The Daily Blast: “Terrifying”: Trump’s Fury at Foes Darkens amid New Alina Habba Threat

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

After President Trump raged for weeks at law firms he regards as personal enemies, a number of them just surrendered to him like falling dominoes. That Trump boasted about this on social media so conspicuously represents a dark turn: He’s warning anyone mulling resistance that it’s time to capitulate. Meanwhile, Alina Habba, a loyal Trump henchwoman who is now interim U.S. Attorney from New Jersey, launched investigations into the state’s governor and attorney general, lodging a dark threat of more to come for those who won’t do Trump’s bidding. We talked to law professor Leah Litman, author of Lawless, a new book about the Supreme Court. She reflects on whether our institutions are folding in the face of Trump’s escalating abuses, which she calls “terrifying,” and what must happen now to prevent the destruction of the rule of law in America. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.5	President Donald Trump's abuses of power or escalating on multiple fronts. First, Alina Haba, the very Trumpy new U.S. attorney from New Jersey, is now investigating
1:37.0	the New Jersey governor for supposedly getting in the way of deportation efforts.
1:41.8	Second, a number of major law firms have now surrendered to Trump's threats and
1:46.3	bullying, making deals with him that seem like payments of tribute to a local warlord, not something
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