# Democrats Prepare to Probe White House Legal Agreements

A new House and Senate majority gives Democrats greater capacity to investigate agreements in which nine law firms pledged a combined $940 million in pro bono legal services to the White House. The inquiries may seek the agreements’ terms, service requests, and related communications. Separately, executive orders targeting four other firms included reviews of those firms’ clients’ government contracts, making the matter relevant to contractors whose legal representation or contract relationships may be affected.

- The agreements are not conventional paid contract awards, but their scale and service arrangements may draw congressional scrutiny; firms and their clients could face requests for records about how services were agreed and delivered.
- Contractors represented by firms targeted by executive orders should assess whether those firms’ client-contract reviews could affect their government business or legal representation.
- Procurement and legal teams may benefit from reviewing relevant engagement records and identifying any reliance on counsel named in the signal.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Professional Services
**Published:** November 04, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Congress (Congress)
- U.S. House Judiciary Committee (House Judiciary Committee)
- Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI)
- White House

### Vendors
- Kirkland & Ellis (Pro bono legal services provider under an agreement with the White House)
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Pro bono legal services provider under an agreement with the White House)
- Paul Weiss (Law firm that reached an agreement with the Trump administration)
- Perkins Coie (Law firm targeted by an executive order)
- WilmerHale (Law firm targeted by an executive order)

### Key Quotes
> Notwithstanding Kirkland’s lack of cooperation, we will use every tool at our disposal to pursue this investigation — in this Congress and the next.
> — Jamie Raskin, Representative