A deep dive into the law firm that became one of the key institutions in the president’s orbit

Servants of the Damned — the lawyers who enabled Trump

Demonstrators in front of the NYC office of Jones Day © Getty Images
One of the intriguing questions about Donald Trump is whether his high-powered allies in the conservative movement have fully embraced the 45th president and his Make America Great Again cause or simply see him as a means to their own ends.
In Servants of the Damned, David Enrich delves into the history of one of the most important institutions in the Trump orbit, the law firm of Jones Day, and finds a collaborator that is more mercenary than Maga.
Jones Day lawyers figured prominently in Trump’s rise to power and his exercise of it. Enrich treats the relationship as a sign of a broader decline in ethical standards at big American law firms. He accuses the entire industry of enabling “the business world’s worst behaviour” and says “increasingly, that work bleeds into the political realm”.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Gary Silverman