Pro-Trump lawyers in Michigan election case should be disbarred in the state, attorney tells judge

The hourslong hearing on Zoom, which included as many as 20 participants, saw Parker repeatedly press the plaintiffs about the evidence they had presented in the case.

She often appeared incredulous as she questioned the extent to which the lawyers had vetted the fraud claims that they provided to the court.

“If you have not asked even the minimal questions, I find that problematic,” the judge said.

In one particularly tense exchange, attorney Donald Campbell pushed back on Parker, prompting her to reply, “I caution you not to question my procedure.”

“And I am not a potted plant,” Campbell retorted.

Fink chimed in to say he was “concerned by the disrespect that Mr. Campbell is showing.”

The hearing, which began at 8:30 a.m. ET and lasted until about 2:30 p.m. ET, frequently devolved into bouts of chaotic cross-talk between parties.

The proceedings grew so unintelligible at one point that a court reporter jumped in to ask participants to “please stop interrupting.”

Parker eventually instructed participants to raise their hands if they wished to speak.

The lawsuit was dropped voluntarily in January, a month after the judge said there was “nothing but speculation and conjecture” to support the allegation that votes for then-President Trump had been switched to Biden in the Great Lakes State.

“Rather than withdraw or amend their Complaint, they chose to stand firm with their objectively false claims, ridiculously incompetent expert reports and patently unsupportable arguments,” the city argued in January in its request for sanctions.

The lawsuit in Michigan was one of dozens of bids by Trump’s legal team and his allies to reverse his loss to Biden in 2020.

Trump, who left office on Jan. 20, has never conceded the race to the Democratic president and continues to falsely claim the contest was rigged.

Powell had briefly looked to be a part of Trump’s legal team, appearing alongside the then-president’s onetime personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani at a bizarre press conference in mid-November. At that presser, Powell spuriously claimed voting software used in the election was linked to Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan leader who died in 2013.

Dominion Voting Systems, whose machines were used in numerous states in 2020, is currently suing Powell and Giuliani for defamation.

Last month, a New York court suspended Giuliani from practicing law, citing his numerous “false and misleading statements” about Trump’s election loss.

Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/12/pro-trump-lawyer-lin-wood-downplays-role-in-michigan-election-case.html