the 2020 election results on behalf of the Donald Trump campaign.
A petition filed March 1 accuses Powell of professional misconduct by filing “frivolous” voter fraud lawsuits in four states, making false statements to a court and offering evidence she knew to be false.
Powell “had no reasonable basis to believe the lawsuits she filed were not frivolous,” according to a petition filed in Dallas County district court by the bar’s commission for lawyer discipline.