No one knows how the White House will respond or if it even will. But Nick Diaz's lawyer doesn't think any one of the 100,000 signatures on an online petition was for naught.
"Amazing," Lucas Middlebrook said. "The White House response is anybody's guess. The 100,000 does, however, prove that our defense prevailed in the court of public opinion, further highlighting the injustice of the entire proceeding."
The Nevada Athletic Commission suspended Diaz for five years and fined him $165,000 at a disciplinary hearing last month. Diaz tested positive for marijuana in relation to his UFC 183 main event fight with Anderson Silva on Jan.