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Trump says Skadden, Arps law firm will provide $100 million in pro bono legal services, avoiding executive order
CNBC ^ | Mar. 28, 2025 | Dan Mangan

Posted on 03/28/2025 12:21:04 PM PDT by libstripper

President Donald Trump announced that the large law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agreed to provide at least $100 million in pro bono legal services to the federal government during the Trump administration. The agreement, which Trump called "essentially a settlement," allows Skadden, Arps to avoid becoming the sixth elite law firm to be targeted by an executive order from Trump imposing various punishments. Trump last week rescinded one of those executive orders after the targeted law firm Paul, Weiss, agreed to perform $40 million worth of pro bono — free — legal work for causes that the president supports. Three targeted law firms, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block, and Perkins Coie have sued the Trump administration over the president's executive orders targeting them.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: lawfare; patrickfitzgerald; skaddenarps; trumo; trump
Sweet revenge, especially because all of those odious firms did their level best to desroy Trump by, among othe things, doing their collective level best to deny him consel when he most needed it.
1 posted on 03/28/2025 12:21:04 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: libstripper

Can they be trusted?


2 posted on 03/28/2025 12:22:32 PM PDT by madison10 (God chose Prrsident Trump. Satan chose judges and Democrats.)
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To: libstripper

Should change their name to Trump’s Bitches Law Firm.


3 posted on 03/28/2025 12:25:07 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: madison10

Based on the evidence, they can’t be trusted. This “settlement” may provide an opportunity to shut them down.


4 posted on 03/28/2025 12:27:23 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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To: madison10
"Can they be trusted?"

No, but they can be watched and punished until they learn how to behave.

5 posted on 03/28/2025 12:38:08 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: madison10
Can they be trusted?

No. They are lawyers.

6 posted on 03/28/2025 12:38:44 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: libstripper

The lawyers in these firms are probably all leftist scum.


7 posted on 03/28/2025 12:41:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: libstripper

Delicious! President Trump does not drink, does not smoke. He does not need 8 hours of sleep every night. For DECADES, he rises each morning and goes to WORK. The day after the 2016 election, he did what he has always done. He went to work. He will not stop. They were unable to kill him, unable to put him in prison. He uses the glorious, real justice system to hold people accountable for their transgressions. With many of his cases, the money does not go to him. He directs it to others.

Since 2015, he has worked for every American, whether they vote for him or not. The Shining City On The Hill gets brighter every day he and his team are in office. EVERYONE still desires to come to the United States of America. Now they will come in an orderly, legal fashion.

Yes, it is a battle every day. Finally, we have a warrior in the Oval Office.


8 posted on 03/28/2025 12:41:50 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: madison10
Can they be trusted?

My same thought. Why let them back in?

It might be a good way to monitor leaks however

9 posted on 03/28/2025 12:48:20 PM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: libstripper

EO

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-risks-from-perkins-coie-llp/


10 posted on 03/28/2025 1:04:21 PM PDT by TexasGator (/''1'111'111111111/)
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To: Jyotishi

That works. Who is going to oversee their integrity, I wonder?


11 posted on 03/28/2025 1:09:21 PM PDT by madison10 (God chose Prrsident Trump. Satan chose judges and Democrats.)
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To: madison10

WHAT SCHMO WOULD TRUST THEM?


12 posted on 03/28/2025 1:36:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience..)
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To: libstripper

lol is that 2 billable hours 😂


13 posted on 03/28/2025 1:53:21 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: libstripper

They now have a conflict of interest if someone wants to sue the federal government and hire them.


14 posted on 03/28/2025 2:45:32 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: libstripper

A Federal Judge just reversed this deal.


15 posted on 03/28/2025 2:46:17 PM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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To: Lazamataz

How about Sagman, Bennet, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft? (Seinfeld reference)


16 posted on 03/28/2025 3:24:10 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: libstripper

Will this effect Dewie, Cheatham and Howe?


17 posted on 03/28/2025 3:29:27 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: libstripper
will provide $100 million in pro bono legal services

Unfortunately, that's only 100 hours at scumsucker DC law firm rates..

18 posted on 03/28/2025 5:52:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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