President Donald Trump’s strike last 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.
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