Trump Attorneys Are Referred To Judicial Disciplinary Action From Spreading Election Misinformation

 

Photo: Los Angeles Times

Spreading misinformation is not against the law if the spreader is a private citizen who is operating on social media.  Although, the rules of spreading misinformation changes when that private citizen is also an officer of the Judicial system (i.e., a lawyer).  Back in November of 2020, an army of Trump lawyers were touting across the states that voter fraud had been occuring. On a large scale.  Judgment after judgment came down from courts across the United States disproving allegations of voter fraud.

Now, in one of those courts, a judge has gone further and recommended disciplinary action for lawyers who have spread misinformation about voter fraud.  In the excerpt below from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show, the rulings are highlighted along with the language which could result in disciplinary actions for the lawyers listed:

The lesson outlined in the video above is a take-away message for attorneys all around the United States.  Don't spread misinformation outside of a courtroom prior or after walking into a court of law and having a case thrown out (or dismissed) based on lack of evidence.  You are just wasting the public's time and the courts time too -- which is the publics time.  Hopefully, these lawyers will be disciplined for the misinformation that has helped further divide our country.