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DC's most powerful legal strategy crumbles under MAGA pressure

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AlterNet reports that Washington attorney Beth Wilkinson has represented clients across sharp political and commercial divides, including Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel, Disney, Brett Kavanaugh, major corporations, and media mogul David Ellison. The central claim is not that her legal strategy has collapsed, but that mounting partisan pressure may make this kind of flexible, elite representation harder to sustain.

Citing New York Times reporting, AlterNet highlights Wilkinson’s work for Ellison in defending his proposed $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery from a…

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