The White House said that a lawsuit was filed by a law firm with ties with the Russian investigation of the FBI during the president Donald Trump’s The first term – known in Conservatives such as the “Russian collusion Hoax” – is “absurd”, after a federal court had blocked the Trump administration by cutting the access of the company to federal resources on Wednesday.
Perkins Coie, the company that hired the company that is responsible for drawing up the so -called “Steele file” that was released in 2017 About the alleged connections of Trump with Russia that were used to obtain a surveillance order against former Trump campaign -adviser Carter Page, a motion submitted to a federal court in Washington on Tuesday to block a temporarily limiting order to withdraw the Trump government to access federal resources.
The American judge Beryl Howell approved the request on Wednesday afternoon.
“The Trump administration works efficiently to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government,” said Witte Huis Harrison Fields spokesperson in a Wednesday evening statement to FOX News Digital. “It is absurd that a law firm complains billion dollars to maintain its access to benefits and hand-outs from the government.”
Perkins Coie and Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Staff chef, Chad Mizelle, appeared on Wednesday afternoon before our judge Beryl Howell.
Lawyer Dane Butswinkas, who represents Perkins Coie, said that about a quarter of the company’s income will come from customers with government contracts and the order of Trump compared to “a tsunami waiting to touch the company.”
Moreover, Howell said on Wednesday that the order “Small shivers sends over my spine.”
Trump signed an executive order 6 March on 6 March suspend the freedom of security for employees of Perkins Coie to a further evaluation that evaluates access to sensitive information is completed to determine whether it is in accordance with national interests.
The order also gave access to sensitive information facilities for employees of Perkins Coie and limits the access of the company to government employees. The order also prevents the federal government from hiring the employees of Perkins Coie without specific authorization.
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on 6 March on March 6 to suspend the freedom of security for Perkins Coie employees for a further assessment. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
As a result, the Perkins Coie lawsuit claims that the executive order of the Trump administration is an “insult to the constitution and our opponent system of justice” and that the order means that the ability of the company to represent its customers is “under direct and threatening threat”.
Similarly, the lawsuit claims that the order has violated the procedural process, because the Perkins Coie did not give the possibility to dispute allegations in the executive order.
“The order violates the core constrictional protection, including the rights on freedom of expression and the correct process, and undermines the right of all clients to select the counsel of their choice,” said a Perkins Coie spokesperson in a Tuesday statement. “We were forced to take this step to protect our company and to protect the interests of our customers.”
Procursi -General from states such as California, Arizona, Massachusetts and Rhode Island submitted an Amicus kort on Wednesday for the support for Perkins Coie “to underline the basic rights principles and in this case the basis of the rule of law.”
“Through official action, the president tried to exclude certain lawyers and certain views to reach a court,” wrote the coalition of lawyers -general in the assignment. “It is a threatening message to lawyers throughout the country: unless they promote positions or represent customers who are favorable for current administration, their means of existence can be in danger and their patriotism will be questioned.”
Perkins Coie represented the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 elections and former president Joe Biden After Trump challenged the 2020 2020 election profit.
Marc Elias, the former chairman of the company’s political legal practice, hired opposition research agency Fusion Research GPS in April 2016 to conduct opposition investigation into presidential candidate Trump on behalf of Trump, Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee.
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Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, made the file after Fusion GPS had hired him. (Getty Images)
Fusion GPS then hired the former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who wrote the so -called “Steele file”. The document, which Buzz Feed News published in 2017, included shocking and usually non -rewarded allegations, including details that Trump deals with sexual acts with Russian prostitutes.
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Trump, who repeatedly denied the allegations in the file, brought a lawsuit against Orbis Business Intelligence in September 2023, a company Steele, co-founder and claimed that the file led to personal and reputation damage. A judge threw the case in February 2024.
In the meantime, Trump said on Thursday that it was a “honor” to sign the executive order.
“What they did, it’s just terrible,” Trump said. “It is armament. You could say armament to a political opponent, and it should never happen again.”
Breanne Deppisch from Fox News has contributed to this report.
