Lawyers send letter to Hageman denouncing claims election was ‘rigged’ – By Maya Shimizu Harris & Mary Steurer (Casper Star Tribune) / Sept 22, 2022
Agroup of Wyoming lawyers sent a letter last week to Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for U.S. House Harriet Hageman expressing their “deep concern and disappointment” about her public comment last month that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
Hageman, a land attorney, beat out incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by nearly 40 points in a closely-watched primary race. At an Aug. 3 forum in Casper, Hageman said the election was “rigged to make sure that President Trump could not get reelected.”
“What happened in 2020 is a travesty. It should never happen again. We need to make sure our elections are free and fair,” she said.
The letter argues that Hageman should “know” that her comments “were both false and incendiary,” and that the statement violates the Wyoming State Bar’s rules of conduct, as well as the oath attorneys take when admitted to the bar. It was signed by 41 Wyoming lawyers including former attorney general Pat Crank, former Wyoming Supreme Court Justice Michael Golden, Wyoming State Bar President Christopher Hawks, President Elect Anna Reeves Olson and past president Kenneth Barbe II and John Robinson, one of the attorneys challenging Wyoming’s abortion ban.
