Posted on 07/05/2023 1:39:45 PM PDT by Ennis85
Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment. Multiple states have weighed disciplining him for pushing Trump's continued false claims that he defeated Joe Biden.
On Tuesday, Wood asked officials in his home state of Georgia to "retire" his law license in light of "disciplinary proceedings pending against me." In the request, made in a letter and posted on his Telegram account, Wood acknowledges that he is "prohibited from practicing law in this state and in any other state or jurisdiction and that I may not reapply for admission."
Wood, a licensed attorney in Georgia since 1977, did not immediately respond to an email Wednesday seeking comment on the letter. A listing on the website for the State Bar of Georgia accessed on Wednesday showed him as retired and with no disciplinary infractions on his record.
In the wake of the 2020 election, Trump praised Wood as doing a "good job" filing legal challenges seeking to overturn his loss, though Trump's campaign at times distanced itself from him. Dozens of lawsuits making such allegations were rejected by the courts across the country.
Officials in Georgia had been weighing whether to disbar Wood over his efforts, holding a disciplinary trial earlier this year. Wood sued the state bar in 2022, claiming the bar's request that he undergo a mental health evaluation as part of its probe violated his constitutional rights, but a federal appeals court tossed that ruling, saying Wood failed to show there was "bad faith" behind the request.
In 2021, the Georgia secretary of state's office opened an investigation into where Wood had been living when he voted early in person in the 2020 general election, prompted by Wood's announcement on Telegram that he had moved to South Carolina. Officials ruled that Wood did not violate Georgia election laws.
Wood, who purchased three former plantations totaling more than $16 million, moved to South Carolina several years ago, and unsuccessfully ran for chairman of that state's GOP in 2021.
In May, a Michigan watchdog group filed a complaint against Wood and eight other Trump-aligned lawyers alleging they had committed misconduct and should be disciplined for filing a lawsuit challenging Mr. Biden's 2020 election win in that state. A court previously found the attorneys' lawsuit had abused the court system.
Wood, whose name was on the 2020 Michigan lawsuit, has insisted that the only role he played was telling fellow attorney Sidney Powell he was available if she needed a seasoned litigator. Powell defended the lawsuit and said lawyers sometimes have to raise what she called "unpopular issues."
Other attorneys affiliated with efforts to keep Trump in power following his 2020 election loss have faced similar challenges. Attorney John Eastman, architect of that strategy, faces 11 disciplinary charges in the State Bar Court of California stemming from his development of a dubious legal strategy aimed at having then-Vice President Mike Pence interfere with the certification of Mr. Biden's victory.
Trumps wounds himself just fine.
This should scare the shit out of you but you are either too damned stupid or too damned arrogant. Take your pick, neither is becoming.
You can’t help yourself from freaking out and name calling. Just like your lord and master Trump. You are both going to experience losing. Again.
The Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, Impeachment 1, Impeachment 2 and Special Prosecutor Investigation…..
Was Trump wrong March 2017, when he accused the Obama/Biden Administration of spying him?
Name a recent POTUS who was as successful as Trump? Look at what Trump accomplished for the majority of Americans:
Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery until January 22, 2021;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine, no threat of nuclear war, NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home well paying jobs due to well executed tax treatments;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem; and Iran was isolated.
Got three non-left “I don't know what a woman is” Supreme Court Justices on the bench allowing Roe vs Wade to be overturned.
Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by Obama's Weaponized Agencies?
Due to simple minded voters, elections are allowed to be stolen (i.e. 2020 Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pa.), wildly corrupt Democrats and RINOs legislate without accountability and Freepers like you dump on Trump.
You are in my favorite category of The Dump Trump Chumps.
At one time I believed the anti-Trump people who post on FR deserved consideration and respect. I believed that although we may disagree, strongly, and argue openly, at the end of the day all of us were still loyal patriots. No longer.
For the record, Lyn Wood lost my support over some of his postings on Telegram. But I’ve always respected what he attempted to do for election integrity and for his amazing defense of Richard Jewell. For some anti-Trump people on FR to outright ignore this and take glee over Lyn Wood’s current troubles is sickening and disgusting.
After reading posts on various threads, it’s easy to conclude that these blithering gems of idiocy would cut off their noses to spite their faces if they thought it would harm Trump. and then they’d brag about it!!!
It’s almost sad, almost, but let’s get real, the stupidity, and desire to ruin Donald Trump at any cost has shown true colors. Moreover, it’s obvious that the tactic to tie Trump up in court, smear and degrade his family, and ruin anyone who has the audacity to question what happened in 2020 is fine to them so long as it harms Trump! Well, you blithering idiots, Trump could easily be DeSantis, or Haley or anyone else the Uni Party deems a threat. But so long as it’s Trump getting his life ruined, and HIS supporters losing their livelihoods. everything is fine with you!
I always thought the left enjoyed labeling conservatives with their own bias of hate, but I’ve changed my mind. Judging from the posts of a few supposed conservatives here in FR, the left could not be more RIGHT!
Thanks for the history lesson. I voted for the guy twice.
He is a dottering old fool, trying to keep himself out of prison.
Voting for another octogenarian for President is just dangerous. He is likely to die in office. It’s time for someone new.
You are in a cult.
See post 105. It perfectly sums up my opinion of you. And sadly, the frightening thing actually is that people like you exist.
You get the last insult. I won’t respond to you anymore.
Yeah, that’s it. Ya found me out. Do you discuss things with your wife and kids the same way? Or do you just hit them?
Just ignorant in a useful idiot sort of way.
The legal community tries to destroy any and all attorneys who work for him.
And you think it's Trump's fault.
God save us from allies like you.
“You can’t help yourself from freaking out and name calling. Just like your lord and master Trump. You are both going to experience losing. Again.“
No Republican POTUS candidate not approved by the Deep State will win. The 2020 stolen election was so blatant, so successful it will repeat itself over and over and over again. Enjoy the Suck.
Yeah, that’s it. Ya found me out. Do you discuss things with your wife and kids the same way? Or do you just hit them?
You act like Trump is your God. That’s dangerous.
See post 105. It perfectly sums up my opinion of you. And sadly, the frightening thing actually is that people like you exist.
You get the last insult. I won’t respond to you anymore.
AGAIN:
Here is Trump's record.
Let's go down the memory hole:
The Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, Impeachment 1, Impeachment 2 and Special Prosecutor Investigation…..
Was Trump wrong March 2017, when he accused the Obama/Biden Administration of spying him?
Name a recent POTUS who was as successful as Trump? Look at what Trump accomplished for the majority of Americans:
Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery until January 22, 2021;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine, no threat of nuclear war, NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home well paying jobs due to well executed tax treatments;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem; and Iran was isolated.
Got three non-left “I don't know what a woman is” Supreme Court Justices on the bench allowing Roe vs Wade to be overturned.
Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by Obama's Weaponized Agencies?
Due to simple minded voters, elections are allowed to be stolen (i.e. 2020 Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pa.), wildly corrupt Democrats and RINOs legislate without accountability and Freepers like you dump on Trump.
You are in my favorite category of The Dump Trump Chumps.
You can't find a post that shows what you said is true in any way.
Nice try at changing the subject and not dealing with the point I made about the destruction of any lawyer who works for Trump.
And yes, that's a noticeable tactic for useful idiots such as you. Congrats on being so smooth.........../s
Naw, I’m a winner.
Name callin’? What you talkin’ ‘bout Lt?
“but he and Sidney Powell won ZERO election cases, “
it’s more accurate to say they couldn’t get an election case to be heard.
The Deep State couldn’t afford the discovery phase. and somehow a state has no standing when another state cheats. the left loves to talk about disenfranchised voters - except when they are causing it
Agree. Curiously always here to tear Trump down.
“You act like Trump is your God. That’s dangerous.”
DeSantis is the only one who thinks he was created on the Eighth Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9oTBA-MvZk
“...a state has no standing when another state cheats. “
This is the amazing thing.
Somehow “The Constitution” allows for a situation where a citizen or a State has “no standing” to challenge a change of Federal gov’t by electoral fraud.
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