’60 minutes’ thumbs the nose at Trump with a devastating segment

60 minutes Donald Trump’s revenge tour examined the great right in a devastating episode on Sunday, essentially the nose among the President’s many complaints about the show and its parent company.

The news magazine spoke to lawyers and law firms, who aimed from Trump through comprehensive orders that aimed to cut them off from the Federal Government – although “it was almost impossible to bring someone in front of the camera for history, hosted Scott Pelley.

Marc Elias, a long-time Trump opponent who had dried by name in a marchexecutive order, made the movements as an attack on the entire legal profession.

“Donald Trump is the changing embodiment of everything that is wrong with the American political system,” said Elias. “And so when Donald Trump says that I am unethical or that I undermine his vision of America, I say: ‘Boy, I have to do something right.'”

Elias compared Trump’s executive commands to a mob manager who intimidates people in a neighborhood.

“The fact is that these law firms are said:” If you don’t play a ball with us, something may be really bad. “

Elias crossed Trump for the first time in 2016 when he worked as a top lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and then in 2020, when he defeated Trump’s efforts to make election results in court.

Perkin’s Coie, Elias’ former company, was one of those who have been accused by Trump for “illegal or unsavory practices” since February because of their connections or cases in connection with Trump or his allies.

A federal judge permanently blocked the executive regulation against Perkins Coie and called him “unconstitutional retaliation”.

Trump’s executive regulations against law firms follow a pattern, including the revocation of the security reviews of a law firm, to access federal buildings and to order contracts that the government has with them.

The commands have triggered a crisis in the legal profession because some lawyers’ law firms sue the Trump administration, and others punish themselves by agreed to do Pro Bono work for the administration.

So far, nine large companies have gone to the White House to conclude a contract with Trump.

One of them was Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, the fifth largest law firm in the world that agreed in March to afford $ 100 million for the Trump administration.

A lawyer named Brenna Frey left the law firm in protest.

“The law firm says tacitly, we will listen to the administration, we will not fight in court,” she said to 60 minutes. “If we don’t fight for it, what will we not fight against the federal government in court?”

John Keker, a top -class lawyer in San Francisco, suggested that Trump operate a protective thug.

“I suggest that he violates the rule that says:” In return, you cannot offer some value for an official action. “This happens to be the definition of bribery,” he said. “Anyone else who came to Washington and said:” I will give you free legal services of 100 million US dollars if you do this for me, “would be convicted of bribery.”

Not exactly 60 minutes Trump’s retaliation campaign himself was spared. Paramount, parent company of CBS, is involved in a legal dispute with the government.

The president flames regularly 60 minutes In truth, Shari Redstone reported that the boss of Paramount reported to ask the show, to stick to stories that make Trump critically critically approved.

At the end of the episode of last week ,, 60 minutes The owner sank because he had leaned to Trump, which made the long -time head of the show Owens to take off.

“Our paramount paramount paramount is trying to complete a merger. The Trump administration has to approve it. Paramount began to monitor our content in a new way,” said Pelley. “Bill had the feeling that he had lost independence, the honest journalism needed … Nobody here is happy about it, but as Bill, he proved one thing – he was the right person who led over 60 minutes all the time.”