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Exclusive: Trump to Suspend Security Clearances of Employees at Law Firm at Center of Russia Hoax
Breitbart ^ | 03/06/2025 | Nick Gilbertson

Posted on 03/06/2025 1:49:02 PM PST by DFG

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday suspending security clearances held by employees of the law firm that hired Fusion GPS, which produced the infamous Steele Dossier in 2016, Breitbart News has learned.

A White House document provided exclusively to Breitbart News by a White House official states that clearances held by those who work at Perkins Coie LLP “will be immediately suspended, pending a review of whether their access to sensitive information is consistent with the national interest.”

“The Federal Government will halt all material and services, including sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) access provided to Perkins Coie LLP and restrict its employees’ access to government buildings,” according to the document.

The order will also prohibit federal agencies from hiring Perkins Coie LLP employees, barring specific authorization, and it “will prohibit funding contractors that use Perkins Coie LLP.”

There will be a “rigorous” review of all contracts between the law firm and the federal government, and agency heads will be directed, as legal, to terminate contracts.

“The practices of Perkins Coie LLP will be reviewed under Title VII to ensure compliance with civil rights laws against racial bias,” the document adds.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: attorneys; bleedingheartattack; clinton; coie; departmentofwinning; fusiongps; gitmo; iwbg; lawfare; perkins; perkinscoie; russiahoax; scifaccess; securityclearances
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1 posted on 03/06/2025 1:49:02 PM PST by DFG
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To: DFG

They HAD security clearances? Why?!


2 posted on 03/06/2025 1:49:57 PM PST by madison10
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To: DFG

Let’s see them go to court and get a judge to force PDJT to give them back.


3 posted on 03/06/2025 1:51:29 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: madison10

Because even Black Box projects are subject to the laws. I have a child who is a lawyer for a different firm. My kid will sometimes be sent out Midwest to review contracts for such projects or review labor disputes in those projects. A clearance is required.


4 posted on 03/06/2025 1:53:23 PM PST by Skwor
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To: DFG

This is a big deal. The left has harassed and disbarred attorneys that represented Trump. But no bar association will ever disbar or sanction a left-wing lawyer from a powerhouse like Perkins, pretty much regardless what they do.

So this is some tit-for-tat that is long overdue.


5 posted on 03/06/2025 1:53:32 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: Steely Tom

LOL the court can’t and the Dem’s know that. That would be a one way ticket to precedent-ville stopping a lot of petty judges on injunctions after that.


6 posted on 03/06/2025 1:54:34 PM PST by Skwor
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To: madison10

Cleared counsel (like me) are necessary in order to advise and represent government contractors who are unloved in classified contracts.


7 posted on 03/06/2025 1:54:47 PM PST by jagusafr ( )
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To: DFG
Now we're talking!

Perkins Coie... if that's not the belly of the beast, it's close enough to scratch it. If you could squeeze that tube of toothpaste hard enough, you could set the deep state and the cabal back a fair piece.

8 posted on 03/06/2025 1:54:57 PM PST by niteowl77
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To: ModelBreaker

Bigger than most realize, it stops cold a very big revenue stream for the law firm.


9 posted on 03/06/2025 1:55:16 PM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

Thank you.


10 posted on 03/06/2025 1:55:19 PM PST by madison10
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To: DFG

Why in the first place? Sheesh!


11 posted on 03/06/2025 1:57:37 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: jagusafr

Unloved!

Gotta love autocorrect!


12 posted on 03/06/2025 2:02:34 PM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: ModelBreaker

Trump just cut their revenues by what, a third?


13 posted on 03/06/2025 2:03:39 PM PST by Fai Mao ( Democrats need to go to prison.)
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To: DFG

Could their law licenses be taken away, too?


14 posted on 03/06/2025 2:04:15 PM PST by Joann37
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To: DFG

Is there a room booked at GITMO for Hillary ?


15 posted on 03/06/2025 2:05:24 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: DFG

The beauty of Trump removing clearances from so many, imo, is I think no one saw this particular move coming and there is literally no recourse or way to prevent it.


16 posted on 03/06/2025 2:05:46 PM PST by Skwor
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To: Joann37

Theoretically, yes, but not by Trump.


17 posted on 03/06/2025 2:08:42 PM PST by vivenne (7Come to think of it. )
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To: ModelBreaker

Rational consequences. Their actions leads means they cannot be trusted with any sensitive information.
Next: Audit Amalgamated Bank. 🏦


18 posted on 03/06/2025 2:09:06 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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“Perkins Coie LLP”

The belly of the beast. An outlaw bunch specializing in lawfare. E-V-I-L from top to bottom, especially Marc Elias.

Thank you, President Trump.


19 posted on 03/06/2025 2:09:55 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: DFG

Why do law firms have security clearances? Is this customary?


20 posted on 03/06/2025 2:11:57 PM PST by neverbluffer
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