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Group launches ad blitz threatening lawyers' licenses if they work for Trump
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:23 am
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While lawfare frequently has targeted GOP politicians, the tactic is spreading to the legal profession as a group called "The 65 Project" has taken to social media vowing to go after the licenses of attorneys who chose to work for former President Donald Trump.
The 65 Project, which launched earlier this year as a "bipartisan" watchdog with both prominent Democrats and Republicans, announced it had launched digital and print advertisements in swing states such as Wisconsin and Michigan with the stark warning, "Don't lose your law license because of Trump."
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The 65 Project has a list of lawyers that it has filed ethics complaints against, including former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis who worked on an Arizona election subversion case, Kurt Olsen who represented Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake in her 2022 election fraud case and Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz.
Dershowitz told Just the News in a statement that what the group is doing is "pure McCarthyism."
"They already filed a complaint against me," he said. "It’s pure McCarthyism. And unethical. And it’s scaring some lawyers away."
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Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:26 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Pretty sure any lawyer working with Trump already knows what they’re getting into.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:27 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
But can you prove this is like lawfare? It’s probably just a friendly reminder that your house could burn down if you do the wrong thing.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:28 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
“What lawfare?”
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:28 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
In Louisiana, threatening to file a bar complaint is unethical (but I doubt any of the lawyers who commented are licensed here).
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:30 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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the tactic is spreading to the legal profession as a group called "The 65 Project"
Lawyers are out of control in this country.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:31 am to the808bass
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But can you prove this is like lawfare? It’s probably just a friendly reminder that your house could burn down if you do the wrong thing.
As always, the devil is in the details.
The actual source
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“Across the country, lawyers who lent their credibility as officers of the court to Donald Trump to file factually and legally baseless claims to overturn legitimate election results have been investigated by state bar associations, been fined, had their licenses suspended, and even disbarred,” said The 65 Project Managing Director Michael Teter. “We have filed 86 bar complaints to date and are reminding lawyers that we – and the public – will be watching them.”
That's not vaguely threatening to file. It's saying if they find unethical conduct they will file, and don't get caught up (like Jenna Ellis, Rudy, etc. did after the 2020 election).
*ETA: also this article is all over the place
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Last month, Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree for his reimbursement of a $130,000 payment his then-lawyer Michael Cohen made to porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
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Published: October 12, 2024 11:00pm
This post was edited on 10/13/24 at 9:33 am
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:32 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
So much for the right to legal representation. These people hate our constitution. They hate freedom.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:33 am to SlowFlowPro
You know exactly what they’re doing you disingenuous frick
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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That's not vaguely threatening to file. It's saying if they find unethical conduct they will file, and don't get caught up (like Jenna Ellis, Rudy, etc. did after the 2020 election).
Aka show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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In Louisiana, threatening to file a bar complaint is unethical (but I doubt any of the lawyers who commented are licensed here).
What’s the penalty for a random citizen making such generalized preemptive type threats?
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:36 am to beerJeep
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Aka show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.
No. "The crime" was documented.
They filed a bunch of fraudulent pleadings and could not provide the least bit of evidence or precedent to support them. That's unethical.
If a client asks me to do something unethical I immediately terminate the relationship.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:37 am to Y.A. Tittle
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What’s the penalty for a random citizen making such generalized preemptive type threats?
If it's without any merit, a defamation/libel suit.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:38 am to SlowFlowPro
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defamation/libel
So, you think that’s what this is?
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:38 am to Gifman
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Pretty sure any lawyer working with Trump already knows what they’re getting into.
TRUE!
But it is still political BS that should not be allowed.....our 1st amendment is dead.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:39 am to SlowFlowPro
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No. "The crime" was documented.
Again, show me the man. I’ll find you the crime.
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They filed a bunch of fraudulent pleadings and could not provide the least bit of evidence or precedent to support them. That's unethical.
99.99% of a lawyers job is unethical.
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a client asks me to do something unethical I immediately terminate the relationship.
I don’t believe you. You would be a broke arse lawyer with a lot of time on your hands….
Actually…… you know what………. That does kind of check out.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:40 am to Y.A. Tittle
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So, you think that’s what this is?
That depends on the merits of the underlying complaint
If we're talking what Jenna Ellis, Rudy, etc. did, then no.
If Dersh really got one, and it was bogus, then yes.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:40 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
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what the group is doing is "pure McCarthyism."
This has been very obvious since 2016.
Democrats are proving they hate "Democracy" every fricking day.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:41 am to beerJeep
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99.99% of a lawyers job is unethical.
Well I guess we're just making shite up, now.
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I don’t believe you.
Well you already left reality sometime, based on posting fantasy ITT.
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You would be a broke arse lawyer with a lot of time on your hands
Not at all. Lots of people need help without anything close to unethical behavior necessary.
Posted on 10/13/24 at 9:44 am to beerJeep
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99.99% of a lawyers job is unethical.
I think 99% of their job is sending out emails trying to get me to sue someone, anyone.
Its a fricking embarrassment.
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