Lawyer representing the government’s whistleblower in a case that led to the president Donald Trump’s The first blast each sued the Trump administration on Monday for “unconstitutional retaliation” after his security clearance was revoked.
Attorney Mark Zaid argued that the administration’s decision to pull out his clearance in March was retaliation for representing former Homeland Security Director Brian Murphy, who was key to the 2019 ammo each.
Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint in 2019 during his re-election campaign that Trump allegedly pressured Ukrainian President Voldymee Zelensky to investigate the business deals of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter in Ukraine.
The US House of Representatives voted Trump for each of the bouncers that later that year for mistreating the power of his office and obstructing Congress, but he was later acquitted by the Senate.
A lawyer representing the whistleblower, the key to President Donald Trump’s first bullet each, sued the administration for pulling his security clearance. (Reuters/Ra Milis)
Zaid’s lawsuit has been filed in federal court Washington, DC, He claims that his decision to withdraw security clearance “represents “dangerous and unconstitutional retaliation by the President of the United States” against his perceived political enemy.
The complaint accuses the Trump administration of violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
“Americans should not lose their livelihood or block them from representing their clients as lawyers because the president has grievances for them or embraces the person they represent,” Zaid said in a statement. “This isn’t just me. It’s about using security clearance as a political weapon.”
Attorney Mark Zaid argued that the administration’s decision to revoke his clearance in March retaliated on behalf of former Homeland Security Director Brian Murphy. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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The lawsuit cited a 2019 case in which Trump called Zaid a “threeball” at a Louisiana rally, telling reporters that lawyers were “disgraceful” and “should sue.”
The move to elicit Zaid’s clearance was “a brutal attack on sacred constitutional guarantees: the right to petition a court or federal agency on behalf of a client.” The lawsuit states that “the attack on this right is to curb Zaid’s ability to pursue, pursue and represent the rights of others.”
Trump also cancelled several other clearances Political enemyIncludes former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, his own former national security adviser John Bolton, and attorneys for other law firms.
The lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of violating the Administrative Procedure Act, the First and Fifth Amendments. (Pool via AP)
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Zaid I urged the court Trump’s decision to cancel is unconstitutional and controls reviving his clearance. He has access to information classified from 1995 and security clearance since 2002.
Fox News Digital reached the White House for comment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
