Another law firm, #MilbankLLP, makes a “deal” with #Trump rather than face his wrath.
Basically the same terms as the other appeasers
$100 Million Dollars in #ProBono [#QuidProQuo] legal services during the Trump admin, & after.
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A commitment to *Merit-Based* hiring & employment practices, & it will not engage in *illegal* #DEl *discrimination*.
“Dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the #immigration enforcement priorities of the administration, & that he might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents,” the judge wrote.
“Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions,” Judge Ho wrote. He said he found it “disturbing” that public officials might get special treatment from prosecutors by complying w/ #Trump’s policy goals.
Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares #EricAdams from having to govern in a way that pleases #Trump or potentially risk having the #Republican’s #DOJ revive the charges.
The judge said he wasn’t opining on the merits of the case, but that courts can’t force prosecutors to move forward. Still, he expressed qualms about the govt’s move, saying “there are many reasons to be troubled” by its reasoning.
A federal judge dismissed #NYC Mayor #EricAdams’ #corruption case on Wednesday, agreeing it was the only practical outcome while blasting the #DOJ’s “troubling” rationale for wanting the charges thrown out — namely so the Democrat could help #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.
The judge, though, denied prosecutors the option to refile the charges after the mayoral election.
#law #QuidProQuo #MafiaState
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-charges-ff3730a2e870cd219e8fead8899118b1
There's a word for it: #beggars. Or, better still: #panhandlers. Or, more truthfully, #grifters.
The core question that every Canadian needs to ask inre today's #CSIS #ForeignInterference revelations & #India interfering with Canadian #Conservative leadership election in 2022 is why interfere for #Poilievre over say #Charest or #PatrickBrown? What's the #QuidProQuo?
#ForeignInterference #SecurityClearance #cdnpoli #Election2025 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/
Law firm #PaulWeiss defends deal with #Trump as lawyers sound alarm
Powerful Wall Street law firm Paul,Weiss faced heavy criticism on Friday over an *agreement* it struck w/the White House to escape an #ExecutiveOrder imperiling its business, even as some lawyers said the firm faced few other options.
#law #USpol #MafiaState #QuidProQuo #QuidProBono
https://www.reuters.com/legal/trumps-deal-with-law-firm-paul-weiss-sparks-alarm-among-lawyers-2025-03-21/
True #MafiaState:
#Trump rescinds #ExecutiveOrder targeting Paul, Weiss citing *commitments* from #law firm
After a meeting w/ Brad Karp, the firm’s chairman, in which Karp “acknowledged the wrongdoing” of fmr partner #MarkPomerantz, & agreed to some #QuidProQuo — or at least some #QuidProBono 
— was agreed to, Trump withdrew the EO.
Pres Bukele agreed to accept 100s of suspected gang members living in the US. In return, he wanted the US to send him less than a dozen MS13 gang members in US custody. Why was he so intent on getting the MS13 guys?"
-J Hudson
#ElSalvador is heavily dependent on
sent from #immigrants in the US. US prosecutors have stated that Bukele’s own govt has cut deals with Salvadorans facing terrorism charges in American courts.
#Corruption #Deportations #QuidProQuo #Trump #USPol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/20/bukele-salvador-trump-prison/
"War-Torn Congo Has a Deal for Trump: Kick Out Rebels, Get Minerals."
The leader of a war-torn African nation has put a deal on the table for Trump: Help his country defeat a powerful rebel force in exchange for access to a trove of minerals needed by US high-tech firms.
DNC Pres Tshisekedi offered mining opportunities for the US Sovereign Wealth Fund, an entity Trump had launched a few days earlier.
#Criminal #ChildLabor #Minerals #QuidProQuo #Corruption #Trump #USPol https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/war-torn-congo-has-a-deal-for-trump-kick-out-rebels-get-minerals-295acfb4
When you #buy the presidency for $270M+, you expect a proportionate #RoI. This #corruptGOP #felon is the face of #CronyCapitalism.
#CorruptToTheCore #impeach #quidproquo #loot #thief #government #USPolitics
As a proud American, I do not stand with #TheNaziRapist #NaziPresident
Canada, do what you gotta do, but Never negotiate with a Nazi.
#QuidProQuo is a no no with a Nazi.
He recommended the case be dismissed “with prejudice”, meaning the charges could NOT be brought again.
“A dismissal without prejudice creates a palpable sense that the prosecution outlined in the indictment & approved by a grand jury could be renewed, a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles over the accused,” #PaulClement wrote in his filing.
Clement said he reached that conclusion in the face of the extraordinary circumstances of the #Trump #DOJ’s motion.
A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the #Justice Dept’s motion to dismiss #corruption charges against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.
But the lawyer, #PaulClement, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of #criminal charges to compel Adams’ political support.
#law #QuidProQuo #immigration #DanielleSassoon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46
Funny, in a sick & disgusting way, what happens when a child doesn't get his way.
The center will dwarf the only other detention site in #NJ, a facility in Elizabeth that has about 200 beds. The new center’s location — near major airports & on the outskirts of immigrant-rich #NYC [#EricAdams #QuidProQuo] — could play a pivotal role in the agency’s ability to increase the number of detainees it can hold & to quickly stage #deportation flights.
"The United States is literally for sale."
-J Legum
"We're gonna be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're gonna put a price on that card of about $5 million and that's going to give you green card privileges, plus. It's gonna be a route to citizenship, and wealthy people will be coming into our country."
Trump's EO today
He's not even pretending anymore.
It’s as if we live in Russia. A senator praises Trump, votes for “his” nominees, & his state receives disaster emergency funds. Republican leaders & business execs play quid pro quo with Trump. Americans must rise up to oppose tyranny & corruption.
“Normally, courts are aided in their decision-making through our system of adversarial testing," Judge Ho wrote, “which can be particularly helpful in cases presenting unusual fact patterns or in case of great public importance.”
He said that because the #DOJ & the mayor both want the charges dropped, “there has been no adversarial testing of the government’s position.”
