Biglaw firms that struck pro bono payola deals with the Trump administration woke up last week to the prospect of two legislative chambers run by Democrats with a lot of questions about those deals. The same ranking members that firms have more or less blown off for Trump’s whole second term will soon be sending out some subpoenas. One former Biglaw associate turned her firing into a seat in the new Congress, as Melat Kiros prevailed in Colorado to become the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress. And Jeanine Pirro fronts an all-new criminal probe into the Dobbs leak, raising separation of powers questions and one wild conspiracy theory.
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Biglaw firms that struck pro bono payola deals with the Trump administration woke up last week to the prospect of two legislative chambers run by Democrats with a lot of questions about those deals. The same ranking members that firms have more or less blown off for Trump’s whole second term will soon be sending out some subpoenas. One former Biglaw associate turned her firing into a seat in the new Congress, as Melat Kiros prevailed in Colorado to become the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress. And Jeanine Pirro fronts an all-new criminal probe into the Dobbs leak, raising separation of powers questions and one wild conspiracy theory.
