During the #DOJ probe into #Russia’s #ElectionInterference in 2016 led by fmr #FBI dir Robert #Mueller, #Burck represented 3 #Trump WH ofcls, Trump’s first WH counsel, #DonMcGahn, his first chief of staff, #ReincePriebus, & his 2016 campaign chairman & WH chief strategist, #SteveBannon. And he has served as a board member of the #Fox Corporation, operator of the #RightWing, #Republican-aligned #FoxNews Channel, since 2021.

#law #Hur #HouseRepublicans #gaslighting

Merck is represented by #BigLaw firm #JonesDay, who made their bones by representing the #RJReynolds from smokers with lung-cancer, arguing that the smoking/cancer link wasn't scientifically sound. That's not the only fanciful argument they put before a judge: Jones Day also represented #Trump in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election (they also hired Trump's counsel #DonMcGahn as he exited the White House's revolving door).

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