President Donald Trump’s strike this week against a Democratic-linked law firm came years after it faced allegations of aiding unethical and, in some cases, illegal efforts to weaponize the Justice Department against Trump.
Trump’s order, which stripped Perkins Coie of its staff’s security clearances and demanded an end to any federal contracts it has with the government, quickly drew claims from critics that the president was exacting political retribution against an opponent.
But Perkins Coie’s role in allegedly unlawful activity during Trump’s first term complicates the characterization of Trump’s move as an act of simple partisan revenge.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee retained Perkins Coie and Marc Elias, then one of the firm’s top lawyers, in the
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