WA lawyer who made false election claims can't practice law for a year

A lawyer accused of making false claims about the 2020 Washington governor's race has been banned from practicing in the state for one year.

The Washington State Bar suspended the license of attorney Stephen Pidgeon and the state Supreme Court just upheld that order.

Pidgeon was an attorney for Republican gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp. After Culp lost, Pidgeon claimed that the state ran an illegal and unfair election and filed a lawsuit on behalf of the candidate.

The state Supreme Court ruled that Pidgeon did not have the facts to back up his election claims. According to The Seattle Times, the court called his actions "frivolous."

Washington's Democratic Party initially called for Pidgeon to be disciplined.

"It's just important that we hold these folks accountable. You're even seeing that with the Trump indictments," said Shasti Conrad, chair of the state Democratic Party.

Pidgeon told KUOW that he no longer intends to practice law, and if he ever did, Washington state would be last on his list.