During the 2016 election, failed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her campaign received assistance in her baseless "Russian collusion" attacks against President Donald Trump by way of the debunked "Steele" dossier from a prestigious Washington D.C.-based law firm known as Perkins Coie, and that Democrat-aligned firm has continued to fight Trump at every turn ever since then.

Now nearly a decade later, Trump is finally getting even by suspending security clearances for all Perkins Coie attorneys and employees who may have that privilege, according to Just the News.

The president also canceled any federal contracts linked to the firm, barred the firm's attorneys and employees from being hired for federal jobs, and limited the firm's access to the federal government overall, particularly including access to classified or sensitive information.

Firm work with Clinton against Trump

President Trump declared in a Thursday executive order, "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," he continued. "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."

Trump also alleged in his order that the firm "racially discriminates" against its employees, applicants, and even clients with its "diversity, equity, and inclusion" practices that include race-based and sex-based quotas for hiring and cases that likely violate not just the "public trust" but also federal laws.

Security clearances revoked, contracts canceled, access limited

Given all that and more, President Trump ordered the security clearances held by any Perkins Coie attorneys or employees to be suspended pending a review to determine "whether such clearances are consistent with the national interest."

Likewise, he ordered all relevant departments and agencies to "expeditiously cease" the provision of all "Government goods, property, material, and services," including access to so-called SCIFs, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities, that may benefit the firm.

Furthermore, but as permitted by law, Trump demanded the termination of any existing federal contracts with Perkins Coie or any other contractor that does business with them, and on top of that, called for the attorney general and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate the firm and its DEI practices for any possible violations of federal civil rights and anti-discrimination laws.

Perkins Coie aligned itself as an enemy of Trump

Just the News noted that Perkins Coie played an integral in helping the 2016 Clinton campaign and Democratic Party attack President Trump with false allegations of "Russian collusion" via the fraudulent Steele dossier and unproven claims about back-channel connections to Russian banks.

All of those baseless claims were later thoroughly debunked and exposed as lies by multiple high-level investigations, including by two special counsels, an inspector general, and congressional committees.

The firm, including some of its current and former attorneys, has also led multiple lawsuits against both the first and current Trump administrations.

Firm intends to challenge Trump's order

According to CNN, a spokesperson for Perkins Coie said in response to President Trump's move, "We have reviewed the Executive Order. It is patently unlawful, and we intend to challenge it."

They likely won't be alone in doing so, as Trump previously took similar actions against D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided assistance to ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith in his failed twin attempts to prosecute Trump with politically motivated criminal indictments in the runup to the 2024 election.