of the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania
Jonathan Turley is a George Washington University law professor who defended Donald Trump at his impeachment trial. He writes that those who criticize law firms like Jones Day and Porter Wright for their representation of the Trump campaign are suppressing free speech and acting on the basis of partisan loyalty not evidence. But some criticism requires little evidence. Such is the case with Columbus, Ohio firm Porter Wright filed a complaint against the Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar. The complaint filed by Porter Wright sought to invalidate 2.75 million mail-in ballots. Mail-in ballots have been predominantly Democratic votes spurred by warnings of the dangers of covid19 transmission in lines and crowded places, as well as warnings by the postal service that due to budget cuts it could not guarantee prompt delivery of ballots to election offices.
Shunning is a perfectly reasonable response to reprehensible conduct. It is the flip side of lionizing those who defend the powerless against the powerful. One need not know anything other than that the ballots were received, reviewed, and counted to conclude that seeking to disregard millions of votes is anti-democratic. The rules of professional conduct that were developed to protect the defenders of those charged with crime do not require indifference to those who for a fee bring such heedless actions on behalf of a President who refused to promise to abide by the verdict of the voters, while ceaselessly lambasting the responsible media as Fake News.
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