Democratic state attorneys general blasted President Trump’s actions against law firms and judges he deems unfriendly in a joint letter Wednesday, urging other lawyers to avoid kowtowing to the White House's threats.

"We cannot allow the President to scare law firms and lawyers into silence," more than a dozen Democrats serving as chief legal officers in their states wrote in the letter. "It is up to us as lawyers, law firms and state attorneys general — as the entire community of the legal establishment — to refuse to bow to intimidation."

Since his return to office in January, Trump has set his sights on major law firms with ties to his critics and........

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