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TRUMP SIGNS ORDER TARGETING LAW FIRM  
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Sam Levine
April 9, 2025
The Guardian
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_ Order punishes Susman Godfrey, which helped Dominion Voting Systems
get millions from Fox for 2020 election lies _

People walk past Fox News signs in New York City, in 2023, Mike
Segar/Reuters

 

_“ANYONE WHO KNOWS SUSMAN GODFREY KNOWS WE BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF
LAW, AND WE TAKE SERIOUSLY OUR DUTY TO UPHOLD IT. THIS PRINCIPLE
GUIDES US NOW. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WE WILL FIGHT THIS
UNCONSTITUTIONAL ORDER.”  SUSMAN GODFREY STATEMENT_

Donald Trump [[link removed]] signed
an executive order on Wednesday punishing the law firm that helped
Dominion Voting Systems obtain a $787.5m settlement from Fox
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for lies about the 2020 election.

The order against the firm, Susman Godfrey, marks the latest effort by
the president to punish attorneys and firms who have opposed his
interests.

The order seeks to harm the firm by limiting its attorneys from
accessing government buildings, revoking security clearances and
essentially making it impossible for it to represent anyone who has
business before the federal government.

Trump’s rationale for targeting the firm was not immediately clear.

“There were some very bad things that happened with these law
firms,” he said in the Oval Office on Wednesday when he signed the
order.

Susman Godfrey said in a statement that it would challenge the order.

“Anyone who knows Susman Godfrey knows we believe in the rule of
law, and we take seriously our duty to uphold it. This principle
guides us now. There is no question that we will fight this
unconstitutional order,” the firm said.

Susman Godfrey represented Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit
against Fox, which ended in a landmark settlement
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to avoid a trial. On Wednesday, a Delaware judge ruled in a separate
lawsuit that the conservative outlet Newsmax Media defamed Dominion
with its false reporting about a rigged 2020 election.

Trump has issued orders punishing five other firms for connections to
political rivals: Covington & Burling, Perkins Coie, Paul Weiss,
Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale.

Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, and WilmerHale
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all have filed suit against Trump and successfully earned preliminary
court orders blocking the orders. Susman Godfrey on Tuesday filed an
amicus brief
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on behalf of several high-ranking government officials supporting
Perkins Coie’s legal challenge.

“This firm is very involved in the election misconduct,” Stephen
Miller, a top White House aide, said on Wednesday, according to
Bloomberg
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Paul Weiss negotiated a widely criticized settlement with Trump to
have the order against it rescinded.

Experts say the orders are blatantly unconstitutional and violate the
constitution’s guarantee of freedom of expression and the right to
counsel. They also say they are an obvious anti-democratic effort by
the president to intimidate lawyers from challenging his
administration in court.

Several firms – Skadden, Arps, Meagher, & Flom
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Milbank LLP; and Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher – have entered into
pre-emptive settlements
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with the Trump administration to try to avoid executive orders. Many
of the country’s largest and most prominent firms have stayed silent
as several firms have been targeted.

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