Ex-Trump lawyer Chesebro disbarred over fake elector scheme

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Source: Reuters

June 26, 2025 4:02 PM EDT Updated 29 mins ago


June 26 (Reuters) - A New York appeals court on Thursday disbarred Kenneth Chesebro, a former lawyer for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, following his 2023 guilty plea to a charge stemming from efforts to overturn Trump's defeat in Georgia.

Chesebro had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit filing of false documents in Fulton County, Georgia, after prosecutors accused him of crafting the legal strategy behind a scheme to use alternate electors to circumvent Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state.

New York's Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department found that Chesebro's conduct "undercuts the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold." The appeals court indefinitely suspended Chesebro's law license in October 2024.

Chesebro and one of his attorneys did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Chesebro has defended his work with the Trump campaign and denied violating New York professional conduct rules.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/ex-trump-lawyer-chesebro-disbarred-over-fake-elector-scheme-2025-06-26/

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They need to get Sidney Powell. She has managed to skirt all around it. John Eastman is in the process of being disbarred.

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1. Maddow Blog-Kenneth Chesebro, 'architect' of pro-Trump 2020 fake elector scheme, disbarred in N.Y.

A judicial panel said the lawyer's misconduct undercut “the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold.”

The guy who helped create the scandalous fake electors scheme? He’s still dealing with the consequences of his criminal misjudgment.

The guy he was trying to help, who went even further to overturn the results of the election? He’s doing fine — in the Oval Office. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-06-26T19:23:05.912Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/kenneth-chesebro-disbarred-new-york-fake-elector-scheme-rcna215357

The man widely credited as the “architect” of that scheme is still confronting the consequences of his misjudgment. The Hill reported:

Ex-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise President Trump’s alternate electors strategy in 2020, has been disbarred in New York. A panel of judges on the Appellate Division — New York’s midlevel appeals court — ruled Thursday that Chesebro’s guilty plea in Georgia’s probe of efforts to subvert the state’s 2020 election results qualifies as a ‘serious crime,’ a finding that begets disciplinary action.

The judicial panel didn’t pull any punches, concluding that Chesebro’s guilty plea on one felony count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents was “unquestionably serious” and reflected on his “integrity and fitness to continue engaging in the practice of law in New York.”

They added that the Republican’s misconduct undercut “the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold.”.....

Because both the Georgia and Wisconsin cases relate to state charges, a presidential pardon wouldn’t help him.

Indeed, it’s worth appreciating the unusual nature of the broader circumstances: Chesebro is still being punished for trying to overturn the results of a free and fair American election, while Trump — who went even further to try to overturn that same election — was rewarded with the presidency.

I am glad that Chesebro is no longer a member of the bar

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2. This just could not happen to a more deserving person.

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3. Good, scheming bustard! Some justice has been done.