In the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the suspension and review of security clearances for Covington and Burling employees who worked with special counsel Jack Smith to be suspended and put under review.

The White House said President Donald Trump will sign a memo suspending the security clearances of several employees of Covington & Burling LLP after they assisted Jack Smith's probes.

One by one, Trump is fencing in all his potential opponents. Now he’s sending a clear warning to lawyers to back off.

The New York Council of Defense Lawyers includes many prominent attorneys in Big Law and boutiques. Dani James, a partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, is the president and Justine Harris, a partner at Sher Tremonte,

President Donald Trump’s directive to review government contracts with Covington & Burling shows the risk for Big Law firms working with US agencies.

President Donald Trump’s decision to punish Covington & Burling for representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith will feed some firms’ worries about letting lawyers volunteer to represent former Justice Department attorneys.

Covington said the firm is representing Smith “in his personal, individual capacity” and that the representation began him when it appeared he would be under investigation.

The Donald Trump administration has strongly hit back at the law firm representing former special counsel Jack Smith through an executive order. Here's more about what went on

The memo strips Jack Smith's attorney of his security clearance as well as any other attorneys at the firm who assisted Smith while he was investigating Trump.