60 Minutes - Newsmakers
By
Scott Pelley
May 4, 2025 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News
It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story because of the fear now running through our system of justice. In recent weeks, President Trump has signed orders against several law firms — orders with the power to destroy them. That matters because lawsuits have been a check on the president's power. Many firms and attorneys have been targeted, among them Marc Elias, a long time opponent of Trump who is the only lawyer the president has named who was willing to appear on 60 Minutes. Elias, and others, are warning that Trump's assault on the legal profession threatens the rule of law itself. Elias says that for him, it began with the president's personal grudge.
Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard, and I fight for free and fair elections. I insist on fighting for democracy in court, fighting for voting rights in court, and insist on telling the truth about what the outcome of the 2020 election was.................
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Marc Elias helped Hillary come up with the fake Russian Dossier and he didn't speak up about it during the Muller investigation. That makes him complicit in an attempted coup.
Where were the lawyers when the left came after any lawyer that defended Trump. And why didn't 60 minutes point out Marc Elias' questionable past. 60 minutes is still trying to put their thumb on the scale again.
Trump presidential orders target law firms. Here's how some lawyers say that threatens the rule of law.
By
Scott Pelley
May 4, 2025 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News
It was nearly impossible to get anyone on camera for this story because of the fear now running through our system of justice. In recent weeks, President Trump has signed orders against several law firms — orders with the power to destroy them. That matters because lawsuits have been a check on the president's power. Many firms and attorneys have been targeted, among them Marc Elias, a long time opponent of Trump who is the only lawyer the president has named who was willing to appear on 60 Minutes. Elias, and others, are warning that Trump's assault on the legal profession threatens the rule of law itself. Elias says that for him, it began with the president's personal grudge.
Marc Elias: Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard, and I fight for free and fair elections. I insist on fighting for democracy in court, fighting for voting rights in court, and insist on telling the truth about what the outcome of the 2020 election was.................
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Marc Elias helped Hillary come up with the fake Russian Dossier and he didn't speak up about it during the Muller investigation. That makes him complicit in an attempted coup.
Where were the lawyers when the left came after any lawyer that defended Trump. And why didn't 60 minutes point out Marc Elias' questionable past. 60 minutes is still trying to put their thumb on the scale again.
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