Trump Hits WilmerHale With Executive Order Over Mueller Ties [View all]
Source: Bloomberg Law
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued an executive order against WilmerHale, the fifth major law firm attacked by the White House in the last month.
The order directs federal agencies to scrap contracts with the firm’s clients, revoke lawyers’ security clearances, and restrict their access to certain US buildings. The president targeted the firm over its ties to Robert Mueller, the former special counsel who led a probe into the 2016 Trump campaign’s alleged coordination with Russian state officials.
“Mueller’s investigation epitomizes the weaponization of government,” the White House said in a fact sheet accompanying the new order.
Trump has issued similar orders against law firms Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss, and Jenner & Block. He also pulled security clearances for certain lawyers at Covington & Burling over its connections to another former special counsel, Jack Smith.
Trump has repeatedly decried Mueller’s probe as a witch hunt or hoax. The investigation concluded there was no coordination with Russia officials, but it led to the conviction of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort for bank fraud and conspiracy.
Mueller, a veteran federal prosecutor who headed the FBI for 12 years, practiced at WilmerHale until 2021. Up until around the 2024 presidential election, he was still featured on the firm’s website as a “retired partner.” WilmerHale has since updated the web page to state: “Robert S. Mueller III is no longer with our firm.”
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