#Trump on Tues signed a memo suspending #security clearances for employees at a #law firm who assisted w/fmr special counsel #JackSmith’s investigation into the now-president.
WH staff secy Will Scharf said…that the memo targeted Washington, DC based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono #legal services to Smith in his probes of Trump that resulted in 2 #criminal indictments.
#petty #RevengePolitics #retribution #ClassifiedDocuments #Jan6 #insurrection
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/
“As a result of *those actions*, we’re now going to be suspending & putting under review #security clearances for employees at that firm & holding people responsible,” Scharf said.
[doing their jobs]
#Trump quipped that they would call the memo the “deranged Jack Smith signing,” invoking a pejorative he has frequently used to attack the former special counsel.