Proud Boys Lawyer Jason Lee Van Dyke Suspended By Texas Bar After Threats - 2019-02-21
Proud Boys Lawyer Jason Lee Van Dyke Suspended By Texas Bar After Threats February 21, 2019,
Jason Lee Van Dyke, the suit-happy lawyer who represented and briefly led the Proud Boys extremist gang, has been suspended from practicing law in Texas after he threatened to kill a man he was suing, the State Bar of Texas confirmed.
Van Dyke, who has a penchant for targeting those who oppose him with violent threats, is banned from practicing law for three months and will be on probation for another nine, if he complies with a slew of conditions from the state bar, according to case documents.
Van Dyke has been in and out of legal trouble for months ― he was arrested in September and accused of filing a false police report, released on bond, then given a new bail hearing for threatening a man named Thomas Retzlaff, whom he was suing for defamation. Van Dyke didn't show up to that bail hearing in December and again found himself in handcuffs, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported.
