As Dianne Feinstein, 90, struggles to function in the Senate, a dispute within her family over control of her late husband’s estate is another difficult chapter at the end of a long career.
For years, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has been engaged in a long and painful public drama about her health and ability to do her job, as she winds down a storied career as a lawmaker and a former mayor of San Francisco. Now, Feinstein is also navigating an increasingly bitter legal and financial conflict that pits her and her daughter, Katherine Feinstein, against the three daughters of her late husband Richard C. Blum, who was a wealthy financier. In one legal dispute, the family is fi
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Despite her months away from the Senate and repeated calls for her resignation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had mostly returned to her normal life of being told what to say in the Senate. That is until multiple lawsuits about her family’s riches have taken center stage, exposing the fact that a woman who feels mentally fit enough to remain in the Senate has apparently given power of attorney to her adult child.