Trump sent the directive as a memo to heads of agencies that may have granted security clearances to Covington attorneys or may interact with the law firm. A Washington Post review of public federal contracting data did not show the firm held any active ...

President Donald Trump retaliated Tuesday against a Washington law firm that provided free legal ... suspending the security clearances of lawyers and other personnel at Covington & Burling involved in representing Smith before he resigned from the Justice ...

Several law firm leaders agreed that the unprecedented suspension of security clearances was troubling, but none would discuss the presidential action publicly.

The suspension of security clearances for private practice lawyers at Covington who previously held significant DOJ roles is a startling political approach that has rattled lawyers across Washington. It’s long been a protected right for defendants and ...

Covington & Burling is an international law firm whose current ... It’s not the first time that Trump as president has sought to suspend clearances of Washington figures who have provoked his ire. Last month, for instance, he moved to revoke the ...

President Trump’s executive order targeting Special Counsel Jack Smith’s personal attorney and the attorney’s law firm, Covington & Burling, underscores an emerging policy targeting the agents of what Mr. Trump and his aides call “the weaponization of government.”

President Donald Trump’s decision to punish Covington & Burling for representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith will feed some firms’ worries about letting lawyers volunteer to represent former Justice Department attorneys.