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The Florida Supreme Court has declined to suspend the Florida law license of Kenneth Chesebro, convicted in Georgia of filing a false list of electors there to undermine Joe Biden\u2019s victory in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

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Instead, the justices issued a reprimand over the objection of Justice Jorge Labarga, the sole member of the court not appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. (Former Gov. Charlie Crist placed him on the Supreme Court in January 2009.)<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my view, the intentional commission of fraud upon the court is one of the most egregious ethical transgressions a lawyer can commit, and such serious misconduct necessitates the imposition of severe professional sanctions,\u201d Labarga wrote.<\/p>\n

Labarga said a written reprimand is \u201cdisproportionate to the severity of Chesebro\u2019s grave ethical violations\u201d and called Chesebro\u2019s actions \u201can intolerable breach of professional ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chesebro was a key figure in the plot to submit fraudulent certificates claiming that Trump won the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, instead of Biden.<\/p>\n

He was among 77 people pardoned by Trump for any federal crimes shortly after Trump resumed office. The pardon would not preclude any state charges.<\/p>\n

Chesebro pleaded guilty in October 2023 in Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit filing false documents for his role in the fake electors plan, Phoenix affiliate Georgia Recorder has reported. He was sentenced to five years\u2019 probation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHowever, because the conviction was entered pursuant to Georgia\u2019s First Offender Act, and Chesebro\u2019s probation was later terminated early, he was ultimately \u2018exonerated of guilt\u2019 and now \u2018stand[s] discharged as a matter of law.\u2019 Indeed, upon entering a consent order terminating probation, the Georgia trial court declared that Chesebro \u2018shall not be considered to have ever had a criminal conviction,\u2019\u201d Florida\u2019s high court noted.<\/p>\n

\u2018Unique\u2019<\/h4>\n

The unsigned majority opinion said the court was \u201cbound to respect the judgments of sister states under principles of comity.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, \u201cwe must fashion a remedy appropriate to the unique facts of this case and, after careful deliberation, find that a reprimand is appropriate,\u201d the opinion says. \u201cSuspension or a more serious sanction would have been fitting had Chesebro not been exonerated under the distinct circumstance presented here; Chesebro\u2019s full discharge under the Georgia First Offender Act, however, is a fact we do not ignore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florida\u2019s attorney ethics standards hold a reprimand appropriate \u201cwhen a lawyer negligently engages in conduct that is a violation of a duty owed as a professional and causes injury or potential injury to a client, the public, or the legal system,\u201d Labarga wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the discharge of Chesebro\u2019s conviction pursuant to Georgia\u2019s First Offender Act does not undo his admitted act of misconduct, I disagree with the majority\u2019s conclusion that suspension is inappropriate,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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