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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 09:31 AM Nov 2020

Inside the Lincoln Project's new campaign targeting Trump's law firm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/10/inside-lincoln-projects-new-campaign-targeting-trumps-law-firm/

President Trump is trying to steal the election, but he couldn’t get far if it weren’t for his enablers. There’s Attorney General William P. Barr, who has granted prosecutors approval to pursue fake voter fraud cases to make them appear real. There’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who is lending validity to Trump’s big lie that the outcome remains unknown.
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And then there’s Jones Day, the big law firm that is representing Trump as his campaign prepares to unleash a legal war designed to overturn the election results. The firm’s role is drawing new scrutiny, and it’s making lawyers at the firm mighty uncomfortable.

The Lincoln Project is set to launch a multiplatform campaign hammering Jones Day and other firms for their role in facilitating Trump’s efforts, I’m told. It includes TV and digital ads and social media highlighting the damage that enabling Trump threatens to our democracy and to the success of the presidential transition.

“These people have now decided that attempting to undermine the outcome of a just and fair election is perfectly acceptable for their legal practices,” Rick Wilson, a GOP strategist and co-founder of the Lincoln Project, told me, in a reference to Jones Day and other firms representing Trump and the GOP.

Wilson said the Lincoln Project will “bring a light on that,” noting that such efforts help Trump in “waging lawfare against the American people.” Jones Day represents The Washington Post on labor and employment law matters.

This new campaign is a reminder that Trump’s efforts to overturn the results rely heavily on the complicity of many other actors — and that aggressive efforts will be needed to hold them accountable for it.

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Inside the Lincoln Project's new campaign targeting Trump's law firm (Original Post) NurseJackie Nov 2020 OP
Even more... NurseJackie Nov 2020 #1
Large law firms like Jones Day need to be broken up. LiberalFighter Nov 2020 #2
FYI Jones Day said yesterday that they don't represent DJT. It's weasel wording on their part.. Princess Turandot Nov 2020 #3
Hair-splitting. Obviously they're representing Trump's interests. NurseJackie Nov 2020 #5
Bezos needs to find a new law firm to represent his Washington Post Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #4
LOL! NurseJackie Nov 2020 #6
it is unethical for law firms to bring bullshit suits. mopinko Nov 2020 #7
They're unlikely to ever be paid. Do they think this gives them prestige? NurseJackie Nov 2020 #9
or something. mopinko Nov 2020 #10
KR Me. Nov 2020 #8
Go TLP!! AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #11
The Lincoln PATRIOTS!! Still fighting. I'm so grateful and proud... NurseJackie Nov 2020 #12

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
1. Even more...
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 09:32 AM
Nov 2020
The campaign also raises interesting possibilities involving the future of Never-Trump Republicans, about whether they’ll keep battling against GOP voter suppression and for revitalized democracy once Trump is gone.

The New York Times reports that Jones Day and a second firm, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, are expected to play a central role in representing Trump and Republicans in lawsuits challenging the votes in numerous states.

Concerns inside Jones Day are “taking on new urgency as the president seeks to raise doubts about the election results,” the Times says. Senior lawyers worry they’re helping Trump and his allies “undermine the integrity of American elections.”

Meanwhile, at Porter Wright — which just filed a lawsuit alleging irregularities in Pennsylvania — lawyers have internally voiced similar concerns, with one quitting in protest, the Times reports.

Princess Turandot

(4,784 posts)
3. FYI Jones Day said yesterday that they don't represent DJT. It's weasel wording on their part..
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:05 AM
Nov 2020

To their mind, representing the PA GOP in their suit (as one example) isn't representing Trump.

They've since said this:

Jones Day will keep representing Republicans in a lawsuit fighting Pennsylvania’s deadline extension for mail-in ballots, the firm said Tuesday, after it faced a torrent of online criticism for its work for the Trump campaign.



BTW, since he's been in office they've made $20 million off of him. And I bet those bills were paid.

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
7. it is unethical for law firms to bring bullshit suits.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 10:24 AM
Nov 2020

even disgusting ppl deserve representation. but you arent supposed to pull shit out of your ass.

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
10. or something.
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 11:11 AM
Nov 2020

i mean, serving the wh usually does.
my nephew, a lifelong republican, served in obama's white house and it was the pride of a storied career.

but this shit? flinging poo for an orangutan?
they wont be able to get the stain off in 100 yrs.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
12. The Lincoln PATRIOTS!! Still fighting. I'm so grateful and proud...
Wed Nov 11, 2020, 02:53 PM
Nov 2020

... we're very fortunate to have their continued help in this ongoing fight.

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