特朗普取消了参与通俄门和1月6日事件起诉的“旋转门”律师的安全许可。
Trump Cancels Security Clearances Revolving-Door Lawyers Involved In Russiagate And J6 Prosecutions

原始链接: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-cancels-security-clearances-revolving-door-lawyers-involved-russiagate-and-j6

特朗普总统签署了一项行政命令,撤销了保尔·魏斯律师事务所员工的安全许可,理由是他们的行为破坏了司法程序和国家利益。特朗普批评保尔·魏斯与民主党的关系,包括其参与“通俄门”调查和针对参与1月6日国会山抗议活动人员的公益诉讼,声称此类案件剥夺了被告获得公正的权利。他特别提到了马克·波默兰兹,他在曼哈顿地区检察官办公室参与了针对特朗普的案件,后来又回到保尔·魏斯。 特朗普还指控保尔·魏斯存在歧视性招聘行为,并声称全球律师事务所普遍加剧了社会问题。此举延续了此前针对佩金斯·科伊(因其在2016年大选期间参与“档案”)和考文顿·伯灵(为起诉特朗普的特别检察官杰克·史密斯提供法律咨询)的类似命令。保尔·魏斯回应称,波默兰兹已不再与该事务所有关,并且类似的命令此前已被裁定违宪。


原文

President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order revoking the security clearances of employees of New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Warton & Garrison (Paul Weiss) "pending a review of whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest," according to the White House.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Justice Department in Washington on March 14, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The law firm has been a close ally to Democrats coming after Trump over his conduct, including the Russiagate collusion investigation that found no collusion, while a partner of the firm and a former leading prosecutor in Mueller's office brought a pro bono suit on behalf of the DC Attorney General against individuals alleged to have taken part in the Jan. 6, 2021 protest at the US Capitol.

Trump singled out Paull Weiss's hiring of attorney Mark Pomerantz - who left the firm to work in the Manhattan DA's office to draft a prosecution against Trump regarding Trump's personal and business affairs. Then, Pomerantz rejoined Paul Weiss after leaving the DA's office.

As the Epoch Times notes further, it goes beyond Pomerantz... as a partner of the law firm and a former leading prosecutor in Mueller’s office brought a pro bono suit against individuals alleged to have taken part in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol on behalf of the District of Columbia attorney general. Trump said such pro bono cases deprived the accused in the Jan. 6 incidents of access to justice they deserved. Paul Weiss also served as counsel in a case against the Proud Boys.

Trump also accused Paul Weiss of discriminating against its own employees on the basis of race and other factors prohibited by civil rights laws.

Paul Weiss, along with nearly every other large, influential, or industry leading law firm, makes decisions around ‘targets’ based on race and sex,” he stated in Friday’s order.

Paul Weiss issued a statement on Friday noting that Pomerantz “has not been affiliated with the firm for many years.”

“The terms of a similar order were enjoined as unconstitutional earlier this week by a federal district court judge,” the law firm further stated in its response to Trump’s order.

Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who worked in the Obama administration, previously worked for Paul Weiss.

In his order regarding Paul Weiss, Trump railed against global law firms for their role in undermining the judicial process, accusing them of activities that make communities less safe, increasing burdens on local businesses, limiting constitutional freedoms, and undermining American elections.

Trump portrayed the relationship between Paul Weiss and officials as “Government sponsorship of harmful activity” of the law firm.

The suspension of security clearances of the firm’s employees is the third time Trump has taken executive action against a major U.S. law firm.

On March 6, Trump issued an executive order against a separate law firm, Perkins Coie.

“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,” Trump stated in the order.

“This egregious activity is part of a pattern. 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.”

In February, Trump also revoked security clearances for two lawyers at Covington & Burling. The law firm had advised Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed during the Biden administration to bring criminal charges against Trump. Covington did not challenge the order in court, though it defended its work for Smith.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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