Another Craven Law Firm Bends The Knee To Trump

 

The Shyster Surrender Squad has another member:

A fourth major U.S. law firm, Milbank, reached an agreement on Wednesday with President Donald Trump, who has targeted other firms with punitive executive orders, in a deal disclosed a day after the firm of former Vice President Kamala Harris' husband struck its own pact.

In a social media post, the Republican president said Milbank approached him about a possible deal. Trump said the terms reached with the firm require it to perform $100 million in pro bono legal services on mutually agreed causes such as helping veterans and combating antisemitism. Trump also said Milbank would not engage in diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

 

In a letter to Milbank's employees seen by Reuters, firm Chairman Scott Edelman wrote, "The only commitments that we have made to the Government are those that we are happy to make."

 

Milbank's deal deepens the divide within the legal community over how to respond to Trump's pressure campaign to punish perceived enemies in the profession.

 

Trump to date has signed executive orders targeting five firms aimed at curbing their business with the federal government. All of the firms either have ties to attorneys who have or have been involved in challenges to Trump's policies.

 

Three of the firms - Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block - sued Trump in response. Judges have issued orders that blocked key provisions of Trump's orders against those three. One firm targeted in a directive, Paul Weiss, reached a deal with Trump to have the directive rescinded. Covington & Burling has not sued to challenge the order targeting that firm.

 

Milbank and two other firms, Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Skadden Arps, have reached agreements with Trump without being hit with an executive order. The deal with Willkie Farr & Gallagher, whose partners include Harris' husband Doug Emhoff, was disclosed on Tuesday...  (our emphasis)

 

Neal Katyal, former Solicitor General under President Obama and vocal Trump critic, is a partner in the firm.  Will he and others in the firm have the sack to leave?  Do clients want to be represented by a firm that can't even stand up for itself for freedom of expression and against targeted political intimidation and retribution?  Let's see.

In the meantime, remember those who caved, and those who didn't.