Posted on 03/06/2025 1:49:02 PM PST by DFG
Hope Trump includes that.
Great.
This is a very interesting and informative thread..at least for me.
We dare any Deep State propaganda media to ask Trump any specific questions about this kind of Executive Order.
Double dog dare them.
Triple dog dare them.
This is great news!
It’s looking like everyone had a security clearance, except for me.
“Could their law licenses be taken away, too?”
They are based in Seattle. Want to take odds on a Seattle area bar association disbarring attorneys who heroically lied and generated false evidence and then took their laundered fees as legal fees all to damage Donald Trump?
This is a big sanction. Many lawyers who need security clearances to represent their clients will leave the firm.
According to Durham during the Sussmann (former Hillary campaign lawyer) trial, Perkins Coie had an FBI “portal” located in the offices of Perkins Coie. This is apparently how “oppo research” was done by employees/contractors working for Perkins Coie. Was this Nellie Ohr’s access to NSA data?
The first name that came to mind after reading the article that mentioned the attorneys in Seattle, Perkins Coie LLP <-—Hillary Clinton!
Nice to see your DOJ going after the source of the Russia hoax crimes.
That’s a start.
I’m hoping he works up to suspending their access to O2.
If you want a review of the Perkins Coie criminal conspiracy saga, grab a cup of coffee (or two) and read this article.
“President Trump Removes Perkins Coie Security Clearance:
There defense will be they cut Mark Elias, the biggest turd in the sanitation sediment tank, loose.
Freudian slip by autocorrect!
nytimes.archives.com
Luke Broadwater contributed reporting.
Excerpt-——animosity toward Perkins Coie dates back eight years, when two lawyers at the firm, Marc Elias and Michael Sussmann, played roles in what eventually became an FBI investigation to determine if anyone on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign conspired with Russian agents to influence the outcome of that election. Both lawyers left that firm years ago.
The Trump executive order denounces what it calls “dishonest and dangerous activity” at Perkins Coie, singling out its hiring of a research firm that led to the compilation of a dossier of unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Trump related to possible ties between his campaign and Russia. The executive order accused the firm of “undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts and honest law enforcement.”
The order instructs federal agencies to suspend any security clearances that Perkins Coie lawyers may have. It also orders government agencies to determine if they have any contracts with the law firm, and then cancel them.
Additionally, the order instructs the heads of all federal agencies to limit Perkins Coie lawyers’ access to federal buildings “when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the United States.” It also instructs federal officials to limit their interactions with employees of the firm and seeks to prevent Perkins Coie lawyers from being hired by the federal government.
It is not clear what immediate effect the presidential decree will have on the firm. The president and his supporters have railed against what they call the “weaponization” of the legal system against him, arguing that he was unfairly targeted by prosecutors, judges and private practice lawyers for political purposes, rather than any wrongdoing on his part.
“This is an absolute honor to sign,” Mr. Trump said at the White House. “What they’ve done is just terrible. It’s weaponization, you could say weaponization against a political opponent, and it should never be allowed to happen again.”
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The executive order also accuses the firm of unfair hiring practices, and calls for a far-reaching review of top law firms to see if they promote diversity, equity or inclusion in a way that the Trump administration dislikes.
The federal review ordered by Mr. Trump will seek to determine “whether large law firms reserve certain positions, such as summer associate spots, for individuals of preferred races; promote individuals on a discriminatory basis; permit client access on a discriminatory basis; or provide access to events, trainings or travel on a discriminatory basis.”
A spokesman for Perkins Coie did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It was not immediately clear how many lawyers at the firm have security clearances.
Mr. Trump filed a lawsuit against Perkins Coie in 2022, accusing the firm, his former rival Hillary Clinton and others, of participating in a left-wing conspiracy to derail his presidential campaign. That lawsuit was tossed by a judge who said it lacked substance and legal support.
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The executive order also accuses the firm of unfair hiring practices, and calls for a far-reaching review of top law firms to see if they promote diversity, equity or inclusion in a way that the Trump administration dislikes.
The federal review ordered by Mr. Trump will seek to determine “whether large law firms reserve certain positions, such as summer associate spots, for individuals of preferred races; promote individuals on a discriminatory basis; permit client access on a discriminatory basis; or provide access to events, trainings or travel on a discriminatory basis.”
A spokesman for Perkins Coie did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It was not immediately clear how many lawyers at the firm have security clearances.
Mr. Trump filed a lawsuit against Perkins Coie in 2022, accusing the firm, his former rival Hillary Clinton and others, of participating in a left-wing conspiracy to derail his presidential campaign. That lawsuit was tossed by a judge who said it lacked substance and legal support.
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nytimesarchives.com
By Devlin Barrett
Reporting from Washington
March 6, 2025, 5:26 p.m. ET
excerpt——President Trump signed an executive order seeking to severely punish the law firm Perkins Coie by stripping its lawyers of security clearances and access to government buildings and officials — a form of payback for its legal work for Democrats during the 2016 presidential campaign.
With the order, Perkins Coie becomes the second such firm to be targeted by the president. Late last month, he signed a similar memorandum attacking Covington & Burling, which has done pro bono legal work for Jack Smith, who as special counsel pursued two separate indictments of Mr. Trump.
While the Covington memorandum sought to strip clearances and contracts from that firm, the Perkins Coie order goes much further, seeking to also limit its lawyers’ access to federal buildings, officials and jobs in a way that could cast a chilling effect over the entire legal profession.
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That critical thought is without merit. The action is the result of priorities attached to specific tasks and executive orders.
The EO in question is at the proper level delegated during the planning operations
The good part about it is that seeing such an action will scare the literal crap out of those sweating that they are still a bit lower on the plan list
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