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MLWR

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5. Any deals struck with trump "to avoid punishments"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 03:14 PM

Jun 2025

are deals made under duress and are, therefore, unenforceable and can be ignored. Trump is engaging in extortion with those "elite firms" and extortion is illegal. Such deals aren't worth the paper they're written on.

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Law firms targeted by Trump are on a winning streak against him [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 2025 OP

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