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Be 'open-eyed': the legal retribution campaign is 'going to change your lives' no matter who you are - Velshi - MSNBC
Trump’s Justice Department has begun launching probes into his political rivals, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. Whistleblower Miles Taylor—himself a target of Trump’s retribution campaign—urges Americans to stay “open-eyed” about what’s unfolding. Taylor warns that targeting experts and officials like himself, along with entire institutions such as universities and law firms, will inevitably alter American life. “It's going to change the way you get legal representation.. it's going to change the universities you try to learn at...it’s going to influence the media that you consume because they're trying to intimidate media organizations. The President's revenge campaign is warping our society, and that’s not hyperbole."
MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin notes that while some large firms are caving to political pressure, nonprofits and independent attorneys are stepping up. Top lawyers who want to take on Trump’s legal battles, she says, will simply break from their firms and branch out on their own. - Aired on 08/09/2025.