A Listserv of Prominent Lawyers Devolved Into a Partisan Brawl Over Trump’s Orders
As the legal community organizes against Trump’s orders, one lawyer’s request for support from right-leaning lawyers quickly deteriorated. “The hypocrisy is stunning,” Cleta Mitchell wrote in the thread.
Cleta Mitchell was a central character in Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Tom Williams/AP
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