McCall
Calhoun
(Image
via
Twitter)
Oh
boy.
Remember
William
McCall
Calhoun?
He’s
the
Georgia
attorney
who
allegedly
said
he
was
among
the
first
who
“kicked
in
Nancy
Pelosi’s
office
door”
and
that
Pelosi
would’ve
been
“torn
into
little
pieces”
if
the
mob
found
her
during
the
Capitol
siege.
At
first
he
was
denied
bail,
with
the
judge
saying,
“[B]ecause
of
the
corrupting
and
dangerous
ideology
that
has
poisoned
this
man’s
mind,
I
wouldn’t
trust
him
to
do
anything
I
told
him
to
do.
He
probably
considers
me
scum
who
deserves
a
headshot.
So,
no,
I’m
not
gonna
release
him.”
But,
after
Calhoun
took
a
much
more
conciliatory
tact,
he
was
released
on
bail.
At
the
time
of
his
release,
he
lamented
the
end
of
his
legal
career:
But
it
turns
out
those
fears
were
premature.
Because,
according
to
reporting
by
the
Atlanta
Journal
Constitution,
he’s
continued
to
represent
clients,
including
a
man
on
trial
for
murder.
Apparently
the
jurors
were
told
not
to
“Google
any
of
the
attorneys,”
and
were
not
informed
about
the
charges
Calhoun
faces.
But
as
the
article
coyly
noted,
his
court-ordered
ankle
monitor
“could
be
seen
poking
from
beneath
the
pant
leg”
of
his
suit.
Now,
you
might
be
asking
yourself,
after
such
high-profile
charges,
how
is
Calhoun
able
to
continue
practicing
law?
Well,
Georgia
bar
spokeswoman
Jennifer
Mason
said
they’re
taking
a
wait
and
see
approach:
“The
bar
does
not
govern
personal
conduct
by
a
lawyer.
Mr.
Calhoun’s
participation
in
the
riots
was
personal
conduct
and
does
not
violate
the
Rules
of
Professional
Conduct
unless
it
constituted
a
crime.
Our
rules
require
that
the
lawyer
be
convicted
before
we
act
because,
just
like
any
other
person
accused
of
a
crime,
our
system
grants
defendants
a
presumption
of
innocence.”
Former
president
of
the
State
Bar
of
Georgia,
Lester
Tate,
had
a
different
take,
telling
the
paper
that
an
interim
suspension
was
available
if
there’s
a
substantial
threat
of
harm
to
clients
or
the
public.
Maybe
the
bar
just
doesn’t
think
the
allegations
Calhoun
referred
to
Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez
as
a
“dead
commie
walking,”
or
saying
on
Parler,
“We
are
going
to
kill
every
last
communist
who
stands
in
Trump’s
way,”
rises
to
that
level.
Calhoun
previously
rejected
a
plea
deal,
saying:
“They
offered
me
a
felony,”
he
said.
“I
know
I
didn’t
commit
a
felony.”
So,
with
Calhoun’s
case
making
its
way
through
the
court
system,
he’s
free
to
continue
practicing
law…
complete
with
that
ankle
bracelet.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
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