A Republican Party attorney affiliated with President Trump, Cleta Mitchell, resigned on Tuesday from her law firm after the January 2 call in which Trump asked Georgia officials to “find” votes to defeat President-elect Joe Biden .
Mitchell, a partner in his company for nearly 20 years, announced his resignation a day after Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner Law Firm issued a statement noting his concern about his involvement in the call.
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On Sunday, the Washington Post released the audio of a call made on Saturday between Trump and Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger. The president refused to acknowledge his defeat for Biden and asked Georgia’s top electoral official by phone to “find 11,780 votes”.
Trump was joined on the call by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Mitchell, who was previously not known to be on Trump’s legal election team.
The national law firm later released a statement saying it was “concerned” about her involvement, and said the company had no connection to any political party or member involved in the presidential election.
“Our policy has allowed our lawyers to voluntarily participate in observing electoral recounts and similar actions in their individual capacity as citizens, as long as they do not act as legal advisers,” the company said in a statement on Monday.
Mitchell’s role on the Trump team is unclear, but she said in her resignation statement that, “After discussions with my company’s management, I decided that it is in our interest to leave the company.”
The political lawyer said the company, customers and colleagues were “flooded” with “hateful, vile and offensive attacks” after the call, and that was an important factor in their decision to leave.
Trump relied heavily on Mitchell during Saturday’s call, where she said Georgia’s secretary of state withheld documents, although state officials dismissed his claims as “inaccurate”.
Mitchell previously served as a Democrat in the Oklahoma State House during the 1970s and 1980s before becoming a Republican, Politico reported.
She has grown in prominence within the Republican Party for representing high-profile political figures such as Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell of Delaware, according to political-based news media.
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“Those who deny the existence of electoral and electoral fraud are not in touch with the facts and the reality,” Mitchell said in his statement on Tuesday. “I intend to redouble my efforts in this area after leaving the Firm.”