Trump is coercing nearly $1 billion in free legal work from elite law firms by threatening them with investigations, sanctions, and revoked clearances. This isn’t governance. It’s mob-style extortion, using state power to punish dissent and conscript legal giants into his authoritarian crusade.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/12/big-law-pro-bono-legal-work-trump
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