Top Michigan Officials File Complaints Seeking Disbarment of Sidney Powell and Her ‘Kraken’ Team – By Adam Klasfeld (Law and Crime) / Feb 1 2021
The list of Michiganders seeking right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell’s disbarment grew in size and clout on Monday with razor-sharp swipes from the Wolverine State’s top officials: Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Each of them filed complaints seeking to take away Powell’s law license.
The three leaders, all Democrats, also filed similar complaints against Powell’s co-counsel Greg Rohl, Scott Hagerstrom and Stefanie Junttila.
“These attorneys filed a complaint based on falsehoods, used their law license in an attempt to disenfranchise Michigan voters and undermine the faith of the public in the legitimacy of the recent presidential election, and lent credence to untruths that led to violence and unrest,” Nessel said in a statement. “In doing so, they violated their oath and the ethical rules to which they are bound, abused the court system, and compromised the administration of justice — an important foundation of our civil society and the very bulwark of our democratic institutions. Anything short of disbarment would be an injustice to the American people.”
The Michigan leaders filed their complaints with the Attorney Grievance Commission of the State of Michigan and the State Bar of Texas, quoting the words of the Lone Star State’s highest court calling for attorneys to honor their “obligation to maintain confidence in our judicial system.”
