![]() ![]() "One of the core kind of tenets of McGahn's judicial philosophy was this real antipathy toward what he calls derisively 'the administrative state,'" Enrich says. Politics 2 Years Later, Former White House Counsel Don McGahn Agrees To Testify "Throughout the White House and the Justice Department, as well as other agencies, basically, everywhere you looked, you would find a once and future Jones Day lawyer." ![]() "They were more embedded in the Trump administration than any law firm I can think of in any past presidential administration," Enrich says. But, as Enrich writes in his book, Servants of the Damned, the firm became particularly embroiled in politics during the Trump administration. But New York Times journalist David Enrich notes that both Trump's candidacy and his administration were shaped, in no small part, by Jones Day, one of the most politically connected law firms in DC.įor much of Jones Day's history, it was a juggernaut in the field of corporate litigation, raking in billions a year in fees from tobacco, opioid, gun and oil companies, among many other giant corporations. While campaigning for president in 2016, Donald Trump famously cast himself as a Washington outsider, someone who would " drain the swamp" of special interests and cronyism. Journalist David Enrich says many of those picks were influenced by lawyers from the firm of Jones Day.Įditor's note: Jones Day is an underwriter for NPR and has done work for NPR in the past. President Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices and nominated 274 individuals to federal judgeships. ![]()
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