Cleta Mitchell promoted the same fraudulent conspiracy theories about the election as her client did.
A conservative activist and former Donald Trump lawyer is to head up two newly announced conservative initiatives aimed at suppressing voting.
Cleta Mitchell, who worked to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, will lead the two new efforts.
The conservative activist group FreedomWorks announced on Sunday that Mitchell would chair its National Election Protection Initiative.
FreedomWorks told Newsmax, “The integrity of our elections are the bedrock of our Republic and confidence in these institutions is on the decline.” Conservatives often use the term “election integrity” as the rationalization for their efforts to suppress votes, particularly of ethnic minorities and other demographics that historically vote Democratic.
Newsmax, in what it said was an exclusive report on FreedomWorks’ new effort, said Mitchell would “lead a program focused on election integrity education, training, and deployment, including registering voters, recruiting and training local activists, working as election officials, monitoring election procedures, and identifying needed changes and reforms in election administration and law.”
On Tuesday, the Conservative Partnership Institute announced that Mitchell would be leading its Election Integrity Coalition. Former Sen. Jim DeMint, the chair of the institute, of which former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is a senior partner, told the Washington Examiner, “Washington elites are trying to silence and bully conservatives with astounding brazenness, which Cleta has witnessed first hand, and now through her work at CPI, she will teach the conservative movement how to fight back against this cancel culture.” The Examiner reported that the coalition is among a number of groups gearing up to fight against H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2021, House Democrats’ proposed bill that would expand voting rights across the country.
Mitchell is a longtime conservative activist who has been a part of many right-wing organizations and Republican campaigns. She has worked in the past for former Trump campaign manager and adviser Steve Bannon, representing his nonprofit organization.
Most recently, she was a lawyer for Trump’s reelection campaign.
In that capacity, Mitchell promoted the same fraudulent conspiracy theories about the election as her client did.