A bipartisan group of legal watchdogs filed a complaint against Longmont’s Jenna Ellis on Thursday
Longmont native Jenna Ellis, who worked as a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, faces an effort to disbar her in Colorado for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
The bipartisan watchdog group States United Democracy Center filed a complaint against Ellis Thursday with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, asking for an investigation into whether she violated her ethical obligations as an attorney.
After the election Ellis “knowingly spread falsehoods” about its results; helped Trump try to persuade former Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election results by providing “misleading legal advice;” and “amplifying false theories of voter fraud.”
A former aide for Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, appeared to testify earlier this year that Ellis – identified in testimony only as “Ms. Ellis” – took part in meetings before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot discussing what options Pence had when faced with certifying the 2020 election results.
That aide, Cassidy Hutchinson, also mentioned Western Slope U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and John Eastman, a former University of Colorado visiting scholar, among those who took part in the meetings leading up to the insurrection.