Category:Lin Wood: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox person

| name = Lin Wood

| image = Lin Wood by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| image_size = 150px

| caption = Wood in 2011

| birth_name = Lucian Lincoln Wood Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|19}}

| birth_place = [[Wikipedia:Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, North Carolina]], U.S.

| occupation = Lawyer

}}

In recent years, Wood has frequently garnered attention through his promotion of conspiracy theories, both in his capacity as a lawyer and as a political commentator and social media personality. After [[:Category:Joe Biden|Joe Biden]] won the [[Wikipedia:2020 United States presidential election|2020 United States presidential election]], Wood promoted conspiracy theories on Trump's behalf, falsely claiming that Trump had won the election with 70% of the vote, and that a secret cabal of international Communists, Chinese intelligence, and Republican officials had contrived to steal the election from Trump. Sometimes in association with Trump attorney [[:Category:Sidney Powell|Sidney Powell]], Wood litigated on the president’s behalf in various failed lawsuits, which sought to prevent the certification of legally cast ballots in the presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Wootson|first=Cleve R. Jr.|last2=Gardner|first2=Amy|date=November 26, 2020|title=Trump’s baseless election fraud claims in Georgia turn Senate runoffs into a 'high-wire act' for Republicans|work=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-fraud-claims-georgia-republicans-run-offs-perdue-loeffler/2020/11/26/0c4d6b3a-2f30-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html|accessdate=December 2, 2020}}</ref> Wood has also called for the imprisonment of Georgia Governor [[:Category:Brian Kemp|Brian Kemp]] and Secretary of State [[:Category:Brad Raffensperger|Brad Raffensperger]], based on the conspiracy theory that the two Republican officials worked with the Chinese to help rig the vote for Biden.<ref>https://www.cbs46.com/news/trump-retweets-lin-woods-message-kemp-raffensperger-are-going-to-jail/article_e8c27374-3ee6-11eb-95d1-b7814108db6f.html</ref> Additionally, Wood is known for promoting the conspiracy theory that the [[:Category:Coronavirus|COVID-19]] crisis was manufactured by the Chinese government.

==See also==

*{{Wikipedia-inline|L. Lin Wood}}

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