File this under “Okay”…

John Pierce, the controversial right-wing lawyer hired by over a dozen Jan. 6 defendants, is apparently hospitalized with covid-19. (As explained at a hearing this am, one of several recently where he failed to appear)

— Rachel Weiner (@rachelweinerwp) August 25, 2021

Pierce is not AT this hearing, he sent the lawyer from his office who is not barred in DC again. Nor did he get his notice of appearance in behind.

“Mr. Pierce is in the hospital, we believe, with COVID-19, on a ventilator, non-responsive.”

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 25, 2021