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Perkins Coie security clearances targeted over alleged pattern of “egregious activity”

Updated as of: 07 March 2025
The White House has moved to pause the security clearances of lawyers at Perkins Coie, citing the firm’s role in commissioning a discredited dossier against President Trump in 2016 and its work with activist investor George Soros. The move comes just a week after lawyers at Covington & Burling faced similar action.