DOJ moves to disqualify judge who blocked order targeting Perkins Coie law firm
The Justice Department on Friday moved to disqualify a federal judge who blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that targeted Perkins Coie, a major law firm that previously represented Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
In its motion to disqualify U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell, the department said she "has repeatedly demonstrated partiality against and animus towards the President."
"In this case, reasonable observers may well view this Court as insufficiently impartial to adjudicate the meritless challenges to President Trump's efforts to implement the agenda that the American people elected him to carry out," deputy associate attorney general Richard Lawson said in the filing.
Howell entered an emergency order last week blocking the administration from implementing major parts of Trump's order, writing the action was "retaliatory and runs head on into the wall of First Amendment protection."
Read more about the case here.
-ABC News' Alexander Mallin







