Unsatisfactory Performance Led to Trump Lawyer s Dismissal From Colorado DA Office: Report
On 12/15/20 at 4:55 PM EST
In a
Wall Street Journal profile of her earlier this month, she said she d been fired from a previous role as a prosector for the Weld County District Attorney s office in Colorado after she refused to bring a case to trial that she believed was an unethical prosecution. A new report by the Colorado Sun, however, casts doubt on that version of events.
According to records obtained by the Sun from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, in 2013 Ellis was fired from her position as the deputy district attorney due to unsatisfactory performance.
Trump Campaign’s Jenna Ellis Was Fired from Job as Local Prosecutor in 2013 for ‘Unsatisfactory Performance’ and ‘Mistakes on Cases’ Colin Kalmbacher
Trump campaign senior legal adviser
Jenna Ellis was previously fired from her prior job as a low-level prosecutor for poor job performance.
According to records obtained by the
Colorado Sun via the Colorado Open Records Act, Ellis was fired by the Weld County District Attorney’s office in 2013 because she repeatedly and consistently “made mistakes on cases” that should not have occurred.
“In this case, the employer discharged [Ellis] because she failed to meet the employer’s expectations 100 percent of the time,” a Hearing Officer’s Decision released by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment notes.
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