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Lawyer Fired For Attending Capitol Insurrection Gets Fired Again In Bizarre Twist To An Already Bizarre Story

MOAR shenanigans!

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Paul Davis (Image via Twitter)

Oh, goody, Paul Davis is back in the news. So, what’s the latest happening with the former in-house counsel for Goosehead Insurance turned Capitol insurrectionist? No, he hasn’t been arrested for his role in the riots of January 6th, but you aren’t alone if that’s immediately where your mind went.

It seems Davis has been fired. Again.

After he got the boot from Goosehead, Davis attempted to put his law degree to use by filing a lawsuit, along with lawyer and failed candidate for the Texas House of Representatives Kellye SoRelle, seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election but is somehow “not a 2020 presidential election fraud lawsuit.” The complaint lists every single member of the 117th Congress, every state governor and secretary of state, and Mark Zuckerberg as defendants, and alleges changes to election laws in advance of the 2020 election were in violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which resulted in civil rights violations. And it asks that all actions of the new Congress — including certification of Joe Biden’s win and the second impeachment of Donald Trump — be invalidated.

He then went on a hilariously bonkers tear, filing an amended TRO motion in the case using the experiences of Gondor as precedent. No, you read the right: He used the FICTIONAL kingdom created by the mind of J.R.R. Tolkien as precedent for asking  a federal court to throw out the results of a free and fair election. He also made a filing that went after the media for mocking his request to install the government of Middle-Earth in America, which only encouraged more ridicule. But despite all these filings, a federal judge was far from impressed with this specious legal theory.

Now it seems that his clients in this non-election fraud case that is totally about election fraud are also unimpressed with Davis’s legal stylings. In a new filing, Davis reveals plaintiffs Latinos for Trump, Blacks for Trump, Joshua Macias, B.G., and M.S. have fired him. But he didn’t just withdraw as counsel — he had to get in a parting dig:

“Mr. Davis, by now used to being fired for standing up for his principles, is saddened by the decision of these Plaintiffs to pursue what he believes is not a sound strategy, since he was very proud to represent the same.”

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But we aren’t done with Davis just yet! According to the filing, there are five additional plaintiffs in the case that are sticking with his legal representation.

And then, just because WHY WOULDN’T THERE BE ANOTHER BIZARRE TURN, Davis signed the filing with an email address at the domain paullovesamerica.com. Only…. there’s a problem  with that.

First rate trolling! <<chef’s kiss>>

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