He was Chuck Grassley’s counsel two years after law school? I guess it’s true what they say, the committee staff are the smart ones and the personal staff are warm bodies
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He worked for Thom Thillis straight out of law school. Personal connection? Would be nice to know how that happened, and whether it's normal.
aug 27, 2025, 2:29 pm • 9 0 • view
If its not some personal connection then what the hell is the reason? Brand new attorneys are so, so green. We don't have a residency like MDs do
aug 27, 2025, 2:45 pm • 3 0 • view
Meant to distinguish "personal" (family) from the other way young people seem to get these kind of jobs - having been noticed in conservative student activist circles. It seems unlikely a newly graduated law student (not yet barred?) would be hired as a Senator's counsel just via sending in a CV.
aug 27, 2025, 3:18 pm • 8 0 • view
Paul Ingrassia, for example, was groomed in far-right activism as a student, as a Claremont fellow, twice. He did a year of law work, then went into propaganda, even wrote for the Gateway Pundit. Then Trump gave him a high-level White House appointment! That wasn't because of his law credentials.
aug 27, 2025, 3:27 pm • 8 1 • view