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Marc Elias Discusses Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms and the Rule of Law with 60 Minutes’ Scott Pelley

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This evening, Elias Law Group Chair Marc Elias appeared on 60 Minutes during a segment about the Trump Administration’s targeting of lawyers and law firms. 

In the interview, Elias spoke to 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley about the President’s attacks on law firms and the rule of law, including the Presidential Memorandum naming him and Elias Law Group. 

Quotes:

• “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.”

• “Donald Trump is the walking embodiment of everything that is wrong with the American political system. And so, when Donald Trump says that I am unethical or that I am undermining his vision of America, I say, "Boy, I must be doin' something right."

• “I'd be an idiot not to be worried. The question though is what do you do? Right, do you just cower in the corner? Do you just try to disappear? Do you just leave democracy to-- fend for itself? Or do you stand tall and do the best you can every day to-- represent your clients and try to preserve the rule of law?”
  
  
• “This is why the business community ought to care. Today, it might be that, you know, Donald Trump thinks he can take over the election system through one of his executive orders. Tomorrow maybe it's the banking system. After that, maybe it's contracts. Maybe he decrees I'm gonna decide which contracts are binding and which contracts aren't binding. So, the legal system is fundamental to how our society operates, how capitalism operates, and everyone should have a stake in that.”

Click HERE to watch tonight’s segment and read the full transcript.

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