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[They] put aside the legislation [not because they were] going to be thrown in jail, however as a result of they could lose a number of purchasers and may not be capable to end that kitchen rehab at their Hampton home.
— Former President Barack Obama, in feedback given throughout a personal fundraiser in New Jersey, the place he criticized Biglaw companions whose corporations signed questionable professional bono payola offers with Trump to flee onerous (and unconstitutional) govt orders to guard their backside traces as an alternative of the rule of legislation. “I’m not impressed,” he mentioned.
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