Biglaw Learns The Hard Way That Those Trump Deals Weren’t Exactly A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card
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When you take a deal with Donald Trump, you’re not actually buying a legal peace and you’re not actually buying security for your liabilities. At all points, the possibility of the president’s wrath being enforced against them legally has always been just one of the pressure points.
– Walter Olsonsenior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, in comments provided to Bloomberg Lawin connection with the nine law firms – Paul, Weiss; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Saving; The injury; Willkie Farr; Miles of shore; A&O Shearman; AND Simpson Thacher — who made deals with Trump to get out of his onerous and unconstitutional executive orders. These firms were recently summoned by the Department of Justice about the brokering of those deals by Trump’s lawyer, Boris Epstein.
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