Trump signs order suspending security clearances for employees of Perkins Coie, citing DEI practices | CNN Politics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

37% : Previously, Trump has suspended the active security clearances of lawyers at the large Washington firm Covington & Burling who were working on representing Jack Smith, the former special counsel who now as a private individual is expecting Republican-driven investigations.
35% : Trump has also revoked the clearance of prominent national security whistleblower lawyer Mark Zaid and others.
33% : The firm was also a magnet for Trump’s anger after the 2016 election because it had used Democratic Party money to hire the opposition research firm that commissioned the Russia dossier about Trump and his campaign.
32% : In the latest executive order, Trump also directed agency heads to issue guidance limiting Perkins Coie employees’ official access to federal buildings “when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the United States.”

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