President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting law firm Paul Weiss' contracts, citing its past hire of an ex-prosecutor critical of Trump.

President Trump escalated his fight with the legal industry by issuing an executive order aimed at Paul Weiss, one of the country’s top law firms.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday suspending security clearances held by people at New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. "Today, President Donald J.

President Donald Trump on Friday targeted Paul Weiss in his latest attack on a top law firm over its work in court and ties to his opponents.

President Donald Trump took further steps toward reforming the federal government on Friday with a flurry of executive orders eliminating federal agencies, canceling numerous Biden administration orders,

Experts have warned that the president’s efforts threaten the ability of lawyers to do their jobs and private citizens to obtain legal counsel.

The Trump administration was ordered to halt, at least temporarily, parts of its executive order punishing the law firm Perkins Coie.

Conn., joins Morning Joe to discuss President Trump issuing an executive order banning the government from hiring Perkins Coie, prohibiting working with contractors who use the firm and suspending the security clearances of all its lawyers.