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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United Sta
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George Conway
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Why is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United States of America and not to Donald J. Trump, helping determine legal strategy for Trump's campaign?
Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
Campaign officials met w/Cipollone on Thurs to go through remaining legal options & determined they had pursued every avenue to that point.
Some advisers acknowledge there is little path forward, politically or legally, that would prevent a Trump loss.
https://wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-will-keep-fighting-as-aides-doubt-path-forward-11604702837
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Why is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United Sta (Original Post)
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Nov 2020
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AnnaLee
(1,362 posts)1. Trump spends other people's money.
It can't be pointed out often enough. People never seem to understand.
George Conway put the answer in the question: because he's a taxpayer-funded government lawyer.
I think people understand it very well. No one ever really calls trump on it, except to obliquely dance around it the way Conway did. It's maddening.
Golden Raisin
(4,750 posts)2. I don't know. Let's ask our Attorney General over at DOJ.
