Trump sent the directive as a memo to heads of agencies that may have granted security clearances to Covington attorneys or may interact with the law firm. A Washington Post review of public federal contracting data did not show the firm held any active ...

One by one, Trump is fencing in all his potential opponents. Now he’s sending a clear warning to lawyers to back off.

President Donald Trump retaliated Tuesday against a Washington law firm that provided free legal ... suspending the security clearances of lawyers and other personnel at Covington & Burling involved in representing Smith before he resigned from the Justice ...

Several law firm leaders agreed that the unprecedented suspension of security clearances was troubling, but none would discuss the presidential action publicly.

Covington & Burling is an international law firm whose current ... It’s not the first time that Trump as president has sought to suspend clearances of Washington figures who have provoked his ire. Last month, for instance, he moved to revoke the ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to punish Covington & Burling for representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith will feed some firms’ worries about letting lawyers volunteer to represent former Justice Department attorneys.