Most infamously, Elias funded (and then initially lied about his role in) the discredited/debunked Steele dossier that alleged then-GOP candidate for president Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

Considering the decades of service he’s put in for Democrats at the expense of election integrity and the rule of law, it was rather intriguing to find out from Punchbowl News Wednesday morning that the DNC has decided that they will no longer retain his services:

The DNC and Elias had a number of strategic disagreements, according to sources familiar with the internal deliberations.

Elias has represented the DNC since 2009. His firm, the Elias Law Group, represents all of the major Democratic entities in Washington. Elias will continue to work for the DCCC, DSCC, DAGA and DLCC. And Elias counts a slew of senators and members as clients.

Most notably, Elias, a former partner at Perkins Coie, has been behind what he calls the “Democracy Docket” — an array of voting rights challenges nationwide. On Tuesday, Elias said this covered 45 cases in 18 states. And Elias has a knack for winning these cases, raising the ire of Republicans.

Elias’ firm has pulled in roughly $100,000 this year already from the DNC, according to FEC filings. In the 2022 cycle, the DNC paid Elias’ firm just shy of $2 million, according to campaign reports.

While the specifics on those “strategic disagreements” are unknown, this guy’s rap sheet is a lot longer than our intellectual betters in the media would have people believe:

Elias has suffered a number of high-profile legal setbacks in recent years, most notably when a federal judge dismissed one of Elias’s lawsuits as a “Hail Mary” pass meant to undermine free elections.

The Federal Election Commission last year fined the DNC and Clinton campaign a total of $113,000 for improperly earmarking the dossier in campaign finance disclosures as “legal expenses” instead of opposition research.

Elias was not fined in the FEC case, but he has racked up other controversies.

A Texas appeals court sanctioned Elias in 2021 for making “misleading” statements he made to overturn a ban on straight-ticket ballot options.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2023/04/12/report-trouble-in-paradise-as-dnc-makes-shocking-move-concerning-super-lawyer-marc-elias-n730178

Nine prominent news organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Executive Office for United States Attorneys and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, seeking access to government surveillance videos of the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol.

The plaintiffs include Advance Publications, The Associated Press, Cable News Network (CNN), CBS Broadcasting Inc., The E.W. Scripps Company, Gannett Co., POLITICO LLC, Pro Publica, and The New York Times Company.

In their lawsuit, the news organizations seek an order to compel the defendants to produce copies of government surveillance videos of the riot, which they claim is of deep national importance and historical significance. The videos were taken during the Capitol riot and have been submitted as evidence in many court cases.

The plaintiffs argue that the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy has denied access to the Capitol Surveillance Videos to any other news organization or journalist, except to Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Carlson access to over 40,000 hours of January 6 footage earlier this year, which has premiered exclusively on Fox News.

The news organizations filed the lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking general access to the government videos. While congressional committees investigating the riot have been provided with the videos, and some clips were shown during the impeachment proceedings, the plaintiffs have requested access to the videos from the Speaker’s Office and leaders of both parties in the House and Senate, but have not yet received them. The Speaker’s office has only indicated that the videos will be released to the press and public in some manner eventually.

https://trendingpoliticsnews.com/news-organizations-melt-down-sue-to-retrieve-jan-6-footage-that-was-shared-to-tucker-carlson-mace/