the state of our politics at this moment. even though some republican leaders have condemned the attack, news has been flooded with a what about and conspiracy theories and disinformation from a whole host of right-winged media figures. all of this happening while he s still in intensive care. and while an active investigation is underway, a little more than an hour ago, federal prosecutors filed two charges, attempting to challenge a federal official. federal officials allege the attacker broke into the home intending to kidnap and hurt speaker pelosi and he came armed with a hammer and brought a rope, white tape, and zip ties. he told paul pelosi, he wanted to speaker to, quote, tell the truth. political reports that the attacker had, quote, inhabited a vifd and resentment-fueled world of conspiracy while living a fringed existence, even by the standards of the san francisco bay area, that he appears to embrace falsehoods about the without outcome of the 2020 election. the
Non-partisan basis for lawyers to police themselves better and not help lying junk lawsuits that are adjacent to coup efforts? correct. that s exactly what i m saying. is that it is time for the legal profession to adopt as a canon that you have to be pro democracy. it doesn t mean you have to have my version of democracy. it doesn t mean you can t be on the other side of litigation. you about the kind of junk litigation we saw in 2020 that was aimed at nothing but subverting election results really the legal profession needs to speak out more loudly. i think i singled that out only because we talked about a few things but that s a very important point. it s one i discussed with some lawyers out there. and i think there has to be of course a robust space for zealous advocacy, which means what even in supreme court litigation is sometimes called off the wall arguments for why your republican candidate should win. yes. but john eastman coup memos about why you could conjoin with vi