Former Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro disbarred in New York over 2020 election interference case
By: NBC News
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June 26, 2025, 8:08 PM EDTBy Zoe Richards
Kenneth Chesebro, a former legal adviser for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, is now barred from practicing law in New York over his role in a scheme to overturn Trump's election loss five years ago.
In an order Thursday, a state appeals court in New York said Chesebro's criminal conduct, namely conspiring to commit filing false documents in connection with efforts to negate Trump's 2020 defeat in Georgia to Joe Biden, "undercuts the very notion of our constitutional democracy that he, as an attorney, swore an oath to uphold."
Chesebro was first admitted to practice law in New York in 2007. His disbarment is effective immediately, the order says.
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Chesebro played a key role in devising a strategy to create slates of fake pro-Trump electors in Georgia, and six other states the president lost to Biden to disrupt or delay Congress from certifying Biden's victory on Jan. 6, 2021.
In 2023, he struck a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents after he was indicted on seven counts.
Trump pleaded not guilty in the case, which included indictments against him, Chesebro and 17 others. The case stalled this year, in large part because of Trump's election win in November and the removal of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as prosecutor.
The court, which had initially suspended Chesebro from practicing law in the New York last year, said in Thursday's order that Chesebro's "cavalier attitude regarding his actions, particularly in the face of his extensive background in the areas of constitutional and election law, largely aggravates his conduct."
According to the order, an official tasked with putting together a report on evidence and testimony also disputed an argument from Chesebro's attorney that it was incorrect to characterize his client as the architect of Trump's plans to overturn the election.
The court said the official noted that "despite efforts to combat the description that respondent was the 'architect' of Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, the testimony and documentary evidence produced at the hearing fully support such a claim, inasmuch as respondent's legal analysis and implementation guidelines fueled the effort."
An attorney for Chesebro did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.
Chesebro is one of many Trump-allied attorneys who were penalized for their involvement in Trump's election interference efforts.
Rudy Giuliani was disbarred in New York and Washington, D.C., and Jenna Ellis was prohibited from practicing law in Colorado for three years after she pleaded guilty in connection with Trump's efforts to subvert the election.
Zoe Richards
Zoe Richards is a politics reporter for NBC News.
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What's the count up to on former Trump lawyers who have been disbarred?
... not quite enough yet.
I wonder if Giuliani has handed over compensation to those election workers he slandered yet?
he's waiting for his clock to run out ...
... or his liquor cabinet.
enough to form their own baseball team
... track team, for chasing ambulances ...
Nice! Good to see that justice does win, even if it takes a while to play out.
... yeah, almost 6 years after committing the crimes ...
and the 'right' will continue to call it Lawfare, as they just pile up anywhere in proximity of their golden boy always the victim, innocent of ALL wrongdoing, all as he fleeces our nation, violates our Constitution, and should be in a rubberized room institution....
Agreed. Some can't admit when they or their idol are wrong, and can be pretty nasty in their denial.
... rubber caskets, what a great idea for recycling old tires.
You know what pisses me off about this? That the lying orange sack of monkey shit is still walking free only because he won a goddamn election.
at his current rate of mental deterioration, unlike ronny raygun, he won't be leaving the white house under his own power ...
yes, and you are not alone in being pist off
Good.
all those that pushed the fake elector scheme also need to be in jail ...
Disbarment is great, but these people need criminal punishments. Fines. Jail time. The fact that it can’t happen - because the ring leader is president and his cabinet and Congress are all loyal henchmen - is something so gross, I never thought it could happen in this country.
That makes three of us. /s
... 4
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am i part of meta
check your shoes ...
i did
at the door, and now my sox are like my mind,
all dirty
IDK-- but if memory serves, didn't you used to play one on TV?