Executive Order 14230: Addressing Risks From Perkins Coie LLP

What the order contains

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• Sec. 1. Purpose
• Sec. 2. Security Clearance Review
• Sec. 3. Contracting
• Sec. 4. Racial Discrimination
• Sec. 5. Personnel
• Sec. 6. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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The dishonest and dangerous activity of the law firm Perkins Coie LLP (``Perkins Coie'') has affected this country for decades. Notably, in 2016 while representing failed Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Perkins Coie hired Fusion GPS, which then manufactured a false ``dossier'' designed to steal an election. This egregious activity is part of a pattern. Perkins Coie has worked with activist donors including George Soros to judicially overturn popular, necessary, and democratically enacted election laws, including those requiring voter identification. In one such case, a court was forced to sanction Perkins Coie attorneys for an unethical lack of candor before the court. In addition to undermining democratic elections, the integrity of our courts, and honest law enforcement, Perkins Coie racially discriminates against its own attorneys and staff, and against applicants. […]

Federal Register notes

See: EO 14147, January 20, 2025; EO 14237, March 14, 2025; EO 14250, March 27, 2025; EO 14246, March 25, 2025; EO 14263, April 9, 2025