# Executive Order 14250: Addressing Risks From WilmerHale
Executive Order 14250 establishes measures against the law firm WilmerHale based on what the order characterizes as the firm's engagement in activities that "threaten public safety and national security, limit constitutional freedoms, degrade the quality of American elections, or undermine bedrock American principles." Positioning itself as part of a broader policy agenda addressing perceived misuse of legal power, the order claims that WilmerHale has "abandoned the profession's highest ideals" through its pro bono practice, allegedly engaging in partisan representations, supporting racial discrimination, obstructing immigration enforcement, and degrading election quality. The order specifically criticizes WilmerHale's hiring of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his colleagues, characterizing Mueller's investigation as exemplifying "weaponization of government" that interfered with the administration's first-term agenda.
The directive establishes four concrete mechanisms to restrict the government's relationship with WilmerHale. First, it orders the immediate suspension of security clearances held by WilmerHale employees pending review, and mandates the cessation of government services to the firm, including access to Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities. Second, it requires government contractors to disclose any business relationships with WilmerHale and instructs agency heads to terminate, to the maximum extent legally permissible, any contracts for which WilmerHale provides services. Agencies must submit an assessment of such contracts within 30 days of the order. Third, it establishes provisions limiting WilmerHale employees' access to federal government buildings and restricts government officials from engaging with the firm's employees. Fourth, it directs agency officials to refrain from hiring WilmerHale employees without specific waivers.
Implementation responsibilities fall primarily to the Attorney General, Director of National Intelligence, and heads of executive departments and agencies. The Office of Management and Budget is tasked with identifying all government goods, property, material, and services provided to WilmerHale. Agency heads must review and terminate contracts where legally permissible and align funding decisions with what the order describes as "the interests of the citizens of the United States" and the administration's priorities, particularly those expressed in Executive Order 14147 ("Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government"). The order includes standard limitations noting it does not impair existing agency authorities and must be implemented consistent with applicable law and available appropriations. By framing WilmerHale's legal work as threatening national security and undermining American interests, the order positions restrictions on the firm as necessary protective measures rather than punitive actions, though it does not specify the criteria by which security clearance reviews or other compliance assessments will be conducted.