TechdirtJudge Says Trump Can’t Strip Lawyer’s Security Clearance Just Because He Doesn’t Like His Clients
NonilexJudge blocks #Trump effort to strip #security clearance from #attorney who represented #whistleblowers
A federal judge has blocked the Trump admin from enforcing a March presidential memo to revoke the security clearance of prominent Washington atty #MarkZaid, ruling that the order — which also targeted 14 other individuals — could not be applied to him.
#law #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-whistleblower-security-clearance-mark-zaid-2a6f7d23dc85d7e1db2ac9a38e548b8e
Judge blocks Trump effort to strip security clearance from whistleblowers' attorney
A federal judge is halting the enforcement of a March presidential memorandum that revoked the security clearance of a prominent Washington attorney. Mark Zaid was one of 15 individuals singled out by the Trump administration; the Washington attorney has in the past represented a number of prominent government whistleblowers. Zaid had sued the Trump administration in response to the revocation of his security clearance, calling it an act of “improper political retribution” that jeopardized his ability to continue representing clients in sensitive national security cases. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali in Washington granted Zaid's request for a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Hours later, her lawyers, #MarkZaid and #AbbeDavidLowell, wrote on X that she had received formal notice of her removal. But they argued the action was LEGALLY invalid and that “only the president himself can fire her” as a SENATE-confirmed appointee.
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News BeepTrump administration revokes security clearances of 37 current and former government officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration moved Tuesday to revoke the security clearances of 37 current and former…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #DonaldTrump #Elections #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #Headlines #HunterBiden #MarkZaid #nationalsecurity #Politics #Russiagovernment #TopStories #TulsiGabbard #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesgovernment #Washingtonnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/71039/
BongolianRachel Leingang: ‘They have promised retribution and retaliation’: the Washington #lawyer #tRump is targeting. In representing people suing the White House and publicly critiquing the president, Mark Zaid has drawn the ire of tRumpworld.
#MarkZaid #law #autocracy #tyranny #maga
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/trump-mark-zaid-retribution-ukraine-whistleblower
Jen, Norm and Katie Phang on 3 important legal news items
A recording from Norman Eisen and Jennifer Rubin's live video with special guest Katie Phang
#Judges #PamBondi #trump #law #security #PerkinsCoieLLP #MarkZaid #resistance #AmeriCorps
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/jen-norm-and-katie-phang-on-3-important?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#Attorney #MarkZaid has filed a lawsuit against the White House, saying the suspension of his #security clearance, which has disrupted his clients' #legal representation, is #unconstitutional retaliation by #Trump.
Given Judge #BerylHowell’s ruling Friday, I like his chances.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280276/gov.uscourts.dcd.280276.1.0.pdf
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Via #OliviaTroye, Dec 04
Today, #KashPatel sent a letter 2 my counsel #MarkZaid, threatning legal action & demandng..I retract my comments on #MSNBC abt his unfitness 2 serve as #FBI Director. This aligns w/ his threats against the #media & political opponents, revealng how he might conduct himself if confirmd in the role. I stand by my statements—my priority remains the safety & security of the American people. I am not the only 1 who has expressed concerns abt him. So why me? And so it begins
stefania maurizi#MarkZaid exemplifies why Julian #Assange should never ever leave the European soil: the United States we admired for producing heroic whistleblowers #DanielEllsberg, #ChelseaManning, #EdwardSnowden is moribund beyond repair
