A federal judge on March 12 agreed to temporarily block President Donald Trump’s executive order stripping security clearances from employees at a prominent Washington law firm that was involved in generating the controversial Steele dossier.
Trump signed the order on March 6, citing law firm Perkins Coie’s work during the 2016 election, when Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) paid the firm more than $1 million to hire opposition research company Fusion GPS. Trump’s order also targeted the firm’s policies promoting workforce diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Perkins Coie sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, arguing that the president’s order violated the firm’s rights of free speech, free association, and due process under the Constitution....
