The Georgia bar should investigate Donald Trump-allied lawyer Stefan Passantino for allegedly attempting to obstruct the House Jan. 6 probe, an advocacy group said Thursday.
Passantino violated professional ethics rules by advising former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson not to speak truthfully and to provide as little information as possible to the House panel investigating Jan. 6, The 65 Project claims.
The State Bar of Georgia should pursue “appropriate discipline” for efforts to “obstruct a necessary inquiry into an insurrection,” the group said in a letter to the bar.
The 65 Project launched last year to target lawyers they claim ...
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