As a long-time senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and founding director of its Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, I have for more than 40 years been at the forefront of advancing the Institute’s mission of restoring our nation’s founding principles to their rightful and preeminent place in our national life, and particularly in our nation’s courts. That’s why the recent attacks on me for my legal representation of former President Trump in his challenges to illegality in the conduct of the 2020 election are so preposterous. In fact, the targeting of me by leftwing prosecutors and state bar officials is nothing short of lawfare. There are two important reasons these radicals are misusing their positions of power to go after me: First, they hate President Trump and they want to destroy him and anyone who has the temerity to defend his right to lawfully challenge the many illegalities in the 2020 election. Second, they want to send a message to every other conservative lawyer in the country that they risk their reputations and very careers if they ever dare to represent a conservative elected official again. |
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The leftist prosecutor in Fulton County, Fani Willis, had a carefully orchestrated “perp walk” planned earlier this month for the official arraignments of President Trump (9:30 am), followed by Rudy Giuliani (9:45 am), then me (10:00 am). The remaining 16 defendants were to follow. But I denied Ms. Willis her media moment by informing the court that I was pleading “not guilty,” thus obviating the need for an arraignment. President Trump and most of the others did the same thing. I have been forced to spend many hundreds of thousands of dollars thus far to defend myself from the baseless charges that have been brought against me by the California State Bar and now state prosecutors (with federal prosecutors chomping at the bit—they have already named me as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the federal criminal indictment brought against President Trump in Washington, D.C.). The cost of this battle is immense. With thanks be to God, because of you and friends like you, I’ve been able to offset much of the costs I’ve incurred thus far with donations contributed to a Legal Defense Fund set up at GiveSendGo. This has been a real blessing. |
But now, with the Georgia prosecution underway and “unindicted co-conspirator” allegations pending in the January 6th case at the federal level, I am potentially looking at well over a million dollars in additional legal expenses to defend myself. Not only do the leftwing radicals want to take away my law license and thus my ability to provide for my family, but they want to put me in prison for years to come. Because of the enormity of the battle ahead, we need to expand our response to a truly national level so that we can reach potential supporters all across America. I’ve asked some good friends and trusted professionals to help me ramp up our outreach effort and I’m grateful for their assistance. |
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We’ve created a dedicated site where supporters across the country can go for updates and to make a donation to help us fight. Please bookmark the site and check back frequently. The financial support I have received thus far from long-time friends and even people I have never met has been a true blessing. With the massive ordeal before me at this time, I hope that you will lend your support to this important cause to help me defend against these outrageous, politically motivated charges and push back against the threat they represent to our First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech and to petition the government for redress of grievances, as well as the right of my clients to the effective assistance of counsel—no matter how unpopular they are with the elites who are running our country to the ground. Please keep me and our family in your prayers. The political left is looking forward to a permanent “perp walk” as they fanaticize about me being convicted along with President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the others. But I’ve got news for them. As I told the court earlier this month, I am NOT GUILTY. I intend to fight this lawfare abuse and the false charges aimed at me with everything I have. With your help, we will prevail. Thank you for your friendship and support. |
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