Federal Judge Blocks Parts of Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Law Firm Perkins Coie for Alleged Election Retribution
ISTANBUL — A U.S. federal judge has placed a temporary hold on several sections of an executive directive from President Donald Trump, which was perceived as retaliatory against the law firm Perkins Coie, previously counsel to Hillary Clinton. Clinton was Trump’s opponent in the 2016 presidential election. The judicial intervention by US District Judge Beryl Howell occurred on Wednesday, targeting three specific parts of the presidential order: These included restrictions that barred attorneys from Perkins Coie from entering government buildings, curbed their interactions with federal officials, and heightened the scrutiny of the firm’s federal contracts. … Read more