When California sued the nation's largest oil companies in 2023 for allegedly causing global warming, the state's attorney general Rob Bonta (D.) vowed to "fight tirelessly on behalf of all Californians." But Bonta quickly awarded a lucrative million-dollar contract to a liberal law firm to represent California in the case and do the fighting for him. That outside law firm, the San Francisco-based Lieff Cabraser, has for years been politically connected to high-profile Democrats, including