Addressing Risks From Jenner & Block

The order directs the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and all relevant agency heads to immediately take steps to suspend active security clearances held by Jenner & Block employees pending a national-interest review. It directs the Office of Management and Budget to identify all government goods, facilities, and services — including Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities — provided for the firm's benefit, and instructs agencies to stop providing them. Government contracting agencies must require contractors to disclose any business they conduct with Jenner & Block, and agency heads must review those contracts and, to the extent permitted by law, terminate any contract for which the firm performs services. Agencies must report to OMB on their contract review within 30 days.

The order also directs agency heads to restrict Jenner & Block employees' access to federal buildings where such access would be inconsistent with national security interests, and to limit official government engagement with the firm's employees. Agencies are further instructed to refrain from hiring Jenner & Block employees — specifically naming Andrew Weissmann — absent a waiver granted by the agency head in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management. All actions are subject to the availability of appropriations and applicable law, and the order creates no enforceable rights against the government.

Jenner & Block LLP and its employees — particularly named individual Andrew Weissmann — who face suspended security clearances, restricted federal building access, and barriers to federal employment. Federal contractors who do business with the firm face mandatory disclosure requirements. Federal agencies and their contracting offices are directly directed to act.

A named private law firm loses access to federal security clearances, government facilities, and federal contracts — potentially affecting its ability to represent clients in matters involving the government. Federal contractors are required to disclose ties to the firm, creating compliance obligations across the contracting community.

Agencies move in parallel: security-clearance suspensions begin immediately while OMB inventories government resources flowing to the firm. Contracting agencies layer on a disclosure requirement for existing contractors, then agency heads review contracts and terminate qualifying ones. Agencies must submit a written assessment of their contract exposure to OMB within 30 days. Separately, agency heads issue internal guidance on building access and hiring restrictions. The order's "to the extent permitted by law" language throughout means any termination or suspension decision can be contested on a case-by-case legal basis, with no automatic enforcement mechanism specified.