Posted on 11/25/2020 3:34:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In the weeks since U.S. President Donald Trump lost the election, his lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly made baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and the campaign brought a flurry of lawsuits challenging the results, many of which were dismissed.
Representative Bill Pascrell, a Democrat, on Friday called for Giuliani and other members of the legal team to be stripped of their law licenses for bringing “frivolous” lawsuits and allegedly attempting to help Republican Trump steal the Nov. 3 vote from President-elect Joe Biden.
But legal ethics experts say attorney discipline is relatively rare, especially in politically charged disputes.
Here’s why Trump’s lawyers are very unlikely to face disbarment, suspension, or even lighter sanctions such as a fine.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have legal ethics rules for lawyers that are derived from standards published by the American Bar Association.
One ABA rule says that lawyers should only assert a claim in court if “there is a basis in law and fact for doing so that is not frivolous.”
Rules governing attorney conduct apply both inside and out of the courtroom.
“Lawyers definitely have a lot more leeway in press conferences, but they still cannot engage in deceit in their statements,” said Keith Swisher, an ethics law professor at the University of Arizona.
On Twitter and in media appearances, Giuliani and attorney Sidney Powell appeared to have run afoul of rules barring them from making dishonest statements, said Brian Faughnan, a lawyer and ethics specialist in Tennessee.
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heck, I didn’t get past the article title / source
When they discipline Andrew Weissmann and Marc Elias first.
Not is this ripe,after 4 years of democrat crap against Trump,the freaking democrat party should be abolished for their statements and actions
Never happened to Gores law teams in Florida so why now?
Showing affidavits of actual proof of fraud is legal. How is he making false claims.
Ask them same question in reverse. Did any of the left get disciplined for charging Trump with false crimes for the last 4 years?
Can the media be disciplined for making false reports?
What false claims?
Indeed Reuters took the Russia bait hook line and sinker.
You might be missing my point. In order to discipline them for making false claim, they have to prove it. If they investigate what they claim is false and find out everything Trump lawyers says is true, what happens then?
I am sorry I read your post backwards. If they investigate Rudys claims they think are false and find they are true then it’s likely “my bad” and nothing happens. Like they accused Trump on collision and there was nothing there and no one gets in trouble.
Yup.🙄
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