President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memo Tuesday suspending the security clearances for employees of a top Washington, D.C.-based law firm who assisted in former special counsel Jack Smith's investigations, Fox News has learned.
The memo, first reported by Fox News, outlines the administration's sweeping plans to suspend security clearances for all counsel members involved in Smith's dual special counsel investigations into Trump, the White House confirmed.
It is the latest in a string of punitive actions Trump has taken to strip power from his political and legal foes.
The memo orders the federal government to review and terminate the engagement of law firm Covington & Burling LLP by the U.S. government "to the maximum extent permitted by law," and will conduct a detailed evaluation of funding decisions to ensure they with American citizens’ interests and the priorities of this administration, as detailed in executive directives.
