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Former President Donald Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis this month was the latest defendant to plead guilty to making false statements about election fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
It was alleged that she attended a meeting with Georgia lawmakers where Trump’s personal lawyer and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and she both made false claims about voting irregularities, including that fraudulent mail-in ballots were counted, that thousands of felons illegally voted, that more than 60,000 underage people illegally registered to vote, and that more than 10,000 dead people voted in Georgia, among other claims.
She and Mr. Guiliani also traveled to other states won by President Biden and recited the same facts in an effort to appoint alternate slates of presidential electors.
In her statement to the court, Ms. Ellis said she relied on more experienced lawyers to provide her facts about the alleged election fraud and stated, “I failed to do my due diligence.”
What should an employee do if your employer asks you to do something illegal?
The easy answer is this: Just say no. “Doing what I was told” is not a defense.
Of course, it is not that easy when an employee does not want to lose his or her job. As Ms. Ellis found out the hard way, however, the trouble is that when the illegal action is uncovered, you could go to jail.
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