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The
third
time
is
not
the
charm
for
Jones
Day.
After
advising
Donald
Trump
in
both
of
his
prior
White
House
bids,
packing
the
administration
with
its
lawyers, touting
its
ties
to
the
administration
to
drum
up
business,
watching
its
temporarily
seconded
attorneys
mount
a
campaign
to
pack
the
federal
judiciary
—
including
with
the
firm’s
own
associates —
running
up
bills
in
efforts
to
disenfranchise
voters,
and
then
taking
advantage
of
the
revolving
door
of
returning
administration
officials,
Jones
Day
has
decided
not
to
advise
Trump’s
2024
campaign
according
to
an
exclusive
report
from
Bloomberg.
Maybe
Alina
Habba
departed
the
E.
Jean
Carroll
case
to
bone
up
on
election
law.
Neither
the
firm
nor
Trump’s
camp
commented
on
the
matter,
but
Bloomberg’s
sources
report
that
the
firm
is
moving
a
different
direction:
The
law
firm
is
not
working
on
Trump’s
2024
campaign
and
does
not
plan
to
provide
legal
services
related
to
the
run,
according
to
a
source
familiar
with
the
situation.
Jones
Day
lawyers
are
winding
down
“legacy
matters”
for
committees
affiliated
with
Trump’s
previous
campaigns,
the
person
said.
The
article
flags
the
leadership
transition
with
Greg
Shumaker
recently
taking
the
reins
from
Stephen
Brogan,
whose
lengthy
run
atop
the
firm
saw
its
aggressive
—
if
unnoticed
by
the
general
public
—
branding
as
the
marquee
brand
of
the
conservative
legal
movement.
While
the
transition
could
signal
a
business
decision
to
withdraw
from
right-wing
causes
in
light
of
mounting
negative
publicity
(affiliate
link),
it’s
probably
wise
to
take
that
theory
with
a
full-sized
salt
lick.
There
are
two
Jones
Days
out
there:
“MAGA
Jones
Day”
and
“Lawyers
Who
Enable
MAGA
Jones
Day.”
Plenty
of
law
firms
indulge
unpopular
legal
work
up
until
it
begins
to
impact
the
bottom
line,
but
Jones
Day
has
spent
so
much
time
and
effort
orienting
its
business
model
around
attorneys
and
clients
who
don’t
just
accept
the
Trump
worldview
but
actively
endorse
it
that
it’s
hard
to
imagine
the
firm
stepping
back.
More
likely,
the
firm
has
decided
it
will
pick
another
champion.
Donald
Trump
did
his
part
for
the
firm,
but
in
the
end
he
couldn’t
even
pull
off
a
decent
coup!
Sorry,
but
Jones
Day
has
no
room
for
losers.
Maybe
Ron
DeSantis
—
whose
chief
of
staff
is
a
Jones
Day
alum
—
can
take
things
to
the
next
level.
Jones
Day’s
dutiful
work
for
Trump
over
two
elections
got
results.
When
rioters
stormed
the
Capitol,
all
the
work
Jones
Day
put
in
reached
its
zenith.
They
had
spent
years
enabling
the
mob
and
could
then
collect
their
winnings
and
politely
walk
away.
Those
weren’t
our
people,
the
firm
could
say.
And
they
weren’t…
just
the
people
the
firm
had
worked
hard
to
grant
outsized
influence
over
American
politics.
Trump’s
done
his
part.
Someone
else
can
take
that
energy
into
2024.
Greatness
achieved!
Jones
Day
Won’t
Advise
Trump
in
2024
White
House
Campaign
[Bloomberg]
Earlier:
Jones
Day
Is
Divided
Between
‘MAGA
Jones
Day’
And
‘Lawyers
Who
Enable
MAGA
Jones
Day’
New
Report
Explains
That
No
Matter
How
Objectionable
You
Thought
Jones
Day
Was,
It’s
Worse
Yesterday
Was
The
Day
America
Learned
What
We’ve
Known
About
Jones
Day
All
Along
GOP
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Long
Career
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