The defendants are members of the Foulton County Board of Elections. They most likely withdrew after cocluding their client destroyed material evidence.
Labyrinthos wrote: “The defendants are members of the Foulton County Board of Elections. They most likely withdrew after cocluding their client destroyed material evidence.”
Are these attorneys representing the Fulton County Board?
Lots of reasons why attorneys withdraw from cases. Don’t jump to conclusions.
> The defendants are members of the Foulton County Board of Elections. They most likely withdrew after cocluding their client destroyed material evidence.
... but had told lawyers and/or the court and/or the public that they had not violated any law(?)
As I understand it, lawyers cannot be a party to any criminality. This includes criminality which is subject to an ongoing trial. If county officers are violating the law, and the violations by county officer defendants are made known to their lawyers, then the lawyers would need inform the court or withdraw from representing their defendant county officer clients.
In this particular case, perhaps the evidence had been established to have existed in a particular place at a particular time after plaintiffs served notice of a complaint (and preserve all relevant evidence, such as original ballots), but the evidence is now “lost.” It almost sounds as if some county worker had destroyed evidence in spite of a court order to preserve the evidence. If so, and county prejudices prevail, perhaps the only logical outcome would be for the plaintiffs to be granted summary judgment. (Not quite a total win for the more general public concern of a stolen election, but close, and avoids the distress of opening a larger can of worms.)
Anyways, just guessing...