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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Ramon Antonio Vargas

Bernie Sanders: law firms that cut deals with Trump administration ‘sell out their soul’

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Bernie Sanders at a ‘fighting oligarchy’ rally in Denver, Colorado, on 21 March. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

Law firms that cut deals with Donald Trump’s administration after the president issued executive orders targeting attorneys who challenge his priorities are demonstrating “absolute cowardice”, the independent US senator Bernie Sanders has said.

“They’re zillion-dollar law firms, and money, money, money” is all that motivates them, the popular Vermont lawmaker who caucuses with Democrats said in a feature interview on the latest CBS News Sunday Morning. “So they’re going to sell out their souls to be able to make money here in Washington.”

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