Republican lawyer is key player in voter suppression drive across US
by Peter Stone in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5H1DB)
Cleta Mitchell has emerged in a series of roles that many see as a Republican push on limiting voting rights
It was an abrupt end to two decades as a partner at legal giant Foley & Lardner for the influential and conservative election lawyer Cleta Mitchell.
Days after Mitchell participated in Donald Trump's controversial 2 January phone call with Georgia's secretary of state where the then president pressured him to find" him more votes to reverse Joe Biden's win, Mitchell resigned her post in the midst of an internal firm review and mounting criticism.
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