After abandoning law firm executive orders, Trump administration reverses course and pursues fight

Photo: United States Department of Justice, Constitution Avenue between Ninth & Tenth Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC. Photo credit: Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress). Creator: Borie And Medary Zantzinger, and U.S. DOJ. Photographer: Jack E. Boucher. Public Domain. Article by Eric Tucker. AP News – March 3, 2026.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after abandoning its efforts to enforce executive orders that targeted some of the world’s most elite law firms, President Donald Trump’s administration abruptly reversed course on Tuesday and said it would proceed with the court fight. The unexplained about-face represents the latest development in a yearlong effort by the Republican administration to impose sanctions against major law firms whose attorneys had done legal work Trump opposed or had been associated with prosecutors who investigated him. […]

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