I should be clear - no matter how this turns out for him, I don't expect him to go to prison.
Though with the way he misused his position, he should.
Still, if he ends up getting disbarred/losing his license to practice law, he'll join Andrew Thomas in ignominy and irrelevance.
Generally speaking, the state bar association doesn't sanction attorneys, except for two real reasons.
If they do what Thomas did, accuse judges of wrongdoing without providing evidence, and/or bringing discredit to the entire profession.
Which may be tough to do, but using a position of public trust to aid and abet treason will do that.
Did Brnovich do that? I think so, but it's your (the reader's) call. From MSNBC (emphasis added by me) -
Mark Brnovich sacrificed his integrity for Trump — and got nothing in return
In the days after the 2020 election, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich did something most Republican leaders across the nation didn’t have the courage to do: He publicly refuted Donald Trump’s election lies.
On Nov. 12, 2020, the former federal prosecutor appeared on Fox Business and stated that his office had investigated complaints in connection with Arizona’s election, which had already been called for Joe Biden. “There is no evidence,” Brnovich declared. “There are no facts that would lead anyone to believe that the election results will change.” At the time, The Washington Post noted Brnovich was “the first high-ranking Republican in Arizona to reject the president’s fraud claims in the state.”
Sadly, Brnovich’s bravery didn’t last. Documents first shared with the Post by Arizona’s new Attorney General, Kris Mayes, show Brnovich trafficked in election misinformation to help himself politically and hid findings that disproved claims of fraud. It was a glaring example of the corrupting influence that comes with wooing Donald Trump and the supporters who believe his lies.
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