The White House has taken away security clearances at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling LLP, which assisted Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith in his investigations into Donald Trump. 

The move was announced in an executive order signed Tuesday by President Trump that also requires the federal government to review and terminate work with the firm "to the maximum extent permitted by law." 

Smith investigated Trump and his allies in his first term as president for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and Trump keeping allegedly keeping classified documents at his Florida residence after leaving the White House post his failed reelection bid. 

He indicted Trump on the election results and brought federal charges against him on in the classified documents case. 

The suspension of security clearances appears to take aim at Peter Koski, the former deputy chief of the Justice Department's public integrity section and Covington Vice Chair Lanny Breuer, who helped lead the Justice Department's criminal division under then-President Barack Obama. Breuer recruited Smith to lead DOJ's Public Integrity Section, according to Fox News. 

Koski and Breuer reportedly offered pro bono legal services to Smith prior to his resignation last month from the Justice Department that also resulted in Smith ending his two cases against Trump.