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When Joe Biden came to Los Angeles to raise money for his presidential campaign, Tom Girardi filled a dining room at the Jonathan Club with wealthy attorneys.
“Obviously everyone thinks the world of you and they should,” Girardi told Biden as his then-wife, “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne, looked on in a stylish blue dress.
The 2019 breakfast fundraiser at the private downtown club was in many ways the end of an era. By the time Biden was elected last fall, Girardi’s life and legal empire were unraveling. His wealth, once estimated north of $250 million, has vanished and with it his reputation as one of the nation’s most connected and respected lawyers. With Girardi facing bankruptcy, divorce and a criminal investigation, his days as a political insider and power broker appear over.
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The House of Representatives has passed a landmark election bill as Democrats and Republicans battle over voting rights.
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The Fight Over Voting Rights
To an extent not seen in a century, America’s two major parties have gone to battle over the rules that govern
voting an intensifying fight that threatens to dominate and embitter the country’s politics.
Earlier this week, at the Supreme Court, Republican and Democratic lawyers clashed over part of the landmark Voting Rights Act.
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Then, on Wednesday night in Congress, the House narrowly passed a bill that would set nationwide standards for federal elections. It would be a major expansion of Washington’s authority, which Democrats say is needed to protect voting rights against restrictions in Republican states.