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.

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.

President Trump has continued his attack against prominent law firms, pulling the security clearances of attorneys at New York-based Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss), and restricting their employees from entering government buildings and receiving funds from federal contracts.