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In reply to the discussion: The Bribe Heard 'Round the World: Paul Weiss and the $40 Million Favor [View all]Ms. Toad
(37,018 posts)The pro bono work is no more a bribe, than Mexico's and Canada's assistance at the border in connection with the initial tariff threat were bribes.
All three were things they were going to do anyway. Canada's and Mexico were already providing the border assistance they promised to avoid the Tattoos. Weiss already provides in the range of $200 million in pro bono annually. It may mean a slight redirection as to the recipients of the services - or they may have simply named current recipients they believed would please Trump. BUT the services are NOT, as suggested, going to Trump.
What is disgusting is (if correct, as asserted by the White House - and not denied by Weiss) that they admitted wrong doing by a former partner, and that consented to have their hiring practices audited by a firm biased against DEI.
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