U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he is withdrawing an executive order that targeted law firm Paul Weiss, saying the firm "acknowledged the wrongdoing" of an attorney who investigated the president and has pledged $40 million in free legal work to support the administration.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C. is considering the argument from firm Susman Godfrey, which says the president's action was "blatantly unconstitutional."