The Minnesota Supreme Court has indefinitely suspended attorney Susan Shogren Smith, who authorities say filed legal challenges in the November 2020 election without permission of the plaintiffs.

The suspension from practicing law came Thursday, on the heels of a petition for disciplinary action against Shogren Smith filed by the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility saying that she has conducted professional misconduct.

The Brooklyn Center attorney was given a $10,000 sanction in 2021 after a judge found she “bamboozled” voters into signing on as plaintiffs without their knowledge or permission to file legal challenges against the election of five congressional Democrats.

Calls to Shogren Smith on Friday were not returned.

The petition for disciplinary action noted that a thre

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