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How law firms targeted by Trump are responding to White House pressure | 60 Minutes

2025-05-04 News & Politics
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In recent weeks, President Trump has signed orders targeting several law firms. Some lawyers warn that the president's assault on the legal profession threatens the rule of law itself. #news #politics #trump "60 Minutes" is the most successful television broadcast in history. Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, the broadcast began in 1968 and is still a hit, over 50 seasons later, regularly making Nielsen's Top 10. Subscribe to the "60 Minutes" YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/60minutes Watch full episodes: https://cbsn.ws/1Qkjo1F Get more "60 Minutes" from "60 Minutes: Overtime": https://cbsnews.com/60-minutes/overtime/ Follow "60 Minutes" on Instagram: https://instagram.com/60minutes/ Like "60 Minutes" on Facebook:https://facebook.com/60minutes Follow "60 Minutes" on Twitter: https://twitter.com/60Minutes Subscribe to our newsletter: https://cbsnews.com/newsletters/ Download the CBS News app: https://cbsnews.com/mobile/ Try Paramount+ free: https://paramountplus.com/?ftag=PPM-05-10aeh8h For video licensing inquiries, contact: [email protected]

Top Comments (10)

@Lutoria99 2025-05-05

Kudos to 60 minutes and Marc Elias for having the balls to speak the truth 👏👏👏

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@doublevision70 2025-05-04

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

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@Stormstorm1 2025-05-05

Kudos to the 500 law firms that care about democracy. The rest are absolutely shameful

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@AlexJayaZacharias 2025-05-05

Very Bold reporting! We need more people to stand up to this mob boss!!

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@shellibelli4387 2025-05-05

Marc Elias is one of the gutsiest lawyers defending democracy today.

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@chrisjames3087 2025-05-05

Attorney Brenna Frey has the heart of a lion. Good on her for resigning instead of compromising her ethics.

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@leonardm6858 2025-05-05

Extremely disturbing and unsettling.

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@kindone_17 2025-05-05

Thank you 60 minutes and Marc Elias!

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@michaelkluver 2025-05-09

Keep up the great work 60 minutes. We need it now more than ever.

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@cambienvenu 2025-05-09

Well done , 60 minutes. As well as the firms resisting.

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