Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting law firm tied to Mueller probe
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting law firm tied to Mueller probe
By Tierney Sneed, Devan Cole and Emily R. Condon, CNN
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Updated 7:52 PM EDT, Fri March 28, 2025
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/law-firms-fighting-trump-executive-order/index.html
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A federal judge late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, one of two firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish.
The temporary restraining order, announced by Judge John Bates at the end of a hastily scheduled Friday hearing, pauses parts of the order instructing agencies to terminate contracts with the firm and its clients, as well as the order’s directives seeking to limit the firm’s access to federal officials and buildings.
The Jenner & Block hearing unfolded minutes after a different judge in the same courthouse heard a similar request from the law firm WilmerHale, which was also targeted by Trump in an executive order issued this week.
At that hearing, US District Judge Richard Leon, said he was “inclined” to temporarily block parts of Trump’s executive order targeting the firm, saying he had concerns about how the order could chill the company’s legal work.
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