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Lawyer defending 17 alleged Capitol breachers goes missing ... John Pierce has been unreachable and missing court dates since early last week
https://justthenews.com ^ | Updated: September 1, 2021 - 8:38am | By Sophie Mann

Posted on 09/01/2021 6:02:06 AM PDT by Red Badger

John Pierce, the attorney defending 17 clients charged with storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, has gone missing.

His missed an Aug. 24 court hearing for one of his clients, and nobody has seen him since.

On Wednesday, Pierce's associate told a judge the defense attorney had contracted COVID-19 and was in the hospital on a ventilator. The associate also allegedly told a prosecutor Pierce had been in a car accident.

Later on, a different associate told a reporter that Pierce was in the hospital being treated for dehydration and exhaustion.

This week, the Justice Department got involved, informing several judges that no one had heard from Pierce in a week and that "multiple" phone lines for his law firm seem to have been disconnected.

Pierce's disappearance is endangering the rights of his clients, whose cases have come to a standstill.

The self-described, pro-Trump populist came out swinging at the outset of the defense proceedings for his many clients, promising he would force the government to hand over video footage of the Capitol from several days before and after the incident.

He also said he would demand information about every officer on duty throughout the complex that day, as well as subpoena House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other likely hostile witnesses.

"I'm like Gerard Butler in '300.' I'm in the hot gates at Thermopylae, holding the pass against the million-man Persian army," said Pierce in an interview prior to his disappearance.

Last year, Pierce was publicly fired by Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man charged with murder at a racial justice protest last summer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rittenhouse relieved his attorney of his position following allegations that a charity arranged for the defense had engaged in financial misdeeds.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: again; andagain; capitol; jan6th; missingagain
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1 posted on 09/01/2021 6:02:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Missing? There’s multiple articles stating he’s in the hospital and unresponsive.

Per FR tradition, I didn’t read the article, just the headline. You’re welcome.


2 posted on 09/01/2021 6:04:13 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

This is curious? Arkanside?


3 posted on 09/01/2021 6:04:43 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Red Badger

So many different excuses.

What’s next? “My dog ate my defense attorney”?


4 posted on 09/01/2021 6:05:40 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. Weaker, a Jr partner good at losing wars.)
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To: EEGator
Missing? There’s multiple articles stating he’s in the hospital and unresponsive.

This is JustTheNews, it's a credible source. Something is not right.
5 posted on 09/01/2021 6:05:54 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: Red Badger

“His missed an Aug. 24 court hearing...”

...does ANYBODY proof read anymore?!


6 posted on 09/01/2021 6:07:19 AM PDT by albie
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To: albie

Nope.


7 posted on 09/01/2021 6:08:08 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: albie

When a highly respected site like “justthenews.com” lets their proofreading standards slip you know we’ve reached a parlous state.


8 posted on 09/01/2021 6:08:50 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: Red Badger
contracted COVID-19 and was in the hospital on a ventilator. The associate also allegedly told a prosecutor Pierce had been in a car accident.

Later on, a different associate told a reporter that Pierce was in the hospital being treated for dehydration and exhaustion.

COVID and on a ventilator, got in a car accident and dehydrated and exhausted. Dude's having a run of bad luck. Either that or a case of "Go on take the money and run"

9 posted on 09/01/2021 6:10:54 AM PDT by Pollard (#*&% Communism)
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To: Red Badger
Kyle Rittenhouse fired him.
He's a grifter...just as bad as Aveneti.
Kyle Rittenhouse has fired controversial civil lawyer John Pierce
10 posted on 09/01/2021 6:13:15 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Pollard

He did not kill himself next week.....................


11 posted on 09/01/2021 6:13:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Pollard

More like purposely infected.


12 posted on 09/01/2021 6:14:17 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: Red Badger

Robert Barnes predicted this months ago that it would not go well for the Jan 6 protesters who hired him.


13 posted on 09/01/2021 6:17:22 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: EEGator
multiple articles stating he’s in the hospital and unresponsive.

Must have been a heck of an accident to take out phone lines to his offices...

Sounds like Saul Goodman's drawer of phones - someone answer the Hello Kitty!
14 posted on 09/01/2021 6:19:02 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Red Badger

Why are so many people fighting the deep state getting sick and dying??


15 posted on 09/01/2021 6:20:21 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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Phone lines disconnected? Sounds like this guy needed to urgently leave town in a hurry.


16 posted on 09/01/2021 6:20:48 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
Here it is... Robert Barnes Eviscerates Capitol Riot Lawyer John Pierce
17 posted on 09/01/2021 6:20:57 AM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Pollard

... “multiple” phone lines for his law firm seem to have been disconnected

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Things that make you go “hmmmmmmm”.


18 posted on 09/01/2021 6:21:13 AM PDT by Qiviut (Faith is the antidote to fear. Mindset: be a victor, not a victim.)
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To: mountainlion

I don’t know. Let’s ask Seth Rich.................


19 posted on 09/01/2021 6:21:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: babble-on

Thank you.
You made me look it up.
At first I thought you meant “perilous” but I see they are synonymous.


20 posted on 09/01/2021 6:47:46 AM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siati armati!)
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