Buttigieg campaign is returning donations from Kavanaugh's lawyers

Pete Buttigieg.
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South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg's 2020 campaign has decided to return donations from two lawyers who represented Brett Kavanaugh during his controversial Supreme Court confirmation hearing last year.

The campaign received $7,200 from Alexandra Walsh and $2,800 from Beth Wilkinson, both from the Washington law firm Wilkinson Walsh Eskovitz, which represented Brett Kavanaugh after Christine Blasey Ford accused him of sexually assaulting her in high school, The Guardian reports.

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Ramisa Rob

Ramisa Rob is a web intern at The Week. She is also an investigative reporting fellow at Brian Ross Investigates, and has previously worked for the The Daily Star. A recent graduate of the University of Michigan, she is currently pursuing her Masters at NYU Tisch.