Trump suspends security clearances of employees at law firm behind Steele dossier: Dishonest and dangerous
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday suspending the security clearances of employees who work at Perkins Coie – the powerhouse Democratic law firm that played a key role in commissioning the so-called Steele dossier. “The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP … has affected this country for decades,” read Trump’s latest executive order.“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.” Perkins Coie retained the services intelligence firm Fusion GPS to conduct opposition research against Trump for the Clinton campaign in April 2016. Former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele was subsequently hired by Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Trump’s overseas business relationships. The now-debunked Steele dossier – which was publicized days before Trump’s January 2017 inauguration – contained wild allegations that Russian security services possessed salacious video tapes involving Trump, and that Russia attempted to promote his presidential prospects. “This egregious activity is part of a pattern,” Trump added.
“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.”Trump’s order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and other heads of federal agencies to “immediately take steps consistent with applicable law to suspend any active security clearances held by individuals at Perkins Coie, pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest.”The president also directed agencies to terminate federal contracts with Perkins Coie “to prevent the transfer of taxpayer dollars to Federal contractors whose earnings subsidize, among...