Ex-GOP Lawyer Jenna Ellis Has Her Law License Suspended For Three Years For Spreading Lies About 2020 Election

Jenna Ellis, a former legal advisor to the former president, has had her law license suspended in Colorado. This action comes from her involvement in the controversial efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The suspension, which begins on July 2, 2024, will prevent Ellis from practicing law in Colorado for three years. This latest development adds to the growing list of repercussions faced by those who assisted the ex-president in his unprecedented attempts to challenge the election outcome.

Ellis, a licensed attorney in Colorado for over a decade, pleaded guilty last year to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements in the Georgia election subversion case. As part of her plea agreement, she has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia.

In a remorseful statement delivered to the judge during her guilty plea, Ellis acknowledged the error of her ways and stated, “If I knew then what I know now, I would have declined to represent [the former president] in these post-election challenges. I look back on this experience with deep remorse.”

Before her guilty plea, the same Colorado attorney discipline judge had also publicly criticized Ellis for making ten misrepresentations following the 2020 election, including claims that the ex-president had won “in a landslide.”

In a recent letter addressed to the Colorado Supreme Court disciplinary authorities, Ellis rejected the former president’s election lies even further. She admitted that she initially believed the election challenges were “being made in good faith” but later realized that her colleagues had been spreading falsehoods, which she had unwittingly perpetuated.

“I want to tell the truth. In doing so, I wish to express my deep remorse and acknowledge the harm my misconduct has caused,” Ellis wrote, expressing her desire to encourage others who still deny the 2020 election results to reconsider their position.

This latest action against Ellis adds to the ongoing fallout for those who assisted in efforts to overturn the election. Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, two other prominent figures in the ex-president’s legal team, also lost their ability to practice law in various jurisdictions.