Judge Orders Pro-Trump Attorney Who Sued Mike Pence to Face Grievance Committee Over ‘Baseless Fraud Allegations and Tenuous Legal Claims’ Jerry Lambe
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Friday pilloried a Minnesota attorney who sued former Vice President
Mike Pence in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, referring him to the Committee on Grievances for possible disciplinary action.
U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia
James Boasberg, an appointee of
Barack Obama, said attorney
Erick Kaardal failed to “sufficiently allayed the Court’s concerns regarding potential bad faith” in filing the widely criticized December action that named Pence, Congress, several swing states, and even the Electoral College as defendants. The lattermost caused quite a stir amid the legal community, as the Electoral College isn’t actually an entity you can sue.
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.