A lawyer who represented a “whistleblower” in the impeachment case against President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit after his government security clearance was revoked.
Lawyer Mark Zaid represented a “whistleblower” in the first impeachment case against Trump.
Zaid is accusing the Trump administration of “unconstitutional retaliation” for revoking his security clearance.
The attorney argues that the Trump administration’s decision to pull his clearance in March was in retaliation for representing former Department of Homeland Security intelligence chief Brian Murphy.
Murphy worked with anti-Trump Democrats and was key to the president’s 2019 impeachment.
In 2019, Murphy filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Trump, amid his re-election campaign, pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate then-U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s business dealings in Ukraine.
The alleged pressure supposedly happened during a call between the two leaders.
However, Murphy was not present during the call and only made allegations based on hearsay.
A transcript of the call was later released to show that Trump didn’t pressure Zelensky, as claimed.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted later that year to impeach Trump for abusing the power of his office and obstructing Congress.
He was later acquitted by the