U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday suspending security clearances held by people at New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. "Today, President Donald J.

For the third time in four weeks, President Trump has pulled the security clearances for a high-powered law firm and restricted their employees from entering government buildings and receiving federal contracts.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday said she has stripped security clearances from dozens of former national security officials, the Manhattan district attorney who secured a felony conviction against Donald Trump and a lawyer who represented a government whistleblower that triggered the first impeachment case against Trump.

A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.

Trump revokes security clearances for Paul Weiss lawyers, escalating his crackdown on law firms with Democratic ties. Legal battles expected to follow.

The retaliatory aim of the Order is intentionally obvious to the general public and the press because the very goal is to chill future lawyers from representing particular clients,” the suit