Georgia bar says mental health exam isn't key to Lin Wood's fate

The Georgia state bar is pushing back against L. Lin Wood's attempt to dodge the attorney licensing body's request that he undergo a mental health evaluation.

In a series of filings made in Atlanta federal court on Monday, the state bar said Wood, who embraced conspiracy theories and gained a large social media following challenging former President Donald Trump's election defeat, would not lose his law license if he failed to be evaluated.

But the bar said its request for a mental health evaluation is part of its overall investigation into Wood, who has called for the execution of the former U.S. vice president and allegedly attacked two of his former law colleagues.

Wood could lose his license at the end of the investigation, but he will have numerous opportunities to contest the evidence against him, the bar said. That evidence includes allegations of physical violence Wood's former colleagues have made against him in a pending lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court.

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