Attorney L. Lin Wood, who led an unsuccessful effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election through the courts, lost the right to represent political operative Carter Page in Delaware on Monday, when a judge slammed him for inflammatory tweets, saying they partly “incited” the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.
“At least one tweet called for the arrest and execution of our vice-president,” and “another alleged claims against” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that are “too disgusting and outrageous to repeat,” Judge Craig A. Karsnitz wrote. “No doubt these tweets, and many other things, incited these riots.”
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