Law firm with ties to politics and Mueller probe takes Trump to court over his executive order
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The large law firm Jenner & Block is suing the Trump administration over an executive order that blocks its lawyers from doing some business with the federal government because of its history in politics and ties to the Mueller investigation.
The large law firm Jenner & Block is suing the Trump administration over an executive order that blocks its lawyers from doing some business with the federal government because of its history in politics and ties to the Mueller investigation. Jenner is the second major law firm to challenge the Trump White House’s campaign against the legal industry. Perkins Coie previously went to court and obtained a temporary block on parts of the policy. The firm — founded in Chicago but with a sizable group of attorneys in Washington working in regulatory law, litigation and congressional investigations — is among several major firms that have brought cases against the Trump administration related to social policy changes and funding from the federal government that may be lost. In its lawsuit filed in Washington’s federal court on Friday, the firm said it believes President Donald Trump’s executive order against it is unconstitutional and meant to chill the legal work it handles. “These efforts to single out those who sue the government, to undermine the attorney-client relationship, to deter protected speech adverse to the Administration’s policy agenda, and to punish citizens for their associations are irreconcilable with the Constitution,” lawyers representing the law firm wrote in court papers filed in Washington’s federal district court on Friday. The firm said in the lawsuit it would likely lose corporate clients, especially those who are government contractors, if the court doesn’t step in to block the Trump policies.
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