Trump's crackdown on top law firms spreads to Congress

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Politico

03/24/2025 09:55 PM EDT


Donald Trump’s retribution tour against Big Law has arrived on Capitol Hill.

An email circulated by a high-level Republican Senate staffer to GOP Senate offices Friday instructs them to pay heed to the lobbying clients of Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie, two prominent law firms that Trump has singled out for punishment. The Friday missive mimics the president’s recent efforts to crack down on law firms, universities and other entities deemed excessively liberal or anti-MAGA.

“We wanted to let you know that these firms also lobby the Senate and you can find a list of their lobbying clients at this link,” the missive, addressed to “Friends” and obtained by POLITICO, states. The email links to the official Senate lobbying database with names of clients and dollar figures, while providing instructions for how to best sort the information to see who has recently paid these firms.

The directive is the latest turn in Trump’s campaign to tame the liberal establishment with strong-arm tactics that have already brought an Ivy League university and a top Washington law firm to heel. So far, the effort has emanated solely from the White House; now, with the Senate email, it has spread to Capitol Hill.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/retribution-big-law-capitol-hill-00246766

[roomtomove]

1. Really a dumb move by the law firm

They should not have capitulated.

[Scrivener7]

3. Except Paul Weiss, the firm that capitulated, is not being targeted here.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. Bend the knee or face the dragon I guess.

[riversedge]

4. Trump continues to Shame members of Congress for all the World to see.

[travelingthrulife]

5. So the law firms are taking orders from a 34 count felon.

[Bayard]

6. This

He gets to tell them who they can have for clients now.

[GoreWon2000]

7. tRump copying Jeb Bush during 2000 coup

During the 2000 coup in Florida, Jeb Bush threatened Florida law firms who did business with the state of Florida that they would lose their Florida state business if they took Al Gore's case. I used to know one of the Florida lawyers Jeb retaliated against for taking Al Gore's case.