Maggie Haberman says ‘Trump is smiling’ as law firms that ‘bent the knee’ face lost clients and worse
Maggie Haberman says ‘Trump is smiling’ as law firms that ‘bent the knee’ face lost clients and worse
Maggie Haberman said Trump "is smiling" while he pushes law firms that "bent the knee" to comply with his demands as they face being "hurt."
Summary
Law firms that complied with former Trump’s demands are now facing consequences, including lost clients and potential damage to their reputations.
Trump is reportedly delighted by the situation, viewing it as a victory.
The firms, who believed they could appease Trump, are now in turmoil as he continues to demand more from them.
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i'm out of the loop.
what are law firms and why do they matter?
and what does trump have to do with them?
He targetted law firms that have previously taken part in legal challenges against his administration or he himself with the Attorney General investigating them with no cause. Essentially threatening them with, pun completely intended, Trumped Up Charges and legal troubles so as to cripple or destroy their firms. They have made a bunch of concessions to Trump to avoid this. Everything from ending inclusion policies to offering millions in free legal services to his administration and affiliates. Now they are losing clients because of these concessions. Damned if they did, damned if they didn't. Trump is happy for them to die either way.
TL;DR: The Orange hypocrite is using the government as a weapon against the people he thinks have wronged him and is getting away with it.
I mean the "damned if they dont" is cause everyone is just bending over for him, if everyone fought him he wouldn't have the resources to fight back.
But not everyone has bent the knee to him. I know at least one lawfirm is taking him to court if not out of morality they are at least smart enough to know that it looks good to go against the executive when it brakes the law.
so wild to me that people who know the law inside out can't out think a guy who literally can't think
Trump's not doing anything himself. He's siccing his hounds on them. He has the entire staff of the executive branch to throw at them without the constraints of ethics or even the bounds of the law much of the time. Trump is dumb AF, but he has plenty of slimy sycophantic henchmen and women who are conniving and intelligent enough to pose a threat. And even if they, themselves, aren't smart enough, they have heritage foundation back legal counsels that spend their careers twisting and exploiting holes in the law for self-serving goals. I can't say that I would be in a hurry to put my company's resources against that machine either.