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Massive backfire is set to turn Trump's $1B win into a bruising defeat
Buying Peace From a Bully Only Funds the Next ExtortionThe Settlement Was Never FinalNine elite law firms paid almost $1 billion and bent the knee to Trump’s administration, apparently believing that surrender would buy them peace. It did not. The ABA’s lawsuit, the DOJ’s subpoenas, and the fight over Boris Epshteyn’s files show the obvious truth the firms tried to avoid: capitulation does not end coercion. It teaches the coercer that pressure works.Power Sat With Trump, Not the FirmsThe institutional power in this story belongs to the White House, the DOJ, and Trump’s personal network around…
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