Ethics Complaint Filed Against Trump Campaign Lawyer For Simultaneously Working For Kanye West Campaign

Law & Crime reports:

A government watchdog group on Friday filed a complaint against Lane Ruhland with the Wisconsin Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) alleging the attorney has been violating ethics and conflict of interest obligations by working for both the presidential campaigns of both Kanye West and Donald Trump.

Ruhland – the former general counsel for the state Republican party and senior counsel at law firm Husch Blackwell – made headlines on Tuesday when a local reporter recorded her hand delivering West’s nominating petitions with state regulators in Madison, Wisconsin.

A state GOP spokesperson later confirmed that Ruhland was retained by the West campaign. But as the complaint filed by the Campaign for Accountability (CfA) pointed out, as of Friday, Ruhland still appeared to be working for President Trump’s re-election campaign.

A local GOP source tells me this is Lane Ruhland, a top WIGOP election lawyer who was former general counsel for the state party. Ruhland didn’t deny it when I called her: “I’m going to leave any comment about the petitions, the papers and what’s going on to the campaign itself.” https://t.co/anXBf5Ez5y

— Cameron Joseph (@cam_joseph) August 4, 2020