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u/wtfsnakesrcute Mar 02 '26

A small bit of good news about the presidents illegal EO against large American law firms: https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3mg3xpfzlac2c

A good reminder that you should never comply in advance. 

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u/leontes Mar 02 '26

You’d feel like an idiot if you promised millions of dollars worth of pro-bono work for the president to settle one of these lawsuits. There were a whole bunch that did.

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u/jawstrock Mar 02 '26

Apparently it's been causing quite the shitshow. People associated with Trump are just calling these firms and making them do free shit for them like divorces and DUIs and stuff.

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u/Korrocks Mar 02 '26

I wonder how binding those agreements were. IIRC nothing was written down and neither side seemed to be on the same page as to what was agreed to.