California ends contract with Eric Holder’s law firm after $100K paid

By Chris Eger

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, center, seen with California Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León, left, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, is no longer retained by state lawmakers. (Photo: Rich Pedroncelli /AP)
Hired in January by the California Legislature as a legal shield against the Trump administration, lawmakers are not renewing Holder’s contract.
As reported by The Sacramento Bee, the California Assembly will end it’s $25,000-a-month relationship with Washington D.C.-based law firm of Covington and Burling, of whom former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is a partner. Democratic leaders caution they will reach out to the firm in the future if needed.
“We have received valuable guidance from Covington & Burling over the past four months,” said Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount. “We will continue to seek their guidance as the need arises.”
When the initial three-month contract was inked earlier this year, Rendon spoke of Holder’s firm as “an important resource as we work with the Governor and the Attorney General to protect California from the reckless overreach we expect from Donald Trump and the Republican members of Congress who have so cravenly enabled him.” In May, the contract was renewed for one further month.
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