Democrats seek disciplinary investigation for Trump lawyer who called for violence against former election cybersecurity official

[Rogue Valley]

Democrats seek disciplinary investigation for Trump lawyer who called for violence against former election cybersecurity official

12/3/20
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday asked the DC Bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel to open an investigation into an attorney for the Trump campaign who had issued a call for violence against a former cybersecurity official who was ousted from his post after he rejected President Donald Trump's unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. Democratic Reps. Kathleen Rice of New York and Ted Lieu of California co-authored a letter sent to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel on Wednesday calling for an investigation into Joseph diGenova -- a former US attorney for the District of Columbia who serves as one of Trump's attorneys. The letter comes just days after diGenova was accused of violating his professional code of conduct and ethics when, during an appearance on "The Howie Carr Show[," he said Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, "should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot."

"If a lawyer licensed in the District of Columbia can -- while speaking in a representative capacity -- publicly call for the death of his client's perceived adversaries without consequences, the Counsel has abjectly failed in its duty. The Counsel must apply its standards equally and open an investigation into Mr. diGenova immediately," Rice and Lieu wrote in the letter. DiGenova on Tuesday tried to walk back his remarks by portraying them as a joke, saying in a statement distributed by the Trump campaign: "For anyone listening to the Howie Carr Show, it was obvious that my remarks were sarcastic and made in jest. I, of course, wish Mr. Krebs no harm. This was hyperbole in a political discourse."

DiGenova can be charged with making criminal threats, and also recommended for disbarment. An attorney simply cannot conduct himself like a two-bit thug.

 

[Casper]

Democrats seek disciplinary investigation for Trump lawyer who called for violence against former election cybersecurity official

DiGenova can be charged with making criminal threats, and also recommended for disbarment. An attorney simply cannot conduct himself like a two-bit thug.

Funny, I saw this also was looking for the thread discussing his insane remarks and you posted this thread, well done. He needs to be disbarred, Period. Thinking that if there are no laws against this sort of stuff then we need them, this is the sort of thing that can and does lead to people harming or even killing others because they think they are doing the right thing.