James Buchal

{{short description|American lawyer}}

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James Buchal was chair of the Multnomah County, Oregon Republican Party.{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Maxine |date=2020-10-12 |title=Man firing gun in SE Portland drew officers from Sunday night's downtown protest, Portland's police chief says |language=en |work=The Oregonian |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/man-firing-gun-in-se-portland-drew-officers-from-sunday-nights-downtown-protest-portlands-police-chief-says.html |access-date=2020-10-28 |archive-date=2020-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030010851/https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/10/man-firing-gun-in-se-portland-drew-officers-from-sunday-nights-downtown-protest-portlands-police-chief-says.html |url-status=live }} He won the Republican nomination for Oregon Attorney General in 2012 on a write-in campaign,{{cite web |url=http://www.opb.org:80/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/attorney-general-candidate-james-buchal/ |title=Attorney General Candidate: James Buchal » Radio » OPB |website=www.opb.org:80 |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928082445/http://www.opb.org:80/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/attorney-general-candidate-james-buchal/ |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead}} but lost in the general election.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/portland-attack-republican-james-buchal-militia-groups|title=Portland Republican says party should use militia groups after racial attack|website=TheGuardian.com|date=29 May 2017|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031175752/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/portland-attack-republican-james-buchal-militia-groups|url-status=live}} He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress in 2014.{{Cite news |last1=Tims |first1=Dana |last2=Dc 20036 |date=June 27, 2014 |title=Is the government 'stockpiling' hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use? |language=en-US |work=PolitiFact |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jun/27/james-buchal/government-stockpiling-hundreds-millions-rounds-am/ |access-date=2020-10-29 |archive-date=2020-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106161607/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/jun/27/james-buchal/government-stockpiling-hundreds-millions-rounds-am/ |url-status=live }} He has spoken strongly in favor of U.S. president Donald Trump. He has served as a lawyer for the far right group Patriot Prayer{{Cite news |publisher=Associated Press |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Patriot Prayer leader sues Multnomah County DA |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/patriot-prayer-leader-sues-multnomah-county-district-attorney/ |access-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031111335/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/patriot-prayer-leader-sues-multnomah-county-district-attorney/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/07/05/chair-of-the-multnomah-county-republicans-will-represent-patriot-prayer-leader-in-civil-lawsuit/|title=Chair of the Multnomah County Republicans Will Represent Patriot Prayer Leader in Civil Lawsuit|date=5 July 2019 |access-date=2020-10-28|archive-date=2020-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102042429/https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2019/07/05/chair-of-the-multnomah-county-republicans-will-represent-patriot-prayer-leader-in-civil-lawsuit/|url-status=live}} and against gun control walkouts at Portland Public Schools,{{Cite news |last=Campuzano |first=Eder |date=2019-03-14 |title=Pro-gun parents say Portland schools violated their civil rights |language=en |work=The Oregonian |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2019/03/pro-gun-parents-say-portland-schools-violated-their-civil-rights.html |access-date=2020-10-28 |archive-date=2019-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330064630/https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2019/03/pro-gun-parents-say-portland-schools-violated-their-civil-rights.html |url-status=live }} has spoken on national television against Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt,{{Cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Talia |date=2020-08-13 |title=Portland attorney blasts DA for violating 'equal protection under the law' by refusing to prosecute protesters |language=en-US |work=Fox News |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-attorney-blasts-da-protesters |access-date=2020-10-28 |archive-date=2020-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101051733/https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-attorney-blasts-da-protesters |url-status=live }} A statement Buchal made on a campaign website in 2014 has been rated "false" by PolitiFact.

He earned degrees from Harvard College (BA), Yale Law School (JD), and Yale School of Management (MBA).{{Cite web |url=https://kval.com/archive/oregon-us-representative---3rd-district-james-buchal |title=Oregon U.S. Representative - 3rd District: James Buchal |date=8 October 2014 |access-date=2023-09-13 |archive-date=2023-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031055604/https://kval.com/archive/oregon-us-representative---3rd-district-james-buchal |url-status=live }}