DOJ demands removal of federal judge from case by Hillary Clinton-linked law firm
As Law&Crime has previously reported, Trump issued an executive order on March 6 suspending the security clearances and stripping access to government buildings for employees at Perkins Coie, the firm that represented Clinton during her ultimately unsuccessful 2016 presidential campaign, which Trump ultimately won. It was Trumps’ second such executive order targeting his perceived political enemies, having previously signed a similar order naming the law firm of Covington & Burling, which Trump says provided legal services for special prosecutor Jack Smith. A third executive order, naming the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as a national security threat, was later withdrawn.
On March 11, Perkins Coie sued the Trump administration over the order; the next day, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, who was assigned to the case, temporarily blocked the executive order from taking effect.
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