A Milwaukee-based law firm said it was “concerned” about the involvement of its attorney Cleta Mitchell in Saturday’s phone call between President Trump
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Foley & Lardner, the law firm where Mitchell is a partner, issued a statement later The Washington Post released audio of the call, in which Trump repeatedly asked Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes to turn the president into the state winner instead of the president-elect Joe Biden
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“We are aware of Ms. Mitchell’s participation in the Jan. 2 conference call and we are concerned and are working to understand her involvement more thoroughly,” the firm said in a statement.
The statement indicates that Foley and Lardner made the decision in November not to represent “any party that wants to challenge the results of the presidential election.”
The company allowed its lawyers to participate in observing election stories and similar activities as private citizens as long as they did not serve as legal advisers.
During Saturday’s call, Trump told Raffensperger that “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we have won the state.”
Mitchell, who was among several lawyers for the call, questioned Raffensperger about his investigation into the Georgia election which concluded that Biden won the state.
“You have data and records that we don’t have access to, and you keep telling us and making public statements that you’ve investigated this and, you know, nothing to do here,” Mitchell said, according to to a transcript. “But we don’t know anything about it. All we know is what you tell us.”
Georgia’s secretary of state countered Mitchell and Trump’s claims about the call, saying, “We don’t agree that you won.”
He also said Georgia officials believe the election has been fair.
Mitchell did not immediately return any request for comment, but previously gave a statement to the Post defending the call.
The lawyer said Raffensperger “has made many statements in the last two months that are simply not correct and everyone involved in the efforts to represent the president’s electoral challenge has said the same thing: show us your records you trust to make these statements. that our numbers are wrong. “
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows
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Mitchell is headquartered in DC and has represented several right-wing and Republican groups, including the Republican National Senate Committee, the National Rifle Association, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Project Lincoln, the anti-Trump GOP group, posted on Twitter the phone numbers of Foley & Lardner’s Milwaukee and DC offices, encouraging fans to share their thoughts on Mitchell’s involvement in the phone call.
The audio release of the Georgia call comes days before Congress plans to meet to certify election results, though dozens of Republicans in the House and Senate are expected to try to challenge the College’s vote. Electoral.