- On Friday, pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood tweeted that Vice President Mike Pence should be arrested for treason and executed by a firing squad.
- He also blamed chief justice John Roberts and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell for the election results.
- The comments prompted Jenna Ellis, a campaign advocate for President Donald Trump, and conservative student Nicholas Sandmann to tweet away from his comments.
- Wood doubled his comments over the weekend, saying that Pence should “resign” and that he is “fine” and loves Trump and America.
- In recent weeks, Wood has filed or filed lawsuits to overthrow President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory. Wood has also cited conspiracy theories in the past.
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President Donald Trump’s allies are turning against pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood after he tweeted about the execution of Vice President Mike Pence and the arrest of Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell.
On Friday night, Wood posted a series of confused tweets blaming “THE REPUBLICANS” for stealing Trump’s 2020 election, adding, “When the arrests for treason start, place court president John Roberts, VP Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell at the top of the list. “
In separate tweets, Wood said the military should arrest these republican figures and that Pence must “face firing squad execution”, adding: “He is a coward and will sing like a bird and will confess EVERYTHING.”
—Lin Wood (@LLinWood) January 1, 2021
Neither Pence, Roberts, McConnell, nor Trump commented on Wood’s tweets, but two prominent allies of the president attacked Wood for his comments.
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Jenna Ellis, a lawyer for the Trump campaign, tweeted Friday night: “To be clear: I do not support the statements of lawyer Lin Wood. I support the rule of law and the United States Constitution.”
Nicholas Sandmann, the pro-Trump high school student who sued several media outlets, also tweeted on Friday: “I’m sorry, what the hell.”
Wood represented Sandmann in his defamation suit against The Washington Post and other media in February 2019 for coverage of a video that showed him face to face with a Native American activist earlier that year.
When questioned for his comments against Wood, Sandmann tweeted on Saturday: “True loyalty involves criticism when necessary.”
Wood in Los Angeles, California in December 2019.
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On Friday night, Wood appeared to respond to comments against him, saying, “Tweets about my insanity are up this morning … Don’t worry. I’m fine. The attacks don’t worry me.”
He doubled his comments against Pence over the weekend, saying that Pence “should reject the fraud and then resign”, apparently referring to baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump due to widespread electoral fraud.
On Sunday morning, Wood also posted a photo of him with four dogs, saying “I love” America, Trump, the recently forgiven Michael Flynn and conspiracy theory attorney Sidney Powell.
—Lin Wood (@LLinWood) January 3, 2021
Since election day, Wood has made several attempts to undermine President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and filed or merged lawsuits to overturn election results in Georgia and Michigan.
In the past few weeks, he has also cited conspiracy theories, including a non-QA theory of Dominion Voting Systems last month and a claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was still alive earlier this week. Epstein died of suicide while awaiting trial in August 2019.
Meanwhile, Pence was criticized by Republicans and allegedly by Trump himself for not sufficiently supporting the president’s absurd allegations of electoral fraud.
Since election day, Pence has made few public appearances; he was always absent during Trump’s most damaging moments.
However, on Saturday, the vice president said he “welcomes” the efforts of Republican Party lawmakers to oppose the certification of votes from the Electoral College that cemented Biden’s victory. The objections could delay certification of the results, but they would not change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.