President Donald Trump announced Friday that five prominent law firms have agreed to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in free legal services to causes supported by his administration, in exchange for avoiding penalties outlined in recent executive orders.
The firms—Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft; Kirkland & Ellis; Allen Overy Shearman Sterling US; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; and Latham & Watkins—reached agreements amid mounting pressure from the White House. Trump’s executive orders have threatened to revoke federal contracts, strip security clearances, and ban firm employees from federal buildings.
The orders are part of a broader campaign to reshape civil society by compelling concessions from firms whose past work or associations the administration opposes. Some targeted firms, such as WilmerHale and Jenner & Block, are tied to lawyers who previously investigated or opposed Trump.
Other firms, including Paul Weiss and Skadden Arps, have also cut deals with the administration. Meanwhile, legal challenges have blocked parts of the executive orders, but not all firms have taken that route.
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I think the term for Trump’s actions is called “extortion.”
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