A Milwaukee-based law firm said it was “concerned” about its attorney Cleta Mitchell’s participation in the Saturday phone call between President Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
Foley & Lardner, the law firm where Mitchell serves as a partner, issued a statement after The Washington Post released audio from the call, in which Trump repeatedly asked Raffensperger to “find” 11,780 votes to make the president the winner of the state instead of President-elect Joe Biden.
“We are aware of, and are concerned by, Ms. Mitchell’s participation in the January 2 conference call and are working to understand her involvement more thoroughly,” the firm said in a statement.
The statement indicated that Foley & Lardner made the decision in November not to represent “any parties seeking to contest the results of the presidential election.”
The firm did permit its attorneys to participate in observing election recounts and similar activities as private citizens as long as they did not serve as legal advisers.
During the Saturday call, Trump told Raffensperger that “I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Because we won the state.”
Mitchell, who was among several lawyers on the call, questioned Raffensperger on his investigation into Georgia’s election that 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 see here,” Mitchell said, according to a transcript. “But we don’t know about that. All we know is what you tell us.”
The Georgia secretary of state countered Mitchell’s and Trump’s claims on the call, saying “We don’t agree that you have won.”
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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who was also present on the call, said Mitchell “is not the attorney of record but has been involved,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Mitchell is based in D.C. and has represented several right-wing and Republican groups, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Rifle Association and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Law firm "concerned" about attorney's participation in Trump's Georgia call https://t.co/ZcDwhEFONf pic.twitter.com/dvbayduLb9
— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2021
Cleta Mitchell has resigned from @FoleyandLardner. The firm said in a statement: "Cleta Mitchell has informed firm management of her decision to resign from Foley & Lardner effective immediately." https://t.co/2peHwUTjOi
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) January 5, 2021
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