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Donald Trump signed an executive order focused on Jenner & Block, a law firm with ties to a former prosecutor who investigated charges of a secret agreement between Russia and his first presidential campaign, against the legal industry against the legal party.
The White House on Tuesday said Jenner & Block was “another Law firm This left the highest ideals of the profession “and” justified the guerrilla “law” “. He said that Andrew Weissmann, a former partner of the company, dealt with” guerrilla prosecution in a completely uninhabited investigation “.
Weissmann, a one -time Ministry of Justice and an FBI official, cooperated with the then specialized advisor Mueller in the federal investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election in 2016, which Trump eventually won. The investigation did not find any proof of the agreement.
The order reflected other recent guidelines focused on main legal companies and asked federal agencies to suspend security clearances and review or end government contracts with companies or entities that trade with them.
Tuesday's order also said Jenner & Block “He was abusing his practice for Bono to engage in activities that undermined justice and interests of the United States” and the goal of the aim seemed that what seemed to be cases that question the positions of administration on immigration and transgender questions.
Jenner & Block spokesman said, “We are still focusing on providing and protecting the interests of our clients with determination, integrity and expertise that has defined our company for more than 100 years and we will focus on all remedial means.”
Weissmann did not respond immediately to the request for comment. He is a professor at the Faculty of Law of NYU, teaches the National Security and Criminal Act.
Trump issued similar executive orders against Paul Weiss and Perkins Coie. The administration also issued a directive against Covington & Burling, although its extent was more limited.
These movements sent the cold through the country's legal sector because companies raced to develop emergency plans in case they were in line to focus on the White House. Top Trump Adviser and donor Elon Musk chose on Sunday in post X in the Skadden Arps in New York and increased speculation that it could be further.
Paul Weiss was the first law firm to conclude an agreement directly with Trump after he got under the sweeping executive order that said would defend his business. Long -term chairman of Brad Karp negotiated an agreement that includes the provision of $ 40 million for Bono Legal Services for the cause of administration, such as the fight against anti -Semitism and a support veteran.
Jenner & Block had a historical association with democrats and progressive causes. He has a well -known practice representing Indian tribes and also ensured the release of the detained in Guantánamo Bay.
The order comes as a Trump Barraard Railing Barrales against perceived opponents across the US legal system, including US lawyers of the “Bidsen era”, judges who ruled against the government, and prosecutors who probe the president.
Trump, who faced four prosecution at the state and federal levels, intensified his attacks against lawyers and called his perceived opponents “evil” during a rare presidential speech at the Ministry of Justice at the beginning of this month in which he also appointed Weissmann.
The agreement with Paul Weis seemed to be just more Trump attacks on this industry. During talking at the White House on Monday, Trump said there were “others who also want to deal with”. He added that legal companies must “behave”.
