White House buoyed up by submission of major law firm attacked by Trump

Paul, Weiss's chair hung former partner out to dry after a series of attacks on US legal community by president

Inside the White House, advisers to Donald Trump reveled in their ability to bully Paul, Weiss - one of the largest law firms in the US - and see its chair criticize a former partner as he tried to appease the US president to rescind an executive order that threatened the firm's ability to function.

Trump last week issued an executive order that suspended the firm's lawyers from holding security clearances, terminated any of its federal government contracts and prevented its employees from entering federal government buildings on national security grounds.