An attorney for a group of Republicans who filed a lawsuit late last year seeking to block the certification of the 2020 election is appealing a disciplinary ruling against him over his involvement in the case.
By Celine Castronuovo - 02/20/21 08:10 PM EST
An attorney who filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in at least five battleground states was officially referred on Friday to receive potential disciplinary action.
In the court order, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg for the District of Columbia argued that the lawsuit brought by Minnesota lawyer Erick Kaardal on behalf of voters in several states contained “numerous shortcomings,” including the “flimsiness of the underlying basis for the suit.”
Boasberg added that the action requested by the lawsuit “to invalidate the election and prevent the electoral votes from being counted” is “staggering.”
A federal judge pilloried an attorney who sued former VP Mike Pence in an attempt to overturn 2020 election, referring him to the Committee on Grievances for possible disciplinary action.
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according to the state attorney general s office the tea party favorite has filed an election lawsuit in the wrong court. miller s suit challenges the legality of certain write-in ballots for senator lisa murkowski claiming alaska election officials are improperly counting ballots that don t have her name spelled exactly right. the attorney general says miller filed his latest challenge in federal court. but that the state court is, quote, the proper forum for this case. meanwhile, as the count continues, we re told senator murkowski has 90% of the write-in vote. dan springer with the news from juneau, alaska. joe miller is an attorney. what is he saying about the filing of the case in the wrong place. well, of course, he is defending that he filed this suit in federal court and that that is the right place for it he says this is a federal matter. but, of course, you are hearing that the attorney general in the state of alaska says this is a state matter. this is a challenge to how t