Fired Texas Lawyer Cites Lord of the Rings, Declares 'Gondor Has No King' in Lawsuit That Wants Pro-Trump 'Stewards' to Sideline Joe Biden

Paul M. Davis, the Texas lawyer who was fired from his in-house counsel job after he recorded himself among a mob at the U.S. Capitol Complex on Jan. 6, has filed legal documents which set a new floor for legal embarrassment in U.S. jurisprudence. The documents employ a series of awkward references to — and ideas from — the temporary government of the Kingdom of Gondor in The Lord of the Rings.