Ellis late Wednesday retweeted a Twitter post that claimed she “never admitted she lied” and that “nothing in the stipulation agreed to anything having been false, dishonest, deceptive, or intentional.” She didn’t respond to HuffPost’s inquiry.
Bryon M. Large, Colorado’s state Supreme Court-appointed chief disciplinary judge, said Ellis’ misconduct caused “actual harm by undermining the American public’s confidence in the presidential election.”
“The public censure in this matter reinforces that even if engaged in political speech, there is a line attorneys cannot cross, particularly when they are speaking in a representative capacity,” the state Supreme Court’s office of attorney regulation counsel said in a statement.
The censure follows a complaint in May by the States United Democracy Center, which called on Colorado authorities to investigate Ellis for multiple violations “of professional rules” due to her work with the former president, according to Colorado Newsline.
