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Broward Judicial Candidate’s Law Firm Hosted Trump Inauguration Party With Michael Cohen

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In news likely to boost his standing among local Republicans, the law firm of Broward Judicial candidate Daniel Casey hosted several events tied to President Donald Trump. In his campaign stump speech, Casey tells voters he spent more than 30 years building K&L Gates into a global law firm. Most recently, Casey was the administrative partner and member of the firm’s executive board. He is running for the Broward County Circuit Court Group 43 seat against Karen Berger.

In January 2017, the K&L Gates Washington D.C. office hosted a $1,000 per person pre-inauguration party with the Amer-I-Can Foundation. President Trump even tweeted the invite for the party. The host committee included Amer-I- Can founder Jim Brown and Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault. One of the honored guests was Michael Cohen, President Trump’s longtime attorney.

Cohen’s handling of the Stormy Daniels scandal is currently under investigation by Federal officials.

In addition to the inauguration party, K&L Gates hosted numerous forums discussing topics affected by the new Trump administration.

One discussion panel focused on “The Trump Presidency: What Could You Expect in the First 100 Days?” The firm stated, “On the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, our Public Policy and Law group is pleased to partner with The Greater Washington Board of Trade (GWBOT) to host an interactive panel discussion. Presenters will offer their insights on the incoming Administration and 115th Congress, including issues relating to tax, trade and infrastructure.”

Other forums discussed healthcare law, drug prices and energy regulations.

While it is unclear if Daniel Casey attended any of these events, local Trump backers would love to know more about K&L Gates support of President Trump and his agenda. It would be a welcomed change from the usual talk of Democrat issues.

Another Costly Dan Lewis Social Media Epic Fail For Broward Candidates

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Even though he’s being handsomely paid, Democratic consultant Dan Lewis continues to provide lazy social media for his Broward candidates. Last month, REDBROWARD documented Lewis’ ineffective Facebook posts promoting Broward Clerk of Courts candidate Mitch Ceasar. The former chairman of the Broward Democrat Party has paid Lewis’ companies nearly $14,000 during this campaign cycle. In fact, Broward candidates have paid nearly $65,000 to Lewis’ companies, STAR Inc. and JNAC Management & Consulting.

One would reasonably assume a high-priced political consultant would provide a state of the art social media campaign for his candidates. Instead, five candidates got the same exact Facebook post from Lewis’ social media team. The identically worded and sourced Facebook posts were made on Flag Day.

The long, wordy posts were copied and pasted from an online flag store. The only thing different in the posts were the graphics used. Although candidates shared the same pictures.

The identical posts appeared on the Facebook campaign pages for Mitch Ceasar, Broward Sheriff candidate James Fondo, Circuit Court candidate Doreen Inkeles, County Court candidate Rhoda Sokoloff and County Court candidate Brenda Di Ioia. Only Di Ioia has not paid Lewis or his companies. (Lewis personally “liked” the Di Ioia post)

To date, Lewis’ companies have been paid $16,855 by James Fondo, $7,764.60 by Rhoda Sokoloff, $13,502.73 by Mitch Ceasar and $8,116.75 by Doreen Inkeles.