Big Law Firms Scrub Mueller Ties as Trump Targets Enemies

March 21, 2025, 3:39 PM UTC

Four law firms scrubbed references to their lawyers’ roles in former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as President Donald Trump attacks past legal foes.

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, WilmerHale, Cooley, and Davis Polk & Wardwell removed the references from lawyer bios on their websites late last year and this year, a Bloomberg Law analysis of current and archived firm web pages shows.

The deletions came with Trump’s election to a second term and his determination to settle scores with lawyers and firms he feels wronged by. Trump on March 14 hit Paul Weiss with an executive order restricting ...

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