This is purporting to punish not only a law firm that took clients and cases Trump didn’t like, but anyone doing business with them. Just undisguised gangsterism. - ThreadSky

normative.bsky.social • 3 days ago

This is purporting to punish not only a law firm that took clients and cases Trump didn’t like, but anyone doing business with them. Just undisguised gangsterism.

Reposted from Andrew Kinsey

This is simultaneously funny and horrifying.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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4animallife.bsky.social•3 days ago

That garbage from Trump's White House is unbefitting of the WH and executive branch. Gross, politicized, false partisan smears against the law firm.

And by claiming racial discrimination, Trump means, "How dare they hire *black* or *women* lawyers and staffers instead of employing all white men?"

mtaggie.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Red Terror Part II.

jbeehi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wish someone could ask Prez Trump how this is not politicization of the Justice Department which he has ranted about for the last 8 years. AND THEN it was directed at him and his political cronies, not PRIVATE law firms and citizens. Blondi (yes, sp intended) needs to address this. . hahahaha.

rudm.bsky.social•3 days ago

They are investigating whether they don't follow the DEI-based laws about discrimination.

mimi828.bsky.social•3 days ago

He’s still living in 2016.

jdershem.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every lawyer working in the White House should be disbarred for writing shit like this. I was always told it was difficult to pass the bar. Now I wonder. Maybe they paid someone to take their tests for them.

lezurko.bsky.social•3 days ago

The bar is not that hard...law school exams on the other hand

watxhdog.bsky.social•2 days ago

They should sue the shit of out him. Surprised Verizon hasn’t sued the FAA

woollahra.bsky.social•3 days ago

It is the right of lawyers to take cases that they favor and think have a chance of success or speak to their ethics. The White House should not be in the business of targeting specific legals for opposing the President, only the cases they are pitted against each other in.

clwaryas.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm not a lawyer, but I'd sue them for "restraint of trade" and "tortious interference."

blueismycolour.bsky.social•3 days ago

Have to give him credit for transparency. It’s clear that he is on a vendetta tour.

demodisping.bsky.social•2 days ago

"By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America..."

is the new "I hereby..."

p0rtiab00.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you for stating the facts.

ne1970.bsky.social•3 days ago

By the authority vested in him??? Gee. Thanks CJ Roberts. #abovethelaw

tedgehring.bsky.social•3 days ago

Hey, it’s a good thing attorneys never have to enter federal buildings. Like…courts.

misterhill2.bsky.social•3 days ago

…who is actually writing this tripe?

ttuk.bsky.social•3 days ago

"The heads of all agencies shall... provide guidance limiting official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Perkins Coie when such access would... be inconsistent with the interests of the United States."

Would they be able to keep Perkins Coie lawyers out of federal courtrooms?

2giveup2.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should sue for deformation.

paul.ofthenorth.ca•3 days ago

If one were to give an example of "Weaponizing the government", would this be a good example?

marcashrsn.bsky.social•3 days ago

On the bright side Trump could be the first unitary President and he could also be the last.

davidicouldbewrong.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is a tyrant. https://cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/03/did-trump-learn-his-diplomacy-skills.html?m=1

daleratner.bsky.social•2 days ago

Make Bills of Attainer Great Again

winterink.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is literally a bill of atainder against a coprorate, lol and it's libel as well. PC is going to get a lot of free press off this by the end of it.

qjurecic.bsky.social•3 days ago

"all entities that disclose doing business with Perkins Coie" seems like a lot of entities

counterpoint4.bsky.social•2 days ago

danggiantcrabs.bsky.social•3 days ago

Like Boeing.

comassion.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Sorry we can't deliver your Presidential Jet anymore"

strategerey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Threatening to bar them from government offices (where they might be representing a member of the public and not the government) is certainly intended to have quite a broad chilling effect. If I were, for example, a witness in an SEC investigation, I'd sure like it if my lawyer could come in with me

strategerey.bsky.social•3 days ago

Assuming there still are 'SEC investigations'

angelamunzert.bsky.social•3 days ago

Please stop calling them gangsters. They're toddlers with guns. They don't understand power or respect or where any of that comes from.

treefrogjohn.bsky.social•3 days ago

Their lawyers are a lot smarter and more competent than what the DOJ leadership currently has to offer. This could seriously backfire and I hope it does.

idoamir.bsky.social•3 days ago

WHERE IS THE IMPEACHMENT? @aoc.bsky.social @raskin.house.gov @repjasmine.bsky.social @maxwellfrost.bsky.social

jokercowgarage.bsky.social•3 days ago

The question is will the MPs at Perkins push back, or will they cave like so many others.

drdavegoldberg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I suspect they won’t. It would be like Kama Harris folding. Like, there’s nothing they could do to get in his good graces so they may as well sue the living shit out of him.

popeyeknewbest.bsky.social•2 days ago

I pray that they do just that!

normative.bsky.social•3 days ago

To those not familiar: Perkins Coie is one of the largest law firms in the country. Basically every major tech firm you can think of has business with them.

elmobronowski.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well, maybe they’ve decided they can count on the tech companies to go along with them

steveintransit.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Constitution has nothing to do with this

counterpoint4.bsky.social•2 days ago

motown.bsky.social•3 days ago

patdeklotz.bsky.social•3 days ago

I don’t know how bad this could be for them, but I’d imagine very. Even if the Admin gets destroyed in the courts over this (as I would guess), the language that pulls in their clients could be devastating. The President trying to destroy a major law firm because they got on the wrong side of him.

blueismycolour.bsky.social•3 days ago

I hope by now most sane n average IQ person can see through pumpkinhead n not take his words as truth.

tennesseegreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Weird this is the first I’m hearing about it. It seems Fox and The Free Press, and the other usual suspects would be very vocal about this latest example of cancel culture. I wonder why they haven’t sounded the alarms.

sybilltrelawney.bsky.social•3 days ago

Apparently Trump does not know that most of the lawyers who represented Hillary Clinton and other Democratic candidates no longer work at Perkins?

drosera154.bsky.social•2 days ago

I've been giggling about this nonstop. I'd love to see ME enter his appearance and win # 65/66 (or whatever the count is).

sybilltrelawney.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah, but it’s not funny for the people at Perkins. This is the second law firm he’s gone after because they represent people he doesn’t like. Are clients of Sullivan & Cromwell boycotting them because they represent Trump? If a Dem wins in 2028, should they blacklist Sullivan?

drosera154.bsky.social•2 days ago

The joke potential for the situation, after all is said and done and the sane world reasserts itself, is off the charts. A lot of people were expecting retaliation against PC/ME, but the ludicrousness of banning all its employees—not just lawyers—from all federal buildings … #NotOnMyBingoCard

ajduden.bsky.social•3 days ago

Are any of Musks companies a client? I assume no...

sybilltrelawney.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes, but Elon now says retaining them was an “error.”

scottjohnson.wtf•3 days ago

https://www.reuters.com/legal/elon-musk-says-twitter-staff-error-led-hiring-perkins-coie-law-firm-2023-01-06/

tim-pontius.bsky.social•3 days ago

Halfway through reading that, all I could think was that there is no way tRump read it before signing it.

whiskey-echo-bravo.bsky.social•3 days ago

Halfway through? I think you could have assumed he didn’t read it; he can’t be bothered to read a teleprompter.

dlws92.bsky.social•3 days ago

The GOP likes this kind of strongman behavior and think it's cool. It's not like the Democrats are going to say or do anything meaningful in response.

borisslocum.bsky.social•3 days ago

The fact that a person (or group of people) could be, at the same time, so sinister and yet so clownish is the greatest surprise of the last 10 years.

verdictofodin.bsky.social•3 days ago

I give Chump and his Nazi cult till Fall before their Gespatcho are marching in the streets

ms-matisse.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pretty darn chilling.

lawtalkinguy.bsky.social•3 days ago

It uses the Federal government to punish them, and says the punishment should align with goals and priorities expressed in the EO "Ending the weaponization of the Federal government"

tennesseegreg.bsky.social•3 days ago

I thought they hated cancel culture

zemyla.bsky.social•2 days ago

Conservatives don't believe in words having actual meanings.

They're anti-semantic.

electromotive645.bsky.social•3 days ago

Considering the likely quality of their lawyers vs the known quality of Trump's, way to throw them into the briar patch.

elissa4.bsky.social•3 days ago

He's gonna take a company outright. Like Putin. He won't be able to stop himself that huge greedy maw of his.

elissa4.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's also a threat to any large firm in the country -- look at the EEOC and AG provisions. "Don't litigate against me. Fall in line. Maybe work for me for free."

duchess0876.bsky.social•3 days ago

@marcelias.bsky.social fyi

misterhill2.bsky.social•3 days ago

…it’s full-on cowboy shit at this point

kimberleelynn.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'd been wondering how long it would take us to get back here.

Someone needs to release anything and everything they have on DJT -- no matter how trivial it may seem.

Make him lose whatever's left of his mind.

elliotghoul.bsky.social•3 days ago

They should sue his ass

drbirdfeathers.bsky.social•3 days ago

This represents a shift from internal consolidation to external repression. It won't stop here if they are successful.

sandhill.bsky.social•3 days ago

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social got it right, international mafia.

idledirectory.bsky.social•3 days ago

The pee tapes gotta be real

danggiantcrabs.bsky.social•3 days ago

So Airforce One will need to be an AIrbus or an Ilyushin. And I guess the government will have to switch to Linux.

jrinri.bsky.social•3 days ago

Here's hoping they have new clients beating down their doors, just to spite him

thrillard.bsky.social•3 days ago

How long will this go on? He has been President TWICE now. If he expects Democrats to sit and smile and applaud on command, maybe he can let this go already…

tombucsfan.bsky.social•3 days ago

How is this not a bill of attainder?

normative.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean, in spirit it certainly is. I’m not in the weeds enough to know whether not imposing a criminal penalty keeps it short of the technical definition.

tombucsfan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Depriving Perkins and Cole property rights by name in an Executive Order is a bill of attainder but an ex post facto law where Trump pronounces them guilty, He violates Article 1 by acting as a Legislature. He provides no judicial process for Perkins & Cole to appeal their guilt.

egoode.bsky.social•3 days ago

De Factor Bill Of Attainder...

thedanadecker.bsky.social•3 days ago

All it does is make me think the dossier touched a nerve.

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