Perkins Coie law firm sues Trump administration for pulling its security clearances

The law firm Perkins Coie on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for revoking the security clearances of some of its staff, accusing the administration of targeting the firm for its representation of Democratic clients.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that cited the firm's “dishonest and dangerous activity," which stripped it of its clearances and essentially barred its attorneys from federal buildings, The Hill reported.

The firm worked with the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign of 2016 and Fusion GPS to produce the Steele Dossier.

“The Order imposes these punishments as retaliation for the firm’s association with, and representation of, clients that the President perceives as his political opponents,” Perkins Coie wrote in the suit. “The retaliatory aim of the Order is intentionally obvious to the general public and the press because the very goal is to chill future lawyers from representing particular clients.”

The lawsuit also alleged that the executive order violated its First Amendment rights to free speech, and its Fifth Amendment rights to due process.

Perkins Coie is being represented by Williams & Connolly.

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