'You think this is normal and ok': Michael Steele on Trump's Executive Order singling out a law firm - Deadline - MSNBC

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Michael Steele, Host of “The Weekend” on MSNBC, and Kristy Greenberg, Former SDNY Criminal Division Deputy Chief, join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House with reaction to the stunning Executive Order put into motion by the Trump Administration targeting Perkins Coie, a law firm that has represented Democratic causes, which is sending a chilling effect down the entire legal profession threatening any firm for standing up against Donald Trump when he tries to defy the rule of law. - Aired on 03/07/2025.

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1. It makes us stronger....

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2. Weaponizing the Executive Branch, 1/3 of our gov't, against specific people/business for a personal, political agenda.

Not as a rule-of-law legal procedure but raw, naked power.

and Vance goes along with it.

Mike Johnson?

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Well said. Exactly, and this is both dangerous and unprecedented.

Yet TFG's minions go along with it since that's what they were hired to do.

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4. It's high time Michael Steele , former RNC chairman

Comes out and tells where the bodies are buried …
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5. MaddowBlog-Jamie Raskin calls the White House's campaign against law firms 'dangerous as hell'

When Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting a private law firm, it was seen as an outrageous abuse. It didn’t stop him from doing it again.
https://bsky.app/profile/deec00p1953.bsky.social/post/3ljt4xsyrt22v

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jamie-raskin-calls-white-houses-campaign-law-firms-dangerous-hell-rcna195392

Donald Trump and his team weren’t content to simply go after former special counsel Jack Smith, they also targeted career Justice Department officials who worked on Smith’s team. There was no evidence they’d done anything wrong or failed to do their jobs effectively, but they were a stop on the president’s revenge tour......

And then he did it again. The Washington Post reported:

In an Oval Office ceremony, the president signed an executive order hitting the large international law firm Perkins Coie with a sweeping directive that bans the federal government from hiring it, or from using contractors who work with it, except in limited circumstances. The order also bars Perkins Coie employees from entering federal buildings and suspends their security clearances.

In politics, Perkins Coie is known for, among other prominent things, representing Hillary Clinton.

The Post’s report added, “The move could have a chilling effect on law firms’ willingness to take on clients and cases that run counter to the Trump administration, challenging a fundamental tenet of the rule of law in the United States that everyone should have access to legal representation, experts said.”

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a statement describing the White House’s campaign as “dangerous as hell.”.....

The Democratic congressman concluded, “By threatening to seek costs and damages from private litigants, Donald Trump is trying to scare Americans out of court. Thanks to our Founders, we have a right to get lawyers to challenge the Administration’s blatantly unlawful efforts to freeze funds to essential government programs like wildfire prevention, scientific research and food assistance. We have a right to get brave lawyers to challenge MAGA and DOGE when they fire thousands of government workers and shut down agencies that defend American consumers against frauds and scams.”

Time will tell how and whether the relevant firms respond to the Republican’s offensive, but Raskin’s point is a good one. Circling back to our recent coverage, I can appreciate why many have grown inured — to Trump’s pettiness, to his abuses, to his fixation on retaliatory revenge, etc. — but it’s worth pausing to appreciate that steps like these aren’t supposed to be part of politics in the United States. The president is using the power of his office to punish private law firms, not because they did something improper or illegal, but because he disapproves of the firms taking on matters that affected him personally.

Mark Zaid, a Washington lawyer who also had his security clearance revoked by Trump, told the Times last week that the president’s first executive order on this was “a disgraceful affront to the entire legal and national security system.”

The fact that Trump then did it again makes matters vastly worse.

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6. One reason trump is mad at Perkins Coie-this firm and Mark Elias collected and reviewed 7000 trump's lawsuits

I have been volunteering on voter protection efforts since 2004 where I went to Florida as part of the Kerry Edwards Voter Protection team. In 2016 I was part of the Clinton Victory Counsel team that was led by Marc Elias and Perkins Coie. I still remember having to sign a confidentiality agreement as part of my efforts.

One of the efforts that I worked on was the review of 7,000 trump lawsuits. Perkins Coie put all of the pleadings in these lawsuits into a database where volunteer attorneys reviewed the pleadings and did summaries for use in opposition research. I remember reviewing pleadings for over 100 lawsuits and doing summaries of these lawsuits.

I was pleased to see these summaries are in the DNC database.

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New from me: The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from 50 states as part of a massive new research trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key states.

https://www.axios.com/2019/09/08/democratic-national-committee-trump-2020-opposition-research

Inside Democrats' 2020 Trump war room

The DNC research team has mined thousands of lawsuits from nearly 50 states as part of a massive new trove on President Trump that will be weaponized through pols and reporters in key battlegrounds.

Why it matters: This new plan shows what Democrats think Trump's biggest vulnerabilities will be. And unlike in 2016, Trump now has a policy record.

Details: The research includes roughly 7,000 lawsuits, as well an extensive document detailing every time then-candidate Trump told supporters at his 2016 campaign rallies that Mexico would pay for the wall.

Marc Elias and Perkins Coie spent a great deal of time and money pulling all of the pleadings in all of these lawsuits. Trump is still mad at Elias and Perkins Coie for these efforts. trump evidently blames Elias and Perkins Coie for losing the 2020 election and is taking revenge now.

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9. Wow! Thanks so much for sharing!

And of course he's attempting to exact revenge, that's what he does. And now that he's back in "power," he believes he's above the law. I'm now optimistic that this aggressive law firm - and we know that Marc Elias is determined - using the background that they collected will be able to teach TFG a legal lesson.

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7. Williams & Connally is representing Perkins Coie

This is a big deal

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8. Wow! Thanks for the great news!

And who is the loser who's representing TFG this time around - or has he appointed all the lawyers he still knows as part of his cabinet??