{"id":9397,"date":"2026-07-18T08:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T03:24:19","slug":"trump-administration-discloses-subpoenas-to-law-firms-in-fight-with-us-lawyer-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=9397","title":{"rendered":"Trump administration discloses subpoenas to law firms in fight with US lawyer group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">By David Thomas and Mike Scarcella<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Justice Department is seeking detailed records and depositions from 14 major law firms that were \u200ctargeted by White House executive orders last year or that made deals with President \u200cDonald Trump to avoid his directives, according to copies of subpoenas filed on Friday in Washington federal court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The subpoenas \u200bissued by the DOJ demanded records of the firms&#8217; communications related to the executive orders, including records of communications with Boris Epshteyn, a longtime adviser to Trump, since the start of the president&#8217;s second term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The DOJ is also seeking any communications the firms may have had with the \u200cAmerican Bar Association about Epshteyn. It \u2060was not immediately clear whether the firms would challenge the subpoenas in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Justice Department disclosed the subpoenas in a lawsuit brought last year \u2060by the ABA, which alleges its members face harm from an unlawful policy by the Trump administration to punish law firms over their past legal work, diversity policies and political ties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Justice Department in \u200bits \u200bfiling urged U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to reject \u200ban ABA demand seeking similar information \u200cabout Trump&#8217;s law firm executive orders. It said the ABA is required to &#8220;seek this information from its own members, or the law firms at issue, rather than going directly to the White House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In its filing, the DOJ said its subpoenas to the law firms are meant to &#8220;obtain the documents that Plaintiff has requested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spokespersons for the ABA, the largest U.S. attorney membership organization, and the \u200cDOJ did not immediately respond to requests for comment. \u200bA spokesperson for the Trump White House had no \u200bimmediate comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Spokespersons for the law firms also \u200bdid not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The ABA&#8217;s lawsuit is casting \u200cfresh scrutiny on the Trump administration&#8217;s campaign \u200bagainst prominent law firms and \u200bcould put the firms that settled in an awkward position as the two sides fight over possible evidence in the litigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Four law firms sued the administration last year \u200band won court orders permanently \u200cbarring the executive orders targeting them. 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