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Article

7 Jan 2021

Author:
Jack Brewster, Forbes

Lin Wood—lawyer closely tied to Trump—permanently banned from Twitter after claiming Capitol siege was ‘staged’

L. Lin Wood, an attorney and QAnon supporter closely tied to Trump who recently thrust himself into the spotlight by pushing wild conspiracy theories about the election and filing frivolous lawsuits on the president’s behalf, was permanently suspended by Twitter on Wednesday after suggesting that the mob takeover of the Capitol was staged...

... Wood’s account returned an “account suspended” message and Twitter confirmed the ban in an email to Forbes... Twitter did not comment on what prompted the suspension, but an archive of Wood’s tweets on Wednesday shows the attorney falsely suggesting that the coup was “staged” by antifa... Wood had also called for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Pence to be arrested for treason and for Pence to “face execution by firing squad.”