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BumRushDaShow

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3. The latest I could find on that is this -
Tue Apr 29, 2025, 05:00 PM
Apr 2025
Doug Emhoff publicly criticizes his law firm for coming to agreement with Trump administration

By Jake Tapper, CNN

Updated 5:48 PM EDT, Sat April 5, 2025


CNN — Speaking at a charity gala dinner Thursday night in Los Angeles, former second gentleman Doug Emhoff condemned the decision by his law firm to preemptively come to an arrangement with the Trump administration to avoid an executive order targeting the firm, sources tell CNN.

Emhoff is a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, which this week agreed to a deal with President Donald Trump, which the president said includes the firm providing at least $100 million in pro bono legal services throughout his second term.

It’s the third example of a high-profile firm cutting a deal with the White House as Trump has targeted firms that have done work with his perceived political enemies.

Emhoff told the crowd at the Annual Dinner Gala for the legal aid group Bet Tzedek he had told the firm he wanted to fight the threat of an executive order he found unconstitutional but had been overruled, the sources said.

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So since this just happened at the beginning of the month, he might be considering his options (including going elsewhere).

ETA - I just found this about how he got there (he's only been there since the end of January) - Willkie Welcomes Douglas C. Emhoff as Partner

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