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The New York Times, former colleagues described Wood as someone "who shares many traits" with the president, including his opposition to mainstream media — which he also uses to build his brand — and his penchant for intimidating enemies with lawsuits and shocking the people around him. The publication pointed to lawyers who have worked alongside Wood who said that he is "animated and aggressive" both in the courtroom and in his everyday life.
Still, like Ziegler, some of his former colleagues claim that Wood has changed amid his apparent jump into the world of right-wing conspiracy theories. Timothy Terrell, a law professor at Emory University, said the Wood of today "bears basically no resemblance" to the person he used to know.