After the 2020 election, legal watchdogs, outraged at some of their colleagues, filed scores of ethics complaints against lawyers who used their skills in questionable ways to help former President Donald J. Trump stay in power. Notable successes include securing judgments that have led to pro-Trump lawyers like John Eastman and Rudolph W. Giuliani having their law licenses deactivated. The 65 Project is now taking a proactive approach, planning to run advertisements warning lawyers about the ethical implications of false claims.
Beginning Thursday, the 65 Project will run ads in legal journals across swing states. These ads will remind lawyers that they are ethically barred from presenting false claims on behalf of clients, effectively saying, 'Don't risk your law license by joining an effort to subvert democracy; we and the public are watching.' This initiative comes as the political landscape heats up, with an expectation of aggressive Republican challenges to voter rights, rules, and potentially election results.
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