A U.S. judge blocked provisions of President Donald Trump's order targeting attorneys at Perkins Coie on Wednesday, saying the legal profession was "watching in horror" at what the law firm was experiencing.

A judge on Wednesday imposed a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, barring it from enforcing parts of an executive order penalizing a top Democratic-linked law firm that was involved in pushing discredited Russian collusion allegations during the first Trump presidency.

A federal judge on Wednesday halted parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order that targeted a Democratic-linked law firm.