{"id":592537,"date":"2021-07-15T17:05:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=592537"},"modified":"2021-07-15T17:05:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T21:05:47","slug":"second-democrat-emerges-in-fight-against-britney-spears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-democrat-emerges-in-fight-against-britney-spears\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Democrat Emerges in Fight Against Britney Spears"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fsecond-democrat-emerges-in-fight-against-britney-spears%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=592537&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 readability=\"28.444444444444\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/culture\/\">Culture<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Former Dem congressman Ron Klein served as top lawyer for James Spears<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/britney-photo-copy-736x480-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/britney-photo-copy-736x480.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/britney-photo-copy-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/britney-photo-copy-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/britney-photo-copy.jpg 788w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/matthew-foldi\/\" title=\"Posts by Matthew Foldi\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Matthew Foldi<\/a> \u2022 July 15, 2021 5:00 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"64.264271969211\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A second Democrat has emerged as a leading opponent of the nationwide movement to emancipate pop icon Britney Spears from her father&#8217;s conservatorship.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Court documents show Ron Klein, a former Democratic congressman and chair of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, has served as the top lawyer representing James Spears, who has controlled his daughter&#8217;s life through a court-ordered conservatorship since 2008. His firm, Holland &amp; Knight, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizDDay\/status\/1415153453337255936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/LizDDay\/status\/1415153453337255936&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626446671984000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZB5AZhDPjY5AlLzRSvehcnUt6-Q\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">reported<\/a> earning $1.5 million for the work, paid for through Britney Spears&#8217;s fortune. The most expensive lawyer on the team representing her father was Klein, whose hourly rate was $1,285.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The revelation of Klein&#8217;s involvement follows a report that California judge Brenda Penny, who rejected Britney Spears&#8217;s plea to remove her father as conservator, is an unelected official and a registered Democrat. <span class=\"il\">Spears<\/span>\u2019s father maintains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/britney-spears-new-yorker-conservatorship_n_60e09d2ee4b0e01b6b1ec8c8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/britney-spears-new-yorker-conservatorship_n_60e09d2ee4b0e01b6b1ec8c8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626453369748000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQeX2NHlmkIs3C5wFDgq2N8y4Wqw\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">control<\/a> over the singer&#8217;s contact with the outside world and personal finances.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The pop star has seen a surge in support in recent months, from icons in the music world like <a href=\"https:\/\/californianewstimes.com\/madonna-britney-spears-is-no-ones-slave-free-britney-from-jail\/438263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/californianewstimes.com\/madonna-britney-spears-is-no-ones-slave-free-britney-from-jail\/438263\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626453369748000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGE7ZIVVsLsuce47gh9A0cRLyczhw\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">Madonna<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/music\/miley-cyrus-shouts-free-britney-las-vegas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/ew.com\/music\/miley-cyrus-shouts-free-britney-las-vegas\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626453369748000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFRFrvbY3vp9FnI_yMhBkBaSEbemA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">Miley Cyrus<\/a>&nbsp;to politicians like Republican senator <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1408115651084963844?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1408115651084963844?lang%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1626453369748000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE7CBKDOc9HBto426B_XHP2JYqEPA\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">Ted Cruz<\/a> and Republican congressman Matt Gaetz. Gaetz said at a Wednesday rally in support of Spears that Democrats have been unwilling to work with Republicans on the issue of reforming conservatorships.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;All we\u2019ve heard from Democrats so far is that they don\u2019t want to work with us on it,&#8221; Gaetz said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Jewish Democratic Council of America did not respond to a request for comment about whether it supports the #FreeBritney movement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture Former Dem congressman Ron Klein served as top lawyer for James Spears  Matthew Foldi \u2022 July 15, 2021 5:00 pm A second Democrat has &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}