Fake 2020 electors face investigation by State Bar of Georgia

The State Bar of Georgia has opened investigations into two lawyers who served on a fake slate of electors for then-President Donald Trump.

The bar association informed Brad Carver of Atlanta and Daryl R. Moody of Alpharetta that it has referred complaints against them to the State Disciplinary Board.

A nonprofit legal watchdog called the 65 Project filed the complaints in March, accusing Carver and Moody of violating professional conduct rules by falsely swearing to be official presidential electors for Georgia in documents that were submitted to state and federal officials.

The 65 Project has undertaken similar efforts in other states against lawyers who were involved in Trump’s campaign to overturn the election.

Carver, in an April letter to the bar association, accused the 65 Project of “weaponizing the bar’s grievance process and attempting to ruin attorneys’ lives and reputations for perceived political gain.”

The two Georgia lawyers were members of a slate of Republican electors who met in December 2020 to vote for Trump, even though Democrat Joe Biden had won the state.

At the time, Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer, another of the 16 fake electors, said they were casting votes to preserve Trump’s legal options in then-pending litigation that sought to overturn Biden’s victory. Since then, evidence has emerged that fake electors in Georgia and other states that Biden won played a key role in Trump’s efforts to overturn the election in Congress.

The complaints against Carver and Moody say they disregarded the U.S. Constitution and violated federal and state laws. It said the attorneys also violated professional rules against engaging in dishonest, fraudulent or deceitful acts.

In his written response, Carver said the Republican Party informed him the electors’ vote was needed to preserve Trump’s litigation, which was later

If the bar ultimately determines discipline is warranted, it could confidentially or publicly reprimand Carver and Moody, or it could take stronger action, such as a suspension or even disbarment.