What You Need to Know

• McGuireWoods partner George Terwilliger is representing Mark Meadows in his dealings with the Jan. 6 House select committee.
• Terwilliger, a longtime Republican leader, notably distanced himself from the efforts of Trump allies to challenge the 2020 presidential election with false claims of fruad
• The Jan. 6 House select committee has forced defense lawyers, especially those aligned with Republicans, to reckon with whether and how to represent those associated with an effort to overturn the election.

When George Terwilliger III appeared in federal court in Georgia a year ago in an election-related lawsuit over mail-in ballots, he wanted to make clear who he was not.

“I am George Terwilliger,” the McGuireWoods partner told the judge in the case. “I’m not Sidney Powell. I’m not Lin Wood. I’m not Rudy Giuliani. Our opponents here have raised the specter of this somehow being related to cases in which those lawyers have made assertions concerning the Georgia process and the election process and election procedures. We have nothing to do with that.”

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