He Repped Kyle Rittenhouse, MAGA Monkey Owners... and Capitol Rioters

[Nevilledog]

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Will Sommer
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A top lawyer for Jan. 6 riot defendants has plenty of problems of his own, including a struggling legal case involving chimps, huge debts, and a staffer accused of defrauding an elderly woman of nearly $100K.

He Repped Kyle Rittenhouse, MAGA Monkey Owners… and Capitol Rioters
“He’s not a defense attorney, and therefore he’s not an especially good defense attorney,” one journalist who has covered lawyer John Pierce’s filings said.
thedailybeast.com
8:58 AM · Aug 2, 2021

https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-pierce-repped-kyle-rittenhouse-maga-monkey-owners-and-capitol-rioters?ref=home

The U.S. Capitol riot launched one of the largest investigations in Justice Department history, with hundreds of defendants now facing charges. But the lawyer who’s put himself at the center of nearly 20 of the legal defenses has plenty of problems of his own—from a bizarre legal strategy and looming debts to a struggling case defending a handful of chimpanzees.

Once a high-flying civil attorney, lawyer John Pierce has reinvented himself, in the face of mountains of debt, as a go-to lawyer for conservative causes célèbres. After being fired from representing accused Kenosha, Wisconsin, murder suspect Kyle Rittenhouse over a financial dispute, Pierce has become perhaps the most public legal face of the Jan. 6 defense, representing more than a dozen clients as he tries out unorthodox legal strategies and jousts with his critics on Twitter.

But even as his star rises on the right, Pierce has been undermined by a bizarre tweet appearing to threaten federal officials, an employee facing felony charges for allegedly defrauding a grandmother, and his own financial woes.

Pierce declined to comment.

Pierce now represents at least 17 of the Jan. 6 defendants, more than any other lawyer. His clients include Proud Boy William Pepe and L. Brent Bozell IV, the son of conservative media commentator L. Brent Bozell III. Pierce also represents Ryan Samsel, an accused rioter identified by prosecutors as the man caught on video consulting with a top Proud Boy leader before attacking police officers in the riot’s first minutes.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Even the most odious clients

are entitled to a defense.

[Nevilledog]

2. This guy is really odious and is doing his clients no good.

These defendants were not forced to hire this guy. He's a grifter.

[Turbineguy]

3. His clients were drawn to trump....

[Nevilledog]

4. They are on brand then.

[hibbing]

5. "riot" n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. This idiot is not a defense attorney and this attempted defense is stupid