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Democratic lawmakers are slamming a move by GOP leadership to hire outside lawyers to represent them in an ongoing redistricting lawsuit, warning Republicans are setting up taxpayers to be fleeced. The Assembly and Senate Org committees voted along party lines Thursday to authorize the Legislature to hire the law firms of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Bell Giftos St. John LLC "and any other firms, ...