Earlier this week I looked into William Barr, followed him to his employer Kirkland and Ellis. I just read a post here regarding Swamp Watch and the Jeffery Epstein case . A lawyer by the name of Alexander Acosta represented him from Kirkland & Ellis. It immediately reminded me of what I found earlier this week. Below is a link to wikipedia for Kirkland & Ellis. There appears to be quite a few BIG NAMES associated with this firm. Many have found employment within the Trump administration. Names like Barr, Kavanaugh, Bolton and MORE. You can see the names under Notable Attorneys and Alumni. Then you should look under the Politcal Contributions and read that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland_%26_Ellis
UK_Bloke_Awoke ago
Political Appointed Jobs
Certainly many many High Ranking places under President Trump...
But, and bearing mind there are lots of ways to measure size, it is probably the biggest firm in the USA, so also likely to attract and recruit the best, and therefore be the number one source for Presidents looking for talent....
Political Contributions
Political contributions were 77% Democratic in 2008, BUT changed to 59% Republican in 2012....
Also they contributed heavily to Obama..
I suspect that, for ongoing case and client attraction purposes, they might contribute to whoever is in power or likely to gain power.....
CNOTE100 ago
That makes very good sense. Thank you.
WhyAserverWasBuilt ago
Acosta was appointed head of labor dept in Trump's cabinet!! I bitched about this and no one really cared much here, until the Epstein's case chirpped up once again and Trump had him on a short list for attorney general!
Truther65 ago
Hard to figure out what to make of this. On the surface it seems like bad news but who knows. There has to be a plan of some sort. Maybe Trump knows he won't be approved by the Senate.
CNOTE100 ago
yup, don't want to read too much into this. Just very interesting stuff there.
stbelmont ago
G H W Bush's sister married an Ellis. I remember the name from the Bush vs Gore election night when a Bush first cousin by the last name Ellis working for Fox News was the first to have the election called for Bush.