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Insurrectionist Lawyer John Pierce turns up
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/john-pierce-capitol-riot-lawyer-covid/index.htmlJohn Pierce, the defense attorney who represents nearly 20 Capitol riot defendants but disappeared from court last month when he fell ill, resurfaced on Wednesday.
Pierce filed a letter to several judges explaining that he was in a Los Angeles-area hospital for 12 days. At his doctor's recommendation, he won't be returning to court until September 13, he said.
Pierce didn't disclose whether his hospitalization was because of Covid-19. But an associate of his previously said he was sick with the virus, and the Justice Department had alerted judges last week he appeared to be out with Covid-19.
The DOJ had raised the issue because it said his cases were at a standstill with an unqualified associate of his stepping in...
Pierce filed a letter to several judges explaining that he was in a Los Angeles-area hospital for 12 days. At his doctor's recommendation, he won't be returning to court until September 13, he said.
Pierce didn't disclose whether his hospitalization was because of Covid-19. But an associate of his previously said he was sick with the virus, and the Justice Department had alerted judges last week he appeared to be out with Covid-19.
The DOJ had raised the issue because it said his cases were at a standstill with an unqualified associate of his stepping in...
Oh well. Bad pennies and all that jazz.
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