President Donald Trump has ordered his administration to strip all government security clearances from employees of Paul Weiss, one of the top law firms in the country and from attorney Mark Pomerantz. 

The president’s order, signed late Friday, also limits Paul Weiss employees’ access to federal buildings and takes steps to take government contracts from the company’s clients and firm, reports The Wall Street Journal Saturday. 

The order cites the firm’s pro bono work on a lawsuit from the D.C. attorney general’s office against people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and cites its association with attorney Mark Pomerantz. 

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