By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's executive orders terminating security clearances and taking other actions against two prominent law firms may violate constitutional protections and represent exceptional acts of retribution against lawyers who have crossed him in the past,

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday suspending the security clearances of employees at Perkins Coie, citing the law firm’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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 ...

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 ...

The firm cited in Donald Trump's memo, Covington & Burling, provided pro bono services to Jack Smith, which he revealed shortly before resigning.

President Donald Trump retaliated Tuesday against a Washington law firm that provided ... clearances of lawyers and other personnel at Covington & Burling involved in representing Smith before ...

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.

President Trump on Tuesday signed a memo suspending security clearances for a number of outside lawyers who are defending former special counsel Jack Smith in his personal capacity. White House