The attorney for three hardline Republicans challenging the chamber's mask mandate was previously suspended by two bar associations over insider trading
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is part of a lawsuit challenging Speaker Nancy Pelosi's mask mandate for the House floor. | The attorney for a trio of hardline House conservatives who are suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi has had his own run-in with the law.
Records show that the Kentucky-based Wiest ultimately paid the SEC more than $115,000, a sum that includes civil penalties, and was reinstated in 2018 by both bar associations. His past punishment could prove politically relevant, however, as the trio of House Freedom Caucus members lean on Wiest to challenge a Pelosi-instituted requirement that members wear masks on the chamber floor — or face potential fines if they violate that mandate.
in late July on behalf of the three lawmakers after they lost an appeal of their fines before the House Ethics Committee. Wiest and his clients also argued that those who enter the lower chamber without masks are protected by rules governing their official speech. The House mask rule was later lifted after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance in May that said vaccinated individuals were no longer required to wear a mask indoors. The three Republicans who have sued Pelosi were fined before the rule was lifted.
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