Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and New York Times columnist David Brooks assembled for their weekly airing of grievances on Friday night’s PBS News Hour as they discussed the news that the Trump Administration has reached deals with five top law firms to provide $600 million in pro bono work. Capehart ignored vital details of the deals to claim Trump was going after his enemies, while Brooks claimed we no longer live in a democracy, and both men accused Trump of acting like the Mafia.
Host Amna Nawaz recalled a Thursday report from Laura Barron-Lopez, “She reported on this larger pattern of him using his executive power, using the DOJ to go after perceived political enemies and institutions, even law firms in some cases, who we have now seen actually cutting deals with the president, right? The president just said today that some — a number of law firms have reached deals committing some $600 million in legal work for his administration.”
She then asked Capehart, “What do you make when you look at this bigger picture and what's the impact of those kinds of deals?”
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