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President Donald Trump signed a number of Executive Orders in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon, including one which deals a major blow to a law firm who represented Hillary Clinton, and who was behind the now-debunked Russia collusion dossier against Trump in 2016.
Trump has suspended the security clearances for employees at Perkins Coie. The executive order states:
The Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and all other relevant heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall immediately take steps consistent with applicable law to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest.
The Office of Management and Budget shall identify all Government goods, property, material, and services, including Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, provided for the benefit of Perkins Coie. The heads of all agencies providing such material or services shall, to the extent permitted by law, expeditiously cease such provision.
The ‘dossier’ was the foundation of a massive effort to derail President Trump’s first term in office, and cost millions in taxpayer dollars as Special Counsel Robert Mueller launched a major investigation, only to conclude it was all a sham.
From the Associated Press: The punishment arises from the hiring by Perkins Coie of Fusion GPS, a research and intelligence firm, to conduct opposition research on then-candidate Trump’s ties to Russia. The arrangement was brokered by Marc Elias, who at the time was a well-connected partner at Perkins Coie and top lawyer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign but who has since left the firm and started his own practice.
Fusion GPS in return retained former British spy Christopher Steele, whose dossier of research circulated in Washington during the campaign. The dossier, which was turned over to the FBI for its review, contended that Russia was engaged in a longstanding effort to aid Trump and had amassed compromising information about him.
But the material has since been largely discredited as containing salacious and unverified rumors linking Trump to Russia, with Special counsel John Durham’s 2023 report on the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation saying that FBI investigators who tried to corroborate Steele’s findings were unable to verify a “single substantive allegation.” Steele has stood by his work.
The executive order is intended to hold law firms who have engaged in political lawfare and the weaponization of government accountable.
“This is an absolute honor to sign. 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,” President Trump said has he signed the order.
Below is the moment President Trump signed the executive order in the Oval Office:
🚨 NEW: President Donald J. Trump signs an executive order suspending the security clearances for employees at Perkins Coie — which played a key role in the Russia hoax.
“This is an absolute honor to sign.” pic.twitter.com/0twjGR6lwO
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 6, 2025
The White House Rapid Response 47 team posted a list of offenses by Perkins Coie:
President Trump’s Administration will not tolerate Perkins Coie LLP’s unethical and discriminatory actions that threaten our elections, military strength, and national security.
— In 2016, Perkins Coie LLP hired Fusion GPS to manufacture a false “dossier” designed to steal an election while representing failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
— Perkins Coie LLP pushed debunked claims of secret Trump-Russia communications via Alfa Bank, with attorney Michael Sussmann indicted for lying to the FBI about this scheme.
— Perkins Coie LLP has worked with activist donors, including George Soros, to judicially overturn enacted election laws, such as those requiring voter identification. A court was forced to sanction Perkins Coie attorneys for unethical lack of candor before the court.
— Perkins Coie LLP has been accused of racially discriminating against its own attorneys, staff, and applicants. Perkins Coie has publicly announced racial percentage quotas for hiring and promotions, violating civil rights laws, and excluded applicants from fellowships based on race until lawsuits forced change.
— Perkins Coie LLP hosted an FBI workspace, raising concerns about partisan misuse of sensitive data during investigations targeting President Trump.
— Perkins Coie LLP has filed lawsuits against the Trump Administration, including one designed to reduce military readiness.
President Trump’s Administration will not tolerate Perkins Coie LLP’s unethical and discriminatory actions that threaten our elections, military strength, and national security.
— In 2016, Perkins Coie LLP hired Fusion GPS to manufacture a false “dossier” designed to steal an…
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 6, 2025
A FACT SHEET posted on the White House website, begins:
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 laws, including those requiring voter identification. In one such case, a court was forced to sanction Perkins Coie attorneys for an unethical lack of candor before the court.
In addition to undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts, and honest law enforcement, Perkins Coie racially discriminates against its own attorneys and staff, and against applicants. Perkins Coie publicly announced percentage quotas in 2019 for hiring and promotion on the basis of race and other categories prohibited by civil rights laws. It proudly excluded applicants on the basis of race for its fellowships, and it maintained these discriminatory practices until applicants harmed by them finally sued to enforce change.
President Trump just delivered some bad news to the law firm behind the debunked ‘Russia collusion dossier.’https://t.co/wCyE9I44zT
— DMLNewsApp (@DMLNewsApp) March 6, 2025
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