WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today filed an amicus brief in support of Perkins Coie, Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, and Susman Godfrey, which are challenging the Trump Administration's Executive Orders targeting them for representing clients and hiring lawyers President Trump dislikes. U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Chuck Hagel, former Secretary of Defense and Republican Senator, joined Blumenthal and Schiff in filing the brief.
In the brief, the Senators warn that the Admi...