{"id":1917932,"date":"2023-04-22T01:56:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T05:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-firms-using-public-contracts-to-divert-money-to-democrats-consumer-advocates\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T02:02:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T06:02:05","slug":"law-firms-using-public-contracts-to-divert-money-to-democrats-consumer-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-firms-using-public-contracts-to-divert-money-to-democrats-consumer-advocates\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Firms Using Public Contracts to Divert Money to Democrats: Consumer Advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flaw-firms-using-public-contracts-to-divert-money-to-democrats-consumer-advocates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917932&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0421\/5628e54f-72b9-4e25-8f94-f40f96b17495\/audio.mp3?length=4107213&#038;duration=342\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>A consumer advocacy organization is sounding the alarm on major law firms siphoning money out of conservative states and into radical, left-wing agendas.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance for Consumers (AFC) has sent letters (<a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:7f806c3f-4516-451f-bc70-849ee3a9b0ee\">pdf<\/a>) to Republican governors warning them that major law firms are using public contracts with their state and local governments to fund Democrat officials and organizations while diverting money away from victims and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, AFC Executive Director O.H. Skinner discusses its consumer protection report on what it called the \u201cShady Trial Lawyer Pipeline,\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/acrobat.adobe.com\/link\/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:62563cf3-7a04-4e36-a44a-621d360e9f7a\">pdf<\/a>) in which eight law firms the report labeled the \u201cShady Eight,\u201d have used consumer protection contracts \u201cto funnel money into aggressively partisan political giving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Consumer Protection Report exposes how these trial lawyers rely on public contracts with states and local governments that often lack basic protections (including basic ethics protections) to tighten their hold, all while diverting money away from everyday consumers and sending 99% of their federal donations to liberal candidates and committees,\u201d Skinner wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>In the report, the AFC said law firms, which include Morgan &#038; Morgan, Motley Rice, and Maron &#038; Budd, have generated up to $18 million in political donations to Democrat committees and candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the total given by the firms directly, their 1,400 or so combined lawyers, and other employees and staff,\u201d the report states. \u201cOf that, over $3 million was generated by the firms during 2021 and 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Partisan Political Giving Supported by Money From State Contracts<\/h2>\n<p>In 2021 and 2022, the report said these firms continued to donate strongly.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, the law firms sent 99 percent of their over $3 million in combined federal donations to Democrat campaigns and allied committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lowest contribution percentage given by a member of the Shady Eight to Democrats and their allies between 2021 and 2022 was from Grant &#038; Eisenhofer, with 97 percent of donations going to support Democratic campaigns and allied political committees,\u201d the report said, while other firms demonstrated a 100 percent commitment to Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Federal Election Commission\u2019s (FEC) recorded donations, Lieff Cabraser, another law firm, sent more than 50 percent of its over $750,000 in combined donations to support Democratic senatorial candidates in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This includes sending more than $100,000 to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.).<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, in 2021 and 2022, Motley Rice generated over $750,000 in combined FEC donations, with 55 percent used to fund Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The report listed U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Catherine Masto (D-Nev.), and Warnock among the top five recipients of the law firms\u2019 donations.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan &#038; Morgan donated $2.2 million to Presi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A consumer advocacy organization is sounding the alarm on major law firms siphoning money out of conservative states and into radical, left-wing agendas. 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