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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:06 PM Nov 2020

Why is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United Sta


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George Conway
@gtconway3d
Why is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United States of America and not to Donald J. Trump, helping determine legal strategy for Trump's campaign?

Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
Campaign officials met w/Cipollone on Thurs to go through remaining legal options & determined they had pursued every avenue to that point.

Some advisers acknowledge there is little path forward, politically or legally, that would prevent a Trump loss.
https://wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-will-keep-fighting-as-aides-doubt-path-forward-11604702837
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Why is Cipollone, a taxpayer-funded government lawyer who owes his duty of loyalty to the United Sta (Original Post) soothsayer Nov 2020 OP
Trump spends other people's money. AnnaLee Nov 2020 #1
Exactly. crickets Nov 2020 #3
I don't know. Let's ask our Attorney General over at DOJ. Golden Raisin Nov 2020 #2

AnnaLee

(1,035 posts)
1. Trump spends other people's money.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 09:32 PM
Nov 2020

It can't be pointed out often enough. People never seem to understand.

crickets

(25,960 posts)
3. Exactly.
Fri Nov 6, 2020, 10:02 PM
Nov 2020

George Conway put the answer in the question: because he's a taxpayer-funded government lawyer.

I think people understand it very well. No one ever really calls trump on it, except to obliquely dance around it the way Conway did. It's maddening.

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