A U.S. judge has agreed to temporarily block implementation of President Donald Trump's executive order to strip security clearances and take other actions against prominent law firm Perkins Coie over its policies promoting workforce diversity and its work for his 2016 election rival Hillary Clinton.

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

The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign, represents an escalation of efforts to punish groups the president sees as aiding his enemies.

U.S. law firm Perkins Coie sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, claiming Trump illegally retaliated against the firm over its work for his former opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton,

U.S. law firm Perkins Coie has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging illegal retaliation over its past work for Hillary Clinton. The firm challenges a Trump executive order targeting its operations.

Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown threw his support behind the Seattle-based law firm targeted by President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order suspending security clearances for employees of law firm Perkins Coie and targeting the firm's business with federal contractors, citing its diversity practices and political activities.

The executive order, if allowed to take effect, would hamstring the firm’s ability to represent clients who have business with the federal government.

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.