Blumenthal and Raskin said the “executive orders have turned into an illegal shakedown of the legal profession.”

Some of the law firms that Trump has targeted have challenged the order, but others have made behind-the-scenes deals with the administration, saying they will provide up to $100 million in pro bono services to causes Trump supports.

Blumenthal and Raskin wrote that the executive orders targeting law firms were “in blatant violation of the rights guaranteed to all Americans by the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments of the United States Constitution” and were “part of a broader effort by President Trump to use the powers of the presidency to intimidate and silence his perceived enemies.” 

“These executive orders seek to impose harsh penalties on lawyers for the causes and clients they represent,” they wrote.

The two lawmakers sent the letter to law firms Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, which first made a deal with Trump, and Willkie Farr & Gallagher, which most recently struck a deal last week.

“If every law firm targeted by the President were to accede to his unlawful demands, the resulting threat to Americans’ constitutional protections would erode our democratic values and cherished civil liberties, as well as cost the legal profession dearly and for many years to come,” one of the letters states, according to NBC News.

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Blumenthal is the top Democrat on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and Raskin is the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.

The letters come as Raskin and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) plan to hold a “shadow hearing” Monday to highlight what they believe is an attack on the rule of law from the Trump administration. The hearing will feature testimonies from former employees at the Department of Justice who have been fired or resigned due to actions from the Trump administration.