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BumRushDaShow

(169,789 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 12:36 PM Sep 2023

Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood is a witness in Georgia election subversion case, district attorney says

Source: CNN Politics

Published 11:56 AM EDT, Wed September 20, 2023


CNN — Pro-Donald Trump lawyer Lin Wood is a “witness for the state” in the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis revealed Wednesday. The reference to Wood was buried in a new court filing by the DA’s office that raised potential conflicts of interest for six defense attorneys because they previously represented witnesses or other defendants in related proceedings.

Wood was previously subpoenaed by prosecutors in the Georgia probe but his status as a witness for the state was not previously known. “Lin Wood is a witness for the State in the present case,” the court filing says.

As a witness, Wood could be subject to cross-examination by his former attorney and co-counsel who is now representing former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in the Georgia RICO probe – creating a potential conflict of interest.

Wood, a prominent right-wing attorney and election denier, filed a series of meritless lawsuits after then-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, which were filled with debunked theories about massive voter fraud that went nowhere in the courts.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/politics/lin-wood-georgia-election-subversion-case/index.html



Was wondering if he would EVER slither into some case because he was out there front and center and I believe he is based out of GA.
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Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood is a witness in Georgia election subversion case, district attorney says (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 OP
"potential" conflict of interest? getagrip_already Sep 2023 #1
Except for a crime-fraud exemption you could drive an aircraft carrier through . . . hatrack Sep 2023 #2
I meant tiny's lawyer, who was woods lawyer also apparently getagrip_already Sep 2023 #4
Drip...drip...drip... Grins Sep 2023 #3
Flip away flipper ZonkerHarris Sep 2023 #5
They call him Flipper... Flipper.... ArizonaLib Sep 2023 #6
had that song in my head too. Probably will think about it a lot as they all flip on him ZonkerHarris Sep 2023 #7
I probably should have posted a picture of flipper ArizonaLib Sep 2023 #8
Now ya done dood it... BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #11
I love this site (DU) !!! ArizonaLib Sep 2023 #15
I liked this better though BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #16
Awesome! Makes me miss Saturday mornings ArizonaLib Sep 2023 #17
Ain't that the truth! BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #18
Yes - if you overslept or had a family function ArizonaLib Sep 2023 #19
And another domino falls Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2023 #9
America doesn't have a Queen, but. . . Fresh Water Falling Sep 2023 #10
GA Special Grand Jury voted 20 Yes, 1 No to indict Lin Wood. I guess he started singing like a bird iluvtennis Sep 2023 #12
We have moved solidly into 'they're all turning on each other' territory prodigitalson Sep 2023 #13
Witness For the Prosecution.. bet Cha Sep 2023 #14
Isn't he the one that acts so nuts? nt leftyladyfrommo Sep 2023 #20
They all do BumRushDaShow Sep 2023 #21

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
1. "potential" conflict of interest?
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 12:47 PM
Sep 2023


He can't disclose client privelaged information that may be benefitial to his current client, who he is obligated to defend.

But.. but... but....

If he keeps quiet, it's grounds for a mistrial later. The judge has to dq him, just to avoid a future nightmare scenario.

Whut a mess.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
4. I meant tiny's lawyer, who was woods lawyer also apparently
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 01:10 PM
Sep 2023

So tiny's lawyer has a reposnsibility to woods to protect the confidentiality of information woods gave him, and a responsibility to protect tiny. Thats a conflict of interest.

The crime-fraud conflict is more of a prosecutor tool to pierce that confidentiality. If tinys lawyer wnts to claim that woods was engaged in criminal activity with tiny's lawyer, and thus the confidentiality was pierced, well, he is pretty dumb right there.

It would have to be criminal activity between woods and tiny's lawyer. Not between woods and tiny, for that to take effect, no?

 

ZonkerHarris

(25,577 posts)
7. had that song in my head too. Probably will think about it a lot as they all flip on him
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 01:37 PM
Sep 2023

ArizonaLib

(1,303 posts)
8. I probably should have posted a picture of flipper
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 01:51 PM
Sep 2023

or Flipper with Wood's face superimposed.

ArizonaLib

(1,303 posts)
17. Awesome! Makes me miss Saturday mornings
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 04:00 PM
Sep 2023

My sisters and I explained Sat. mornings to my daughters, but my daughters looked at us the same way as when I point thru the car window and I say "I remember when this was all dirt".

BumRushDaShow

(169,789 posts)
18. Ain't that the truth!
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 04:09 PM
Sep 2023


They have cartoons 24/7 and with streaming like YouTube, at any time they want. We had to either watch them in the early mornings before school or in the afternoons after school (shown by local TV stations that had children's shows with a local host) or on Saturday mornings and that was it! At least not counting some of the animated specials that would air during the holidays.

iluvtennis

(21,497 posts)
12. GA Special Grand Jury voted 20 Yes, 1 No to indict Lin Wood. I guess he started singing like a bird
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 02:48 PM
Sep 2023

to get a deal with the prosecutors.

I'll be eating when he takes the stand.


prodigitalson

(3,193 posts)
13. We have moved solidly into 'they're all turning on each other' territory
Wed Sep 20, 2023, 03:27 PM
Sep 2023

which should be increasingly informative and satisfying.

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