"Part of the way I'll spend some of the money that we're getting from the law firms," Trump said, will be to "represent us with regard to the many, many countries that we'll be dealing with."

Former top legal executives at large companies including Microsoft , Intel and Eli Lilly submitted a legal brief on Tuesday accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law and threatening American businesses with his executive orders targeting law firms.

Boris Epshteyn, who doesn’t work for the government, has negotiated with a series of law firms to cajole them into entering deals.