Gov. Whitmer calls for former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell to lose law license due to ‘grave attorney misconduct’

Powell was initially very active in the Trump team's legal efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 general election, which the former President claimed were fraudulent due to widespread voting irregularities and illegitimacies.

Several of the lawsuits headed by Powell alleged that Democrat election officials colluded with Dominion Voting Systems to tip the scales towards blue victories. Dominion filed a billion dollar lawsuit against Powell in response.

Whitmer is now calling for Powell to be disbarred in Michigan and Texas.

"She did not just tiptoe near a precarious ethical line — she outright crossed it," Whitmer wrote in the complaint.

"By filing a frivolous lawsuit based on false statements and by brazenly attempting to disenfranchise Michigan voters during the recent presidential election, she engaged in grave attorney misconduct," she continued.

Whitmer further accused Powell of disenfranchising voters as well as of being responsible for the violence at the capitol building on Jan. 6.

"She filed a complaint based on falsehoods, used her law license in an attempt to disenfranchise Michigan voters and undermine the faith of the public in the legitimacy of the recent presidential election, and lent credence to untruths that led to violence and unrest," Whitmer continued in the complaint.

"In doing so, she violated both her attorney oath and the rules of professional conduct that govern the practice of law."