As brave Americans put their lives, fortune and sacred honor on the line to come forward and give sworn testimony in the legal challenges to the outcome of the Presidential election in Michigan, an emergency motion to seal was filed by the plaintiffs in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan.
Why? Are there examples of threats and intimidation tactics already out in the public domain that would convince a judge to protect the anonymity and physical security of these witnesses?
Yes indeedy there are!
"Three of Plaintiffs witnesses are in reasonable fear of harassment and threats to their physical safety and their livelihoods in retaliation for their coming forward with their testimony...
There was an organized campaign by The Lincoln Project to destroy the business relationships of major law firms with their clients for having the temerity to represent the President of the United States in these (election) controversies."
U.S. District Judge Matthew W. Brann on Friday granted Porter Wright Morris & Arthur attorneys Carolyn McGee's and Ronald Hicks' motion to withdraw from a lawsuit filed Monday alleging "irregularities" affecting the 2020 presidential election.
"Plaintiffs and Porter Wright have reached a mutual agreement that plaintiffs will be best served if Porter Wright withdraws," the motion reads. "Plaintiffs are in the process of retaining and causing other counsel to enter an appearance herein."
The news comes three days after The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC that was founded in 2019 by an outspoken group of "Never Trump" Republicans, posted McGee's and Hicks' contact information to their 2.7 million Twitter followers with the message, "Make them famous," along with an emoji depicting a skull and crossbones.
Twitter removed the post for violating its policies against abusive behavior.
The Lincoln Project also instructed Twitter users to create a LinkedIn account for the sole purpose of messaging employees at Porter Wright and Jones Day, another firm representing the Trump campaign in Pennsylvania, to "ask them how they can work for an organization trying to overturn the will of the American people." The account then posted screenshots of messages from users who followed the instructions.
