National law firm Foley & Lardner said earlier that it was “concerned” about Mitchell’s involvement in Trump’s liaison with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and said the company was not involved in any legal work questioning the results. of the elections. On Tuesday, he announced that Mitchell was no longer with the company.
“Cleta Mitchell informed the company’s management of her decision to resign from Foley & Lardner with immediate effect. Ms. Mitchell concluded that her departure was in the best interest of the company, as well as in her own personal interests,” said the spokesman. Dan Farrell in a statement Tuesday. “We thank her for her contributions to the company and we wish her the best.”
His biography was removed from the law firm’s website on Tuesday. Mitchell did not respond to CNN’s requests for comment.
Mitchell has for many years been one of the most prominent voices on the right alleging electoral fraud.
In Trump’s January 2 call to Raffensperger, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows identified Mitchell as a lawyer who had some involvement in Trump’s efforts.
She spoke several times on the call about a lawsuit that Trump brought to cancel certification of Georgia’s results and about Trump’s effort to obtain state records. A state attorney told her that the information she had “was not accurate”.
Law firms, which are often proud to represent unpopular positions, rarely react strongly to political discourse. But Trump’s weekend call to the Georgia authorities and the insistence on trying to change the election result were perceived by the legal community as extraordinary and, in many cases, ethically and democratically off-limits.