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31 Aug, 15 tweets, 4 min read

According to many, he's been on a vent in the ICU. He won't be back anytime soon
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An attorney who represents the largest number of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and who has criticized vaccine mandates has dropped out of sight amid conflicting statements by associates over whether he has been hospitalized with covid-19

John M. Pierce of Los Angeles has been incommunicado for the past seven days, leaving 17 clients effectively without defense counsel.

The largest number of defendants that any one lawyer has.

Pierce gained national notoriety last summer, when he was hired to defend

Kyle Rittenhouse

In Wisconsin, Pierce was ultimately fired by Rittenhouse’s family amid a dispute over funds he raised for the case, with prosecutors questioning the ethics of his raising millions while being deeply in debt himself
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Other high-profile clients include Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Trump aides Carter Page and George Papadopoulos, and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard.
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Over 2 days last week, Pierce's proxy, Ryan Marshall indicated to a judge that Pierce’s absence was due to a conflict, later told prosecutors that he “had just gotten word that Pierce had been in an accident” and the following morning told another judge that Pierce was

“hospitalized with covid-19 on a ventilator and nonresponsive”

Marshall has been appearing in court as Pierce’s proxy but isn't a licensed atty might not ever become one given pending felony charges and can't ethically or legally represent clients
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Pierce broke litigation funding ground in 2017, helping to form a boutique law firm financed by hedge funds to take on contingency-fee cases against large companies. But the firm imploded amid debt and financial scandal, and Pierce pledged future revenue to multiple lenders.

After attending rehabilitation for substance abuse issues, Law360 reported, Pierce in 2020 created his current firm, Pierce Bainbridge P.C., working with Trump attorney L. Lin Wood to launch crowdfunding efforts for conservative defendants.
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Pierce Bainbridge has been sued multiple times for failure to pay its bills.

On Monday, he or a representative filed papers formally confirming to a court his latest representation of a Jan. 6 defendant, while on a vent and non-responsive.

Lawyers involved in the cases est

it may cost $500K per def to go to trial, leading svl to predict that all defs will eventually need either fed funded defenders or access to donor funds. For now virtually all lwyrs with a handful or more clients are with the Federal Defenders Office of DC
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Pierce’s donor-fueled nonprofit, the National Constitutional Law Union, has pledged to directly fund clients and law firms within its mission, highlighting Jan. 6 prosecutions, victims of “cancel culture” and surveillance abuses.

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Pierce did not respond to an emailed req for comment. A phone # listed on the website has been disconnected, and his phone was not set up to accept messages. James Kelly, listed as co-counsel with Pierce in a 1/6 case, said he cut ties with the firm in June because he wasn’t paid

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