Cleta Mitchell, who advised Trump on Saturday phone call, resigns from law firm

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Washington Post

Politics

Cleta Mitchell, who advised Trump on Saturday phone call, resigns from law firm

By Michael Kranish
Jan. 5, 2021 at 4:58 p.m. EST

Republican lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who advised President Trump during his Saturday phone call with Georgia's secretary of state in an effort to overturn the election, resigned on Tuesday as a partner in the Washington office of the law firm Foley & Lardner.

Mitchell's resignation came after the law firm on Monday issued a statement saying it was "concerned by" her role in the call. The firm noted that as a matter of policy, its attorneys do not represent "any parties seeking to contest the results of the election."

The Washington Post on Sunday published audio and a transcript of the hour-long call in which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to overturn the election results. During the call, Mitchell complained that she had not been given access to certain information from Raffensperger's office, and Trump relied on her to an extraordinary degree during the call.

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Mitchell, 70, is a one-time Democratic member of the Oklahoma legislature who became a Republican and has made a Washington career representing GOP candidates, committees and causes, culminating with her work after the election advising Trump.

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Michael Kranish is a national political investigative reporter for The Washington Post. He is the co-author of The Post's biography "Trump Revealed," as well as biographies of John F. Kerry and Mitt Romney. He previously was the deputy chief of the Boston Globe's Washington bureau. Follow https://twitter.com/PostKranish

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitchell-trump-resigns-firm/2021/01/05/ea5364b4-4f9e-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

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Hat tip, Steve Herman, W7VOA

Attorney
@CletaMitchell
has resigned from her law firm a day after
@FoleyandLardner
stated it was "working to understand her involvement more thoroughly" with the
@realDonaldTrump
legal team following her participation in the controversial phone call with
@GaSecofState
.

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Beat me to it

(have to self-delete )

Good insane evening!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. Sorry. I wasn't trying. It just happened.

Tomorrow's the big day in downtown DC. I'll be miles away

Good evening anyway.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. I was trying to format paragraphs and whatnot

I am glad to be 150 miles away from that fiasco although here in PA, we have our own "coup" in progress...

(but then I am about 112 miles from that melee)

[Yeehah]

2. "Resigned"

"Pack your shit and get out of here."

[Demovictory9]

4. Yeah

[PJMcK]

19. "Security! Escort this idiot out of the building. Now!" (n/t)

[orwell]

3. Everything he touches...

...turns into a disaster.

[SunSeeker]

17. Yup. Everything Trump touches dies, like Cleta's legal career.

[rsdsharp]

6. Oh, hell! I missed it by one day.

This is my post from Sunday answering the question “Who is Cleta Mitchell?”

I think by close of business tomorrow,
she may well be a former partner at Foley and Lardner.

[UpInArms]

7. Phil Graham former awful repug thing from Texas was a "one time" democrat, also

Mitchell, 70, is a one-time Democratic member of the Oklahoma legislature who became a Republican and has made a Washington career representing GOP candidates, committees and causes, culminating with her work after the election advising Trump.

[rpannier]

22. That jack-ass Peter Navarro used to be in the Clinton Admin

Every so often you come across horrid people who at one time were Democrats... cough... Ronald Reagan

[UpInArms]

26. That was, exactly, my point

Thank you ...

[oro]

8. Ah, the fantastic aroma of just deserts!

Everyone who enabled Trump in any capacity should have to resign from any organization that doesn't want to appear to be abetting his agenda.

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. She'll find a home with Guilianni, Powell, Wood and Kraken..

Specializing in election law.

[George II]

11. Brings to mind the title of Rick Wilson's book: "Everything trump touches dies"

[nwduke]

12. Code phrase from a law firm;

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out! We’ll send you your things later!

[papa3times]

13. When you commit

such outrageous federal crimes witnessed by audio, your law firm tends not to like that. Another person destroys their career in the name of serving Trump.

[Rebl2]

14. I'm sure

she was invited to leave or be fired.

[SunSeeker]

18. Our attorneys do not represent "any parties seeking to contest the results of the election."

Mitchell’s resignation came after the law firm on Monday issued a statement saying it was “concerned by” her role in the call. The firm noted that as a matter of policy, its attorneys do not represent “any parties seeking to contest the results of the election.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitchell-trump-resigns-firm/2021/01/05/ea5364b4-4f9e-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html


Yeah, she was pushed, she didn't jump.

[marble falls]

15. Trump has been associated with the trashing of more legal careers than any other President.

[brooklynite]

16. From THE MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET...

DORIS: "What about your bosses...Haislip and Mackenzie and the rest? What do they say?"

GAILEY: "That I'm jeopardizing the prestige and dignity of an old, established law firm, and either I drop this impossible case immediately or they will drop me.

I beat them to it. I quit."

[badboy67]

20. She can go work for the Kracken lady Sidney Powell.

[turbinetree]

21. So it has been reported that she was on the call when the "guy" that has been trying strong arm

state officials , you think that she should be brought up with hearings to see if she should be disbarred...........enough is enough.......

[hatrack]

23. Partners don't "resign" - they retire, die or get fired

The. End.

[keithbvadu2]

24. The law firm did not want their name associated in any way to this phone call.

The law firm did not want their name associated in any way to this phone call.

[Marcuse]

25. I'm sure Trump will compensate her for the lost income.

[Progressive Jones]

27. Ordered to resign, no doubt. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

28. Hit the bricks, you Anti-American skank.

Hopefully, disbarment is next.