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highplainsdem

(55,166 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:25 PM Tuesday

Trump Strikes Deal With Willkie, Law Firm of Doug Emhoff [View all]

Source: Bloomberg

Willkie Farr & Gallagher is committing at least $100 million in pro bono work to causes aligned to “conservative ideals,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

Willkie is the third major law firm to strike a deal with Trump, following similar pledges by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. It comes as the president has issued a string of executive orders targeting firms for their ties to Trump’s perceived allies and work on causes he opposes.

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Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-01/trump-strikes-deal-with-willkie-law-firm-home-to-doug-emhoff

Trump is boasting about it on Truth Social.

Bluesky post from journalist Matt Novak with screenshots of Trump's Truth Social post:

https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3llrqvj5dnk2t

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Trump Strikes Deal With Willkie, Law Firm of Doug Emhoff [View all] highplainsdem Tuesday OP

Shameful! marybourg Tuesday #1

Emhoff needs to resign HereForTheParty Tuesday #30

How is this even legal and not a case of extortion? wnylib Tuesday #2

It is but who has the balls to bring it? (crikets) NotHardly Tuesday #20

Marc Elias ! BidenRocks Tuesday #29

I simply can't believe these law firms are doing this!! NCDem47 Tuesday #3

Very ugly bluestarone Tuesday #5

Isn't that extortion? pwb Tuesday #4

Fuck them. That means they can't take clients who represent cases against trump. JohnSJ Tuesday #6

FIFY below NotHardly Tuesday #21

Agreed and edited accordingly, because of sexist terminology I used. Thanks. JohnSJ Tuesday #23

🐔💩💩❗️ Floyd R. Turbo Tuesday #7

Ugggh. Intensely shameful. hlthe2b Tuesday #8

His resignation should be forthcoming displacedvermoter Tuesday #11

As far as I can tell he is a partner as of January 25 displacedvermoter Tuesday #12

I guess his resignation isn't forthcoming displacedvermoter Wednesday #40

Is he still working there? flamingdem Tuesday #9

That pro bono work is gonna be sloppy Easterncedar Tuesday #10

This is my guess too newdeal2 Tuesday #22

Did you clowns suck his dick too? My fucking GAWD......... Bengus81 Tuesday #13

This is disappointing-I have done a good number of deals with that firm LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #14

#/%&*?! .. why? FFS IcyPeas Tuesday #15

What country are we in? I don't recognize it anymore. Wingus Dingus Tuesday #16

This is fascism 101. PSPS Tuesday #17

prostituting themselves to trump will not keep them outta the box cars. maybe they'll be first nt msongs Tuesday #18

Fucking cowards alarimer Tuesday #19

Because many have their seven figure income,the mansion with the pool, Bengus81 Tuesday #24

WTF do they think they are going to be doing? mdbl Tuesday #25

I wouldn't seem that they're very good lawyers. dchill Tuesday #26

It's like a mafia takedown kimbutgar Tuesday #27

well. barbtries Tuesday #28

That 100 milion should be taxed IbogaProject Tuesday #31

I look forward to him being the only client of these complicit cowards Ruby the Liberal Tuesday #32

Democrats should threaten the same V850i Tuesday #33

The capitulation of lawyers lonely bird Tuesday #34

Apparently, the law Bettie Tuesday #35

Sadly, every word you typed is true. Boomerproud Wednesday #37

I was talking to my DH yesterday Bettie Wednesday #38

i can't even begin to say how i feel about this... orleans Tuesday #36

Thanks for absolutely nothing, Big Law. Paladin Wednesday #39