WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Thursday suspending the security clearances of employees at law firm WilmerHale.
“Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale) is yet another law firm that has abandoned the profession’s highest ideals and abused its pro bono practice to engage in activities that undermine justice and the interests of the United States,” Trump said in the proclamation.
The firm is among a dozen-plus prominent law firms representing clients in lawsuits challenging key Trump administration politics.
It is also where Robert Mueller, a former FBI director who was appointed in 2017 by Republican Justice Department leadership during Trump’s first term to oversee the Russian election interference investigation, was a longtime lawyer.
(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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