Mob lawyer mentored Trump Labor pick
Source: Politico
Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder began his career fighting the agency he may now lead on behalf of one of the most notorious mob lawyers in the country.
Today, Puzder is CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns the burger chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s. But long before that, Puzder made his bones working at the St. Louis firm of Morris A. Shenker, the lawyer for Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and the target of frequent investigations by the FBI, Nevada Gaming Commission and others.
“Shenker was part of the mob," recalls Denny Walsh, who wrote a 1970 Life magazine profile of Shenker and covered Shenker for years at the St. Louis Globe Democrat. "He was their mouthpiece."
Puzder, whose confirmation hearing is scheduled for Feb. 7, is facing opposition from liberal groups and lawmakers who don’t like his treatment of workers at CKE; he’s also drawn headlines because his former wife accused him of domestic violence, charges that she later recanted. But so far the chapter of Puzder’s life in which he represented Shenker against union pensioners — pensioners whom Puzder, as Labor secretary, would have the duty to protect — has received little attention.
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