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At footnotes 26 and 27, change settlement negotiation (incorrect) to conversation (correct). There was nothing to settle or negotiate; incorrect characterization of phone call. Tcohn01 ( talk) 14:59, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
--- RE: "There was nothing to settle or negotiate"
The case being negotiated was this one, filed Dec 31, 2020: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.gand.285271/gov.uscourts.gand.285271.2.0_2.pdf
Per footnote 27, the call took place on Jan 2 while the forgoing case was pending before the U.S. District court for Northern District of Georgia. As an aside, lawyers do at times engage in settlement negotiations before filing cases and sometimes after cases are disposed (e.g. to seek a compromise in light of probable appeal). But this particular call was about active litigation.
It's both correct and more precise to note that this phone conversation was a settlement negotiation in the context of ongoing litigation. This is expressly stated by one of the participating attorneys, Kurt Hilbert at 53:05 in the WaPo released recording( https://youtube.com/VIJU3M-kKhI?t=3175) and in also noted in the published transcripts ( https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-georgia-call-heres-the-complete-transcript-11609734179?mod=hp_minor_pos20):
"We would like to sit down with your office and we can do it for ***purposes of settlement and compromise just like this phone call*** just to deal with that limited category of votes" (emphasis mine)
And this comment by Mr. Meadows earlier on also frames the entire conversation as a settlement negotiation:
"And so, Mr. Secretary, I was hopeful that, you know, in a spirit of cooperation and compromise, is there something that we can at least have a discussion to look at some of these allegations to find a path forward that’s less litigious?"
That the conversation was a settlement conference is a true fact and provides useful context to the reader about Ms. Mitchell's role in the call as a professional advocate. Tdreid ( talk) 03:56, 9 January 2021 (UTC)
Unfortunately, there is no bright line as to when a claim is “disputed,” or at what point discussions become “compromise negotiations.”[1]
Conversation between president and Georgia’s secretary of state laid bare Trump’s determination to cling on to power[2]
In the hour-long conversation on Jan. 2 [...][3]
Trump's conversation with Raffensperger prompted a pair of House Democrats to send a letter Monday urging FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal investigation, saying they "believe the president engaged in solicitation of, or conspiracy to commit, a number of election crimes."[4]
"It was a private conversation as far as I was concerned," he said. "And he broke privacy when he put out a tweet - but the tweet was false."[5]
But the recording contains no such negotiations, and the call did not include lawyers for individuals Trump’s campaign has sued.[6]
After the audio of a conference call was leaked to the press, in which lame-duck President Donald Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to ‘find votes’ to help him overturn Joe Biden’s victory, it is being reported that the desperate Republican is now looking to sue.[7]
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Your recent edit put most of your text throughout the previous text by User:Elephanthunter, and for some reason you seemed to think you were replying to me. I've added some indenting to try to make it all less confusing. Please remember to add edits after what you're replying to, not within, and please use better indenting. -- Pemilligan ( talk) 23:37, 19 January 2021 (UTC)Generally, you should not break up another editor's text by interleaving your own replies to individual points. This confuses who said what and obscures the original editor's intent. In your own posts, you may wish to use the {{Talk quotation}} or {{Talkquote}} templates to quote others' posts.
Thanks for the pointer to the reference. It's been quite a while since I engaged in this format. I'll try to sort it out once I've reviewed that.
Far from bold, I didn't expect this to be controversial. Thanks for patience with my formatting. Tdreid ( talk) 00:07, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
Shouldn't Mitchell's connections to the Council for National Policy be mentioned in this article? 173.88.246.138 ( talk) 02:11, 26 December 2021 (UTC)