Lawyer for Greene Says Her Attempts to Overturn Biden’s Electoral Victory Count Are “Legitimate Political Speech”

An attorney for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has argued that her alignment with the far right’s attempts to overturn President Joe Biden’s legitimate electoral victory in 2020 count as “legitimate political speech.”

In her opening statement, attorney James Bopp said that Greene’s efforts to deny Biden his victory are protected under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. He also insisted that Greene bears no responsibility for the insurrection of January 6, which took place when a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol in a bid to overturn Biden’s win.

Bopp went so far as to call Greene a “victim” of the attack.

“Rep. Greene was a victim of this attack,” Bopp said during opening statements. “Her life was in danger, she thought,” she was “scared and confused.”

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But Ron Fein, an attorney who is representing a group of voters who seek to disqualify Greene from the ballot, disagreed with that assessment, arguing that while Greene may not have directly participated in the attack, she still played a part in sowing the seeds of discontent that led to the attack.

Alan Herrera

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