The Washington law firm of Perkins Coie long has been involved in “dishonest and dangerous” leftist ideologies – and practices, according to President Donald Trump.
And according to a new executive order from him, “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,” he said.
In fact, the firm was involved with the Steele “dossier,” a made-up set of claims about President Trump that was given a high profile by legacy media during the 2016 presidential election. The wild claims made by the former British agency in the documents have not been supported by evidence.
Further, Trump pointed out that, “In addition to undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts, and honest law enforcement,” the legal team has imposed racial quotas for hiring and promotion, and “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.”
Remember how Steele Dossier was facilitated by Hillary & Democrat law firm Perkins Coie to illegally spy on President Trump?
He just signed an executive order suspending security clearances for employees at Perkins Coie
He’s going after these people
pic.twitter.com/d3PPGgnDsO— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) March 6, 2025
One of his presidential term goals is to end such discrimination, and crack down on organizations that exhibit “disrespect for the bedrock principle of equality” which, in fact, is “good cause to conclude that they neither have access to our nation’s secrets nor be deemed responsible stewards of any federal funds.”
His order, then, requests the attorney general, director of national intelligence and others to review and “take steps consistent with applicable law to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie.”
Further, 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,” he said.
He’s not “going after” anyone. He’s holding them accountable for being bad actors.
— Matt (@Matt092891) March 6, 2025
And to further protect tax dollars, government contractors now will be required to “disclose any business they do with Perkins Coie and whether that business is related to the subject of the government contract.”
Those contracts will, “to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law,” be terminated.
“Within 30 days of the date of this order, all agencies shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget an assessment of contracts with Perkins Coie or with entities that do business with Perkins Coie effective as of the date of this order and any actions taken with respect to those contracts in accordance with this order,” he said.
Discrimination by race also shall be investigated, he said.
Perkins Coie employees also will be barred from federal buildings, “when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the United States.”
At Gateway Pundit was the comment, “Recall that Hillary Clinton and the DNC paid law firm Perkins Coie more than $1 million to hire oppo research firm Fusion GPS to peddle the bogus ‘Trump-Russia’ dossier during the 2016 election. Former British spy Christopher Steele compiled over a dozen memos alleging the Russians had blackmail on Trump and that his associates were conspiring with the Kremlin to win the 2016 election.”
It reported, “In 2022, the FEC fined Clinton and said her campaign violated the rules because they failed to disclose payments funneled to Fusion GPS through DNC law firm Perkins Coie. Hillary Clinton got a light slap on the wrist for her crimes.”
“This was a coordinated effort by Hillary Clinton Campaign officials, by executives who were working with them, lawyers who work for the campaign, all attempting to defraud the federal government… Defrauding the government is a felony, making false statements to federal investigators is a felony,” John Ratcliffe said in 2022.
“And when multiple people do it together I think that is a conspiracy and I think that’s what is being revealed in John Durham’s filings… If multiple lawyers from a law firm are attempting to defraud the government or lie to the government, not just commit a campaign dirty trick but to peddle a false narrative to mislead investigators an entire law firm like Perkins Coie could be subject to indictment.”