Trump Close to Winning Concessions From More Law Firms
Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.
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Four or five firms could soon agree to deals that would be unveiled as a package, in an escalation of the president’s crackdown on an industry that has drawn his ire.
Attorney General Pam Bondi relied on an increasingly common assertion: that the judge was “unelected” and denying the will of voters who put the president in office.
As Willkie Farr & Gallagher learned, cutting a deal with the White House can avert a financially punitive executive order. But doing so can draw internal rebukes and external criticism.
The move to disqualify the judge was emblematic of the Trump administration’s broader attacks on the federal judiciary, which in recent weeks has pushed back against executive actions.
An executive order underscored the extent to which the president, who faced four indictments after he left office, aims to exact a price from anyone associated with past investigations of him.