Professor Bruce Green shares his expert opinion on the latest campaign aimed at disbarring attorneys that had previously supported former President Trump’s attempts to reverse the results of the election.
Lawyers who backed former President Donald Trump’s bogus election reversal gambits are facing fresh opposition for their involvement — in the form of a flashy new campaign, launched this week by fellow members of the legal community, aimed at potentially disbarring the Trump-aligned attorneys.
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It’s “problematic,” said Fordham Law School professor Bruce Green, that the group is “accusing lawyers of misconduct in a very public way,” with news releases and a media rollout, before claims have been reviewed and validated by disciplinary boards.
“That’s basically designed to embarrass these lawyers, and that may have the effect of discouraging lawyers from engaging in politically involved work, even if they’re playing by the rules, because a group like this can misconstrue what they’re doing and embarrass them,” Green, who directs the university’s Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, told CNN.