What’s a law firm to do to show how much it loves Donald Trump? Sure, it can eliminate all diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and bribe the president with millions in pro bono legal work, but what if they want to really stand out? How about just straight-up working for the administration for free?

That seems to be the approach that both Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Kirkland & Ellis have settled on. The New York Times is reporting that the two firms, both of which cut deals with the administration to avoid being targeted by one of Trump’s many punitive executive orders, have branched out and are doing trade deals now, apparently.

Per the Times, both firms are working on “a range of matters” for the Commerce Department. Since we no longer have a functioning government

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