Lawyer who advanced Trump's stolen election claims announces retirement

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Lin Wood, a high-profile Georgia lawyer who embraced and promoted former President Trump's false 2020 election claims, has told the state bar he is retiring amid disciplinary probes.

"I understand that this request is unqualified, irreversible and permanent," Wood said in a"I further understand and acknowledge that if granted Retired Status I am prohibited from practicing law in this state and in any other state or jurisdiction and that I may not reapply for admission," he wrote in the letter, which he posted on his Telegram account.

Because he was the subject of disciplinary proceedings, Wood needed permission from the bar's Office of the General Counsel to resign.

 

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