GET ME REWRITE: Cleta Mitchell, current Trump clown show star, is no longer employed at Foley & Lardner law firm

 

New York Times, 1/5/2021

The firm had begun to distance itself from her shortly after the call was first reported by The Washington Post on Sunday. As Mr. Trump has made increasingly specious claims about the election, he has been unable to attract high-profile, establishment lawyers to back his cause. 

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Ms. Mitchell has represented far-right groups and conservatives for many years. She served on the board of the National Rifle Association and represented Tea Party groups that claimed they were illegally targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Original 1/5/2021 post, "Will the real Cleta Mitchell please stand up?", starts here

Photo credits:  Foley & Lardner, 

Mitchell's participation in Trump's seditious phone call to Georgia authorities has become a source of embarrassment to the Foley & Lardner law firm.

In a statement, a spokesman for Foley said the firm does not represent "any parties seeking to contest the results of the presidential election." 

"We are aware of, and are concerned by, Ms. Mitchell’s participation in the Jan. 2 conference call and are working to understand her involvement more thoroughly,” Dan Farrell, director of communication for Foley, said in a statement Monday.

Of Cleta's $2,900 in Wisconsin campaign contributions, $1,500 was given to Scott Walker.

Source:  Wisconsin Democracy Campaign (highlights added)