Patrick Colbeck

Attorney Plea Agreements – Coerced Admissions Under Financial Duress (GA)

Disputed Fact Attorneys Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro, and Sidney Powell each pleaded guilty in October 2023 to reduced charges — with the RICO count dropped in every instance in exchange for probation and cooperation obligations. Ellis stated in open court that she had “failed to do my due diligence” and that “if I knew then

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Malicious Prosecution of Attorneys for Providing Legal Advice Regarding Elections (GA)

Disputed Fact Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis used Georgia’s RICO statute to indict five lawyers who had provided legal advice to the Trump campaign — Giuliani, Powell, Eastman, Chesebro, and Ellis — charging specific legal-service activities, including the drafting of legal memoranda and the filing of a federal court complaint, as predicate criminal acts.[1]

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Attorney Sanctions Used to Deter Election Integrity Litigation in Arizona Election Cases (AZ)

Disputed Fact The Maricopa County Superior Court ordered the Arizona Republican Party and its lawyers to pay opposing counsel’s fees after they sued over Maricopa County’s 2020 election procedures and sought a broader hand‑count audit. In doing so, the court labeled the lawsuit “groundless” and said it was brought for the “improper purpose” of undermining

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Systematic Attorney Discipline Against Election Litigation Attorneys (US)

Disputed Fact Post 2020 election integrity lawyers were subjected to an unusually broad, coordinated pattern of professional discipline, and suggesting this may function as systemic deterrence (“lawfare”) against election fraud litigation. Multiple high profile election integrity attorneys—Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, and Michigan attorney Matthew DePerno—faced disbarment, suspension, or bar referrals explicitly

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FALSE “64 Lawsuits Prove No Election Fraud”

In the wake of the 2020 election, 64 election lawsuits were filed by the Trump campaign and their supporters.  The popular narrative surrounding these lawsuits is that they were dismissed because they did not present substantive evidence of election fraud. “Over 60 separate lawsuits brought by President Trump’s campaign and its supporters across the country

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Election Systems Are Critical Infrastructure

The designation of U.S. election systems as critical infrastructure is rooted in the broader federal critical‑infrastructure framework that emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, particularly after the USA PATRIOT Act formalized the concept and definition of “critical infrastructure” following the 9/11 attacks.  In January 2017 under the Obama Administration, then‑DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson

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How Much Election Fraud Is “Significant”?

2020 Election Analysis To assess the materiality of alleged electoral irregularities in the 2020 presidential election, a threshold analysis must first establish the minimum vote margin required to alter the election outcome. Under Article II of the United States Constitution and the Twelfth Amendment, presidential election results are determined by Electoral College allocation, requiring a

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Judicial Tenure Commission refusal to take disciplinary actions (MI)

Established Fact In a June 30, 2025 response to complaint filed with the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission against sitting MI Supreme Court Justice Kyra H Bolden, the commission asserted that it had completed an investigation of the judicial misconduct complaint and determined that no disciplinary action was required against Bolden for accepting and $82,500 contribution

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Michigan Supreme Court refusal to call for investigation into bribery charges of MI SoS and one of the MI Supreme Court Justices (MI)

Established Fact An appeal of the AGC ruling in favor of MI SoS Benson was filed with the MI Supreme Court. On May 22, 2025, the MI Supreme Court responded “On order of the Court, the complaint for superintending control is considered, and relief is DENIED, because the Court is not persuaded that it should

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