“Charlie Spies, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, was pushed out of his new role just two months after taking the job, amid a storm of controversy over conflicts involving other clients at the firm where he still works,“ the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer whom the R.
N.C. hired in March primarily because of his knowledge of how best to use existing regulations to a campaign’s or a candidate’s advantage, has been under attack since soon after he arrived at the committee.”