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Trump targeted 20 of the biggest law firms over their diversity programs. A GOP favorite is missing from the list.The Trump administration's attack on law firms takes aim at their diversity initiatives. Jones Day, a firm cozy with Trumpworld, has been spared despite having many of the same programs. The inquiries to law firms echo a conservative activist who took down affirmative action. The Trump administration's all-out legal war extends beyond the courts. In addition to ferociously battling lawsuits over its sweeping policies, the government is targeting law firms themselves. In the latest salvo, Andrea Lucas, the newly minted acting chair of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, sent letters to 20 of the country's most prominent big law firms with detailed questions about their diversity programs. The letters piled on top a pair of executive orders where Trump targeted Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss, criticizing their diversity initiatives and complaining about how he believes the firms wronged him politically several years ago. One law firm absent from the target list is Jones Day. Jones Day has been closely intertwined with Trump's White House. The firm represented Donald Trump's 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns and the Republican National Committee in 2024. Jones Day also appears to have many of the same diversity programs as the 20 law firms Lucas contacted. Lucas's letter inquired about each firm's hiring and promotion practices and affinity groups for
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