The U.S. Supreme Court threw Laura Loomer's longtime lawyer out of its bar on Monday. Here's his discipline record, what the viral posts got wrong, and the machine he and his client built.
By Joseph Jackson | TAMPA (Nov. 9, 2026)
What happened Monday
On Monday, Nov. 9, the U.S. Supreme Court disbarred Larry Elliot Klayman from practicing law before the Court. The one-paragraph order, docket D-3165, notes the Court had already suspended him on June 8, 2026, ordered him to show cause why he shouldn't be disbarred, and received his response. Then: "It is ordered that Larry Elliot Klayman is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court."
The order doesn't list a reason. It doesn't have to. Klayman's record does that.
D.C., 2020: 90-day suspension by the D.C. Court of Appeals.
D.C., 2022: 18-month suspension, plus a requirement that he prove fitness before he can practice again. The case grew out of his handling of a client's sexual harassment suit. The court found he developed romantic feelings for the client, which created a conflict that hurt her case.
Federal courts: the D.C. Circuit and federal courts in Florida imposed matching (reciprocal) discipline.
Florida, Nov. 6, 2025: the Florida Supreme Court suspended him for two years, six months longer than D.C. The court cited a pattern of misconduct, bad-faith obstruction of the disciplinary process and false evidence.
Pennsylvania, 2026: reciprocal discipline there too.
U.S. Supreme Court, 2026: suspended in June, disbarred Monday.
Klayman has called the rulings flawed and politically motivated. He did not respond to reporters' requests for comment on Monday's order.
Setting the record straight on what's going around
A viral Threads post this afternoon claimed Klayman was "formally DISBARRED from ever practicing law in Florida again" and is "currently representing Laura Loomer." Both parts are wrong, and we don't fight lies with more lies.
Florida: Klayman is suspended for two years in Florida, not disbarred. A separate Florida Bar complaint filed in October 2025 could lead to a longer suspension or disbarment if it's upheld. FMNN has not confirmed how that case stands.
Monday's order is a U.S. Supreme Court disbarment. It removes him from the Supreme Court bar. It is not a Florida ruling.
Loomer: Klayman stopped representing Loomer in her case against Bill Maher when his Florida suspension took effect in December 2025. Fort Lauderdale attorney Frederick Sujat took over.
The real record is bad enough. We don't need to add to it.
The client: Laura Loomer
Klayman and Loomer go back years. He represented her in her 2018 suit against social media companies that banned her, which was dismissed. He represented her in a suit against New York Media and others, where a Florida judge dismissed the case under the anti-SLAPP law and invited the defendants to seek sanctions against Klayman. And he filed her $150 million defamation suit against Bill Maher and HBO over a joke Maher made about her and Trump.
That suit ended on April 22, 2026, when a federal judge in the Middle District of Florida ruled that Maher's remarks were obvious jokes, not statements of fact, and threw the case out. Loomer appealed to the Eleventh Circuit, with Sujat handling the appeal.
It's the same pattern every time: file loud, lose quietly, fundraise on the outrage.
Meanwhile, the client's business
The disbarment landed the same week Loomer's own business came under fire. On Nov. 5, Trump digital strategist Alex Bruesewitz told her publicly: "I've paid you for tweets before. I haven't for at least a year though. I also know you still get paid by others for tweets." Two days later, the Washington Post reported it had seen records of more than $60,000 paid to Loomer and her company since May 2025, which two sources said was for political posts. Loomer denies being paid to tweet and says her business is opposition research.
FMNN Investigates has the full story later today: who's paying political influencers, how much, and why the law doesn't make them tell you.
What the Loomer machine sells
Loomer's record isn't a matter of opinion. In June 2023 she shared a video claiming 9/11 was an "inside job," then rode with Trump to the 9/11 memorial the next year. She has called the Jan. 6 attack and the Butler assassination attempt "inside jobs." She helped push the false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, a claim local officials said had no credible evidence behind it, and which Trump repeated on a debate stage in front of tens of millions of voters.
And it doesn't stay online. Loomer has taken credit for a string of firings across the Trump administration: National Security Council staff, NSA leadership, federal prosecutors, FDA officials. Trump has downplayed her role and his administration has denied it in some cases. But Trump himself has said that if you're "Loomered," you're in deep trouble. Officials have told reporters they take her seriously because the president does.
That's the machine: an unelected, undisclosed, sometimes-paid influencer pushes a claim; the claim reaches the president; the president repeats it or acts on it; careers end and voters are misled. When it goes to court, a lawyer with a decades-long discipline file files the suit, loses, and the loss becomes the next fundraising email.
My take: this is an attack on the country
This section is opinion.
I'm going to say plainly what I believe. Lying to the American public for money, on purpose, to change how they vote, is one of the worst things a person can do to this country. It isn't just "politics" and it isn't just "content."
Legally, treason has a narrow meaning in the Constitution: making war on the United States or helping its enemies. Domestic terrorism has a legal meaning too, built around violence. Paid propaganda isn't charged under either, and I'm not claiming it legally meets them. But in plain words, the effect is close: it turns Americans against each other, hollows out institutions from the inside and takes away the one thing a democracy needs, which is voters who are working from the same facts. Those are the results enemies of this country would pay for. That should scare everyone, left and right.
When a political consultant can buy posts from a "journalist," and that journalist has the president's ear, the voters aren't the customers. They're the product.
Bruesewitz asked the question that matters: what percentage of her tweets are paid for? Until Loomer answers it, every post she makes deserves the same label a TV ad gets. Paid for by... somebody.
What comes next
Klayman's Florida suspension runs two years from December 2025, and the separate Florida Bar complaint could go further. FMNN will follow it.
Loomer's appeal in the Maher case is pending in the Eleventh Circuit.
Congress should require disclosure when political firms pay influencers to post, the way broadcast ads already have to say who paid for them. With Democrats taking both chambers in January, there's no excuse not to.
Sources
U.S. Supreme Court, Order List, Nov. 9, 2026 (D-3165, disbarment) — https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/110926zor_ap6c.pdf
U.S. Supreme Court, Order List, June 8, 2026 (D-3165, suspension) — https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/060826zor_21p3.pdf
Bloomberg Law, "Judicial Watch Founder Larry Klayman Disbarred at Supreme Court" (Nov. 9, 2026) — https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judicial-watch-founder-larry-klayman-disbarred-at-supreme-court
Washington Times, "Supreme Court disbars Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman" (Nov. 9, 2026) — https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/9/supreme-court-disbars-judicial-watch-founder-larry-klayman/
The Florida Bar v. Klayman, SC2023-1219 (Fla. Nov. 6, 2025) — https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/fl-supreme-court/117908069.html
Florida Bulldog, "Florida Supreme Court suspends MAGA lawyer…" (Nov. 2025) — https://www.floridabulldog.org/2025/11/florida-supreme-court-suspends-maga-lawyer-klayman/
Miami New Times, "Laura Loomer Adds Fort Lauderdale Attorney for HBO Lawsuit After Klayman Suspension" — https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/laura-loomer-adds-fort-lauderdale-attorney-for-hbo-lawsuit-after-klayman-suspension-40510027/
Klayman filing, Loomer v. Maher, M.D. Fla. (March 6, 2026) — https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.434676/gov.uscourts.flmd.434676.193.0.pdf
Order dismissing Loomer v. Maher (April 22, 2026) — https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.434676/gov.uscourts.flmd.434676.194.0.pdf
Loomer v. Maher, 11th Cir. No. 26-11795 — https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca11/26-11795
Media Law Resource Center, Loomer v. New York Media anti-SLAPP ruling (2021) — https://www.ballardspahr.com/-/jssmedia/Files/Articles/MLRC-Florida-Court-SLAPPs-Anti-Muslim-Activist-Laura-Loomers-Lawsuit---2021.pdf
The New Republic, "Laura Loomer Goes on 'Hiatus' After Bombshell Revelation on Paid Posts" (Nov. 6, 2026) — https://newrepublic.com/post/217689/laura-loomer-hiatus-paid-posts-election-republicans
Washington Post, "Trump ally Loomer was paid thousands for political tweets, people familiar say" (Nov. 7, 2026) — https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/11/07/trump-ally-laura-loomer-paid-thousands-political-tweets-people-familiar-say/
The Daily Beast, "MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Its Most Hated Streamer" — https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-civil-war-erupts-over-its-most-hated-streamer
NBC News, Trump at 9/11 remembrance with Loomer (2024) — https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-911-laura-loomer-conspiracy-theorist-rcna170743
Conspiracy Watch, Laura Loomer briefing — https://www.conspiracywatch.info/en/brieffing_notes/laura-loomer/
Newsweek, "Laura Loomer claims another victim" — https://newsweek.com/laura-loomer-claims-another-victim-11512979
The Daily Beast, "Trump Officials Are Siccing Laura Loomer on Rivals" — https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-officials-are-siccing-laura-loomer-on-rivals-like-an-attack-dog
WHRO/NPR, "Trump downplays the role of far-right activist in firings of NSC staff" — https://www.whro.org/2025-04-04/trump-downplays-the-role-of-far-right-activist-in-firings-of-nsc-staff