Arizona State Rep. Alex Kolodin just lately got here below hearth from the State Bar Affiliation with sanctions for his efforts to problem elections and election procedures in 2020 and 2022.
Kolodin, the Arizona Home Elections Committee Vice Chair and Oversight Committee Chair, can also be working with Abraham Hamadeh’s authorized staff as they problem the stolen midterm election the place 60% of machines failed Republican voters on election day, and Abe reportedly “lost” by 280 votes.
He seemingly predicted any such motion in opposition to himself and different conservatives, telling The Gateway Pundit in January 2023, “It’s going to be pretty soon where you’re gonna be watching your back every time you open your mouth” relating to questioning election outcomes.
In line with Arizona State Bar paperwork, signed on November 6, 2023, and launched final week, Kolodin agreed to an admonition with 18 months of probation and the completion of 5 persevering with training and ethics programs as a way to save his legislation license from the lawless Bar Affiliation.
If they’ll intimidate or disbar good attorneys who’re keen to battle election fraud, the so-called “election deniers” won’t ever see their day in court docket — except they’re Democrats, after all.
Kolodin advised The Gateway Pundit, “There have been, over the past several years, numerous Democrat, dark money groups that have come after the few remaining conservative lawyers in this country because they want to deny conservatives access to the courtroom.”
“Their idea is when they do this, they’re going to be able to prosecute you with impunity, they’re going to be able to break the law with impunity. And there is going to be nobody standing between you and them to stop them. It’s time to start fighting back.”
Whereas The settlement states that Kolodin “violated his duty to the legal profession, the legal system, and the public,” it doesn’t even clarify how or why. It solely outlines 4 circumstances the place he represented conservatives and accuses him of negligence. Three of those circumstances handled elections.
Kari Lake, who’s now operating for US Senate after her stolen 2022 election for Governor, the place 60% of the machines failed on election day, famous that Kolodin is solely “being persecuted for standing up and taking on election cases.”
“The weaponized and politicized Arizona State Bar is punishing him for doing his job,” she added.
Arizona State Rep. @realAlexKolodin is a hero.
He’s a brave lawyer and an trustworthy lawmaker who’s being persecuted for standing up and taking over election circumstances.
The weaponized and politicized Arizona State Bar is punishing him for doing his job.If we permit this, none… https://t.co/wjfRP5ZsH9
— Kari Lake (@KariLake) December 17, 2023
Rachel Alexander of the Arizona Solar-Occasions reports,
The Arizona Bar charged Kolodin (pictured above) with a number of guidelines usually used to disbar conservative attorneys. As a part of the settlement, Kolodin admitted his actions violated Rule 42, ERs 3.1 and eight.4(d) of the Arizona Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct. ER 3.1 prohibits attorneys from bringing “frivolous” lawsuits, and eight.4(d) prohibits attorneys from “engag[ing] in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.”
Kolodin was not required to confess any specifics of wrongdoing, and the settlement didn’t clarify how he violated the 2 moral guidelines, which is uncommon in an Settlement for Consent by Self-discipline.
Kolodin’s self-discipline is named an “admonition.” He may also be required to pay the prices and bills of the continuing inside 30 days and take sure Persevering with Authorized Schooling programs inside 18 months. The settlement said that aggravating components had been discovered, together with “multiple offenses” and “substantial experience in the practice of law.” Kolodin has practiced legislation for 10 years. In earlier bar disciplinary circumstances, the Arizona Bar usually stated 10 years was “too inexperienced” when handing out self-discipline.
The Arizona Bar primarily cited three circumstances Kolodin filed together with different co-counsel: Aguilera v. Fontes (Aguilera I), Aguilera/Drobina v. Fontes (Aguilera II), and Bowyer v. Ducey, which he filed with famed lawyer Sidney Powell.
The 65 Undertaking, which information complaints in opposition to election attorneys who challenged the 2020 election outcomes over considerations of criminal activity, initially filed a grievance in opposition to Kolodin. A number of progressive attorneys in management positions on the Arizona Bar additionally filed complaints, together with LGBT activist Amelia Craig Cramer, a former bar president, and Robert McWhirter. McWhirter, a member of the board of governors, steadily attacked former Maricopa County Lawyer Andrew Thomas, whom the Arizona Bar finally disbarred in 2012 associated to his efforts with former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio rooting out corruption throughout the Maricopa County Supervisors and stopping unlawful immigration. Others who filed complaints in opposition to Kolodin included Diane Post, a progressive activist and authorized director for Secular AZ, and Roxana Bacon, an immigrant activist and Democratic operative who served as co-chair on the Phoenix mayoral marketing campaign of Democrat Terry Goddard.
In all three lawsuits talked about above, Kolodin represented shoppers difficult the rigged 2020 election.
The settlement additionally cites a fourth lawsuit the place former Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem, State Sen. Anthony Kern, and Congressman Paul Gosar had been pressured to pay $75,000 in lawyer’s charges after shedding a defamation lawsuit final 12 months. Finchem, Kern, and Gosar sued former State Rep. Charlene Fernandez, accusing her of defamation after she “co-authored, signed, and published a false and misleading Criminal Referral Letter to the Acting Attorney General of the United States,” claiming the legislators “through words and conduct, aided and abetted sedition, treason or any other federal crimes.” Nevertheless, the Decide ruled that Fernandez’s conduct was protected by the First Modification, and the lawsuit was “filed against a political opponent primarily for purposes of harassment.”
Democrats can attempt to have individuals arrested, however when conservatives attempt to battle again, they face much more penalties.
That is the most recent in a collection of authorized assaults on conservatives associated to the stolen elections in Arizona main as much as the 2024 elections.
As The Gateway Pundit just lately reported, Arizona Lawyer Common Kris Mayes (D) introduced final month {that a} grand jury indicted Republican Cochise County Supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd on felony costs of Interference with an Election Officer and Conspiracy. That is all as a result of they needed to make sure accuracy with a hand depend audit of the stolen 2022 election earlier than formally certifying.
Learn Kolodin’s settlement with the State Bar under:
Kolodin Agreement for Discipline by Consent by Jordan Conradson on Scribd
