A Pennsylvania attorney representing President Donald Trump in one of his election-related lawsuits asked the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday to allow him to withdraw from representation, saying that Trump had used his “services to perpetrate a crime” and “taking action that the lawyer considers repugnant and with which the lawyer has a fundamental disagreement.”.

Jerome Marcus, who represented President Trump in a suit filed against the Philadelphia County Board of Elections, had alleged that the Republican Party poll watchers were not permitted to watch ballot tallying. The suit sought an injunction to prevent Philadelphia County from continuing to count ballots. That attempt was unsuccessful.

Despite Marcus continuing to assert that there was fraudulent activity in the Philadelphia County election process, the storming of the US Capitol building by pro-Trump rioters on January 6 caused him to cease representation of President Trump. In his motion to withdraw as counsel, Marcus

In a statement to Politico, Marcus elaborated:

I believe that the filing of that and other cases was used by President Trump yesterday to incite people to violence. I refer specifically to his urging people to come to Washington for a ‘wild’ protest. I want absolutely no part of that. Therefore I have asked the court to allow me to withdraw as counsel.

Jerome Marcus is one of many individuals to disassociate themselves with Trump after the Capitol riots of January 6.