General Bill Baxley called for throwing out the conviction. In March 2022, Marshall created controversy by refusing to acknowledge Joe Biden as the "duly elected and lawfully serving" President of the United States during the Senate confirmation hearings on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Rule of Law Defense Fund Marshall leads the Rule of Law Defense Fund, a nonprofit under the Republican Attorneys General Association. The organization organized pro-Trump protests on January 6, 2021, which sought to overturn the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden. Trump and his allies made false and baseless claims of fraud. The protests preceded pro-Trump rioters attacking the U.S. Capitol. Political party affiliation In 2011, after serving for ten years as Marshall County district attorney, Marshall officially changed his political party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party. Personal life Marshall is an elder at LifePoint Church in Albertville and has participated in missionary work in India. He was married to Bridgette Gentry, who took her own life on June 24, 2018, after "a long struggle with mental illness" and addictions. They have a daughter together. References External links |- 1964 births 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American politicians Alabama Attorneys General Alabama Democrats Alabama Republicans District attorneys in Alabama Living people People from Marshall County, Alabama University of Alabama School of Law alumni University of North Carolina alumni