Trump team runs away from Lin Wood after Pence tweets

Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood’s prediction the fact that Vice President Mike Pence could be “executed by firing squad” for “treason” prompts Trumpworld to try again to distance himself from the Atlanta lawyer. Jenna Ellis, lawyer for the Trump campaign, declared in a Friday night tweet: “I do not support the statements of lawyer Lin Wood. I support the rule of law and the US Constitution. Wood lambasted Pence after his lawyers challenged a lawsuit of Texas Representative Louie Gohmert, who sought to force the vice president to block the electoral vote count for Joe Biden when Congress met to ratify the election.

Separately, Nicholas Sandmann, the former Covington Catholic High School student whom Wood has portrayed in media libel lawsuits following coverage of a Lincoln Memorial showdown, linked to Wood’s Pence’s tweet with comment, “I’m sorry but what the heck.”