Another lawyer involved in actions to undermine the results of the 2020 and 2022 elections is now facing calls for professional discipline. Attorney Kurt Olsen, who counseled former President Donald Trump in his attempt to use the U.S. Justice Department to overturn his 2020 election loss, is at the center of an ethics complaint filed by pro-democracy groups last week.
The States United Democracy Center and Lawyers Defending American Democracy are asking the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission and the District of Columbia’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel to investigate Olsen’s actions. These include assisting Kari Lake in her unsuccessful petition to the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn her 2022 gubernatorial loss.
The complaint accuses Olsen of flouting his responsibilities as an attorney and engaging in unethical conduct by spreading election misinformation. “Kurt Olsen has abused his law license to spread lies about our elections in the courtroom time and time again, and his pattern of unethical conduct shows he’s not going to stop,” said Gillian Feiner, Senior Counsel at the States United Democracy Center.
Olsen helped bring Texas v. Pennsylvania in 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court case that aimed to stop Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin from certifying Trump’s election loss. Additionally, in 2022, Olsen participated in Lake v. Hobbs, the election contest in Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court that claimed the results of the governor’s race should be overturned. Both cases were dismissed due to a lack of evidence.
Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert faces felony charges in Michigan for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to obtain and improperly access voting machines used in the 2020 presidential election. Earlier this month, Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in New York after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss.
Further details on this unfolding situation regarding Kurt Olsen and other legal professionals involved in election-related legal actions can be found in the full article.