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(The Epoch Times)—The Department of Justice filed a motion on March 21 requesting District of Columbia District Judge Beryl Howell disqualify herself from Perkins Coie LLP’s case challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order against it due to her publicly declared disdain for the president and her connection with essential aspects of the case.This Court has not kept its disdain for President Trump secret,” Chad Mizelle, acting associate attorney general, wrote in his motion. “It has voiced its thoughts loudly—both inside and outside the courtroom.”Inside the courtroom, Mizelle noted that during now-former special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump, she found...

President Trump issued an executive order March 6 suspending any government work by the law firm of Perkins Coie and its contractors. He barred the firm’s employees from entering federal buildings, revoked its security clearances and ordered an investigation into the firm’s discrimination policies. Ouch. To no one’s surprise, a handy federal judge offered a lifeline last week to the law firm that cooked up part of the Russian collusion hoax for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, an appointee of President Obama, issued a temporary restraining order after the firm argued in federal court...

Menu ADVERTISEMENT President Trump Fires Far-left Federal Election Commissioner Chairwoman Ellen Weintraub — But She Refuses to Leave Post Claiming Her Dismissal is Illegal by Jim Hᴏft Feb. 7, 2025 7:45 am257 Comments TruthTweetShareGettrGab Photo by Carlos Osorio/Collision via Sportsfile In a decisive move to cleanse the swamp of bureaucratic resistance, President Donald Trump has officially fired Democrat Ellen Weintraub, the long-standing Commissioner and Chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC). Yet, in a display of blatant disrespect for the President’s authority, Weintraub has dug in her heels, refusing to vacate her position, claiming her dismissal is somehow illegal....

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP (“Perkins Coie”) has affected this country for decades. Notably, in 2016 while representing failed Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS, which then manufactured a false “dossier” designed to steal an election. This egregious activity is part of a pattern. Perkins Coie has worked with activist donors including George Soros to judicially overturn popular, necessary, and democratically enacted election...