While many of them fought back legally, the president has ultimately shaken down these targeted firms for nearly a billion dollars worth of pro bono work, among other concessions.

This was a real threat to the rule of law and, in fact, to the lawyers who enforce the rule of law on a regular basis.

What was particularly notable was which firms were attacked by the Trump administration in those early days.

Perkins Coie was one of those law firms that was attacked, as was Jenner and Block.

These are law firms that have been very involved in not only actions that President Trump perhaps didn't like, but more generally in protecting voting rights and being involved in voting rights litigation.

And they appear to have been attacked specifically for their role in protecting the integrity of our elections and protecting voters.

So it was particularly important to Campaign Legal Center to be at the forefront of responding to these executive orders.

And what we saw as a result of those concerted actions

I mean, is there a reason for her warning? This

is intimidation and nothing more.

If you'll remember back at the beginning of the year when there was that huge ice surge in Minneapolis, You know, the Department of Justice was trying to kind of trade on, oh, perhaps we will pull back on our iceberg if you will give us this data or information that we want about voters, which just shows the kind of length of intimidation that and kind of thuggery that the Department of Justice has been willing to engage in when it comes to their mission to undermine our elections.

So I see those letters of kind of trying to threaten election officials into doing their bidding as just another element in that scheme.

Election officials have regular list maintenance processes that they go through year round.

They are constantly cleaning their rolls to make sure that people who've passed away or moved are removed and that everybody who's newly registered gets registered.

That's their job and they know how to do it well.

And I wonder how much that is giving credence to Trump's continuing claims of fraud and non-citizens voting.