Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is significantly staffing up its legal team ahead of what it expects will be aggressive legal challenges to the election outcome in November.
The new team includes two former White House counsels — Dana Remus and Bob Bauer — along with Marc Elias, one of the Democratic Party’s top election lawyers.
“For four years, Donald Trump and his MAGA allies have been scheming to sow distrust in our elections and undermine our democracy so they can cry foul when they lose. But also for four years, Democrats have been preparing for this moment, and we are ready for anything,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said. “Team Harris-Walz enters the home stretch of this campaign with a robust voter and election protection operation and the best lawyers in the country, ready for any challenge Republicans throw at us.”
Remus and Bauer are expected to provide overall strategic direction to the legal apparatus, according to a campaign official.
Both bring extensive experience in election issues. Remus was a White House counsel to President Joe Biden. Bauer served in that role under President Barack Obama, and has recently served as Biden’s personal attorney. He also played Trump in Biden’s debate practice this summer.
Others involved in the effort are Maury Riggan, the campaign’s general counsel and lead in-house lawyer, and Meredith Horton, the campaign’s national voter protection and access director.
Elias will lead recounts and advise the campaign on recount strategy.
The New York Times was first to report on the the changes.
The Harris campaign describes the legal effort as the largest voter protection program in American presidential history.
