Capitol riot lawyer John Pierce goes missing with Covid excuse and 17 pending cases, prosecutors say

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Prosecutors warned a judge that Pierce's associate Ryan Marshall — who has been appearing in Pierce's absence over the past week — 'is not a licensed attorney.'

"Since that time, the U.S. Attorney's Office has heard conflicting information about Mr. Pierce's health and whereabouts," the filing.

"After that information was reported publicly, a different individual reached out to an NPR correspondent and wrote that Mr. Pierce did not, in fact, have COVID, but instead 'was hospitalized on Monday due to symptoms that he believed might be related to Covid-19'; 'appears to have been suffering from dehydration and exhaustion'; and 'remains under the care of his doctors,' " the filing said.

Prosecutors noted that Pierce routinely posted "multiple messages to Twitter on a daily basis" but has not done so since Aug. 20. The filing noted that Marshall is criminally charged in Pennsylvania state court with multiple counts of intercepting communications and unlawful use of an audio device in court, and in another case there

 

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