The president’s use of government power to punish firms is seen by some legal experts as undercutting a basic tenet: the right to a strong legal defense.

A D.C. federal judge said she will temporarily halt a Trump executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie, which represented Hillary Clinton.

A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.