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Welcome
to
our
daily
feature, Quote
of
the
Day.
I
think
at
all
cost,
he
does
not
want
to
look
like
he
has
failed
or
been
defeated.
Maybe
he
was
hoping
this
would
fly
below
the
radar
and
when
it
did
not,
he
was
not
happy
and
changed
his
mind.
[The
swift
change
in
strategy
makes]
DOJ
look
less
competent
and
that
may
lead
the
court
to
be
less
deferential
to
government
lawyers.
— Rebecca
Roiphe,
a
former
Manhattan
prosecutor,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
concerning
Donald
Trump’s
reaction
to
negative
press
coverage
on
the
Department
of
Justice
withdrawing
from
its
defense
of
its
executive
orders
targeted
against
Perkins
Coie,
WilmerHale,
Susman
Godfrey,
and
Jenner
&
Block,
which
resulted
in
a
flip-flop
less
than
24
hours
later,
with
the
DOJ
crawling
back
to
withdraw
its
motion
to
voluntarily
dismiss
the
appeals
of
its
cases
against
the
Biglaw
firms.
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