The Memo: Democrats, lawyers left reeling from Paul, Weiss firm’s Trump deal

A Washington Post editorial appeared earlier this week headlined “Trump’s efforts to intimidate the legal profession cannot stand.” Within 48 hours later, those efforts were not merely standing. They had worked — at least in one case. The major law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (called Paul, Weiss), targeted by President Trump in...