'How embarrassing': DOJ swiftly reverses course on high-profile legal fight

The Department of Justice indicated it would reverse course and continue defending a series of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump targeting individual law firms.

The Trump administration asked an appeals court Monday in a filing whether it could walk away from its appeals of legal victories won by the firms against the White House, but sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday morning the DOJ appeared to have changed its position, reported the New York Times.

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