Marc Elias, a longtime Trump opponent name-dropped in a March executive order, slammed the moves as an assault on the entire legal profession.
Marc Elias, a high-profile lawyer and longtime Trump opponent, called the president "the walking embodiment of everything that is wrong with the American political system" for his executive orders targeting top law firms.
“Donald Trump is the walking embodiment of everything that is wrong with the American political system,” Elias said.
“And so, when Donald Trump says that I am unethical or that I am undermining his vision of America, I say, ‘Boy, I must be doin’ something right.’”.
“The law firm is tacitly saying, we’ll listen to the administration, we won’t fight in court,” she told 60 Minutes.
John Keker, a high-profile attorney in San Francisco, suggested that Trump was running a protection racket.
At the end of last week’s episode, 60 Minutes scorched its owners for bending to Trump, which pushed the show’s longtime chief Bill Owens to depart. »