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Jamie Raskin: “These law firms have bargained away $40 million, tens of…”

Featuring: Jamie Raskin, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, District 8

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Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin Lead Bicameral Hearing on Rule of Law in America

Published | Video Starts at 11:34

And I want to just say, finally about the law firms, because I've been working with Senator Blumenthal and with Ms. Gamlin on the question of the law firms. There is no safety in appeasement. There just is no safety in appeasement there. These law firms have bargained away $40 million, tens of millions of dollars in pro bono assistance. Well, now, if Donald Trump gets to choose who your clients are going to be, right? And you're going to end up representing, I don't know, the National Rifle association, the National Right to Life Committee, you name it. (11:34–11:43)

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