Former Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Censured by Colorado Supreme Court Judge for Misrepresentations About 2020 Presidential Election

Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, was censured by a Colorado Supreme Court judge on Wednesday for misconduct related to her spreading of false claims about the 2020 presidential election.

The Colorado Supreme Court Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel (OARC) said in a statement that Ellis had engaged in political speech that crossed a line. The OARC said that Ellis had agreed to a censure agreement in a discipline case, in which she acknowledged that several claims she had made about the election were “misrepresentations.”

The statements from Ellis, once a Trump critic who later joined his legal team, included those claiming the election was “stolen” from Trump and the outcome of the election was “actually fraudulent.” Ellis was active on Twitter late Wednesday, retweeting a post from one user that claimed she “never admitted she lied” and that “nothing in the stipulation agreed to anything having been false, dishonest, or misleading.”

Bryon M. Large, a presiding disciplinary judge for the state’s Supreme Court, approved the censure agreement, which was filed on April 7. The agreement noted that Ellis had “engaged in misconduct” by making “misrepresentations” about the election.

The OARC said in its statement that the public censure was meant to reinforce that attorneys “cannot cross” a line when engaging in political speech, “particularly when they are speaking in a representative capacity.”

Ellis has not commented publicly on the censure agreement. It is unclear if she will face any further disciplinary action.