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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy does @JonesDay have a seat on the DOJ agency review transition team?
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Jennifer Taub
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Wut
Jonathan Selbin
@JonathanSelbin
Anyone @JoeBiden wanna answer why @JonesDay which is leading the election delegitimization litigation for @realDonaldTrump has a seat on the DOJ agency review transition team?
That seems inappropriate.
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Why does @JonesDay have a seat on the DOJ agency review transition team? (Original Post)
soothsayer
Nov 2020
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SharonClark
(10,014 posts)1. Jones Day is a huge law firm.
One partner in the firm, Shirlethia Franklin, who served in the Obama administration, does serve on a transition team.
My question, who is Jonathan Selbin and why does he want to stir up shit about the transition team?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)2. It is a big law firm that is well known for having Democrats and republicans as partners.
So, an attorney from that firm being on a democratic administration transition team comes as no surprise to me.
Gothmog
(145,195 posts)3. Inside the Lincoln Project's new campaign targeting Trump's law firm
The Lincoln Project is kicking butt here.
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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 Trumps 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.
The campaign also raises interesting possibilities involving the future of Never-Trump Republicans, about whether theyll keep battling against GOP voter suppression and for revitalized democracy once Trump is gone.
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 Trumps 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.
The campaign also raises interesting possibilities involving the future of Never-Trump Republicans, about whether theyll keep battling against GOP voter suppression and for revitalized democracy once Trump is gone.