I found this article at the NYTimes from Aug. 20, 2025. One recipient is the Commerce Dept.
It's important to note that other firms fought and won--resoundingly. These jerks didn't need to work a deal with trump.
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But as the deals were being reached, Mr. Trump told reporters that he thought the pro bono work could be used toward his administration’s trade deals and even representing him in a personal capacity.
The deals were widely criticized in the legal community as unconstitutional, unethical and undemocratic. The four firms that chose to fight the administration’s executive orders in court have all won sweeping legal victories.
Pro bono legal work traditionally has involved work for the indigent or groups seeking to defend a threatened constitutional right. After Mr. Trump’s crackdown on the legal profession, some big firms — even some that did not settle with the administration — have chosen to avoid high-profile pro bono cases out of fear of angering the president.
The Commerce Department is not only taking an active role in trade and tariff negotiations but also discussing taking equity stakes in some U.S. companies like the chip maker Intel.
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from: Two Big Law Firms Said to Be Doing Free Work for Trump Administration
If you care to read up on it, there are many other articles at archive.ph. Use the NY Times headline above and you'll find articles from WSJ and Washington Post, as well as Politico.
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