The House Jan. 6 Committee, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and other bodies around the country are targeting lawyers who defend those involved in the events surrounding Jan. 6, according to experts and attorneys, who describe such moves as an unprecedented attack on democracy.
Conservative attorneys have faced ethics charges, been threatened with criminal charges, or been harassed via the service of subpoenas for documents that amount to nothing more than a “fishing expedition,” the experts said.
Some of the targeted attorneys include Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell, Jeffrey Clark, and John Eastman, who represented or aided former President Donald Trump in his challenges to the 2020 election, as well as prominent criminal defense attorney Bob Costello, who represented Giuliani and Steve Bannon on several separate matters….