Trump attorney gives up his law license as states weigh disciplining him for false election claims

By MEG KINNARD
Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, is relinquishing his law license, electing to retire from practicing rather than face possible disbarment. Wood asked officials in his home state of Georgia on Tuesday to “retire” his law license, a move that comes as multiple states have sought to discipline the lawyer for falsely claiming that Trump won the 2020 election. Dozens of lawsuits making such allegations were rejected by the courts across the country. Georgia officials had been weighing whether to disbar Wood. In May, a Michigan watchdog group in filed a complaint against Wood and eight other Trump-aligned lawyers alleging misconduct for a suit there.