Lin Wood’s brand has become so toxic that no matter his skills, having him on a case is a liability to the client.
Lin is starting to sound like Lindsey. Talk tough, and say what people want to hear, but never deliver.
A typical misinformation campaign is to have a prominent personality espouse some legitimate conspiracy theories, to align themselves with the cause, and then go to an extreme level. In doing so, they pull the group with them and delegitimize the original theories. It’s classic fbi.
One of those situations where Nick and his family likely called and explained to Lin that they had to make this move and appreciated what Lin had done for him. Nick is a good conservative kid but Lin “would” pun-there-somewhere really be a liability at this point in Sandmann’s future cases.