Trump Targets a Growing List of Those He Sees as Disloyal

[Zorro]

In his first month in office, the president has carried out a campaign of retribution that has little analogue in history.

The lawyer Mark Zaid has represented a wide array of whistle-blowers, both Republicans and Democrats, during multiple administrations. But it was his involvement with the whistle-blower at the center of the first impeachment case against President Trump that drew the president’s ire.

While at a wedding last weekend, Mr. Zaid learned through an interview Mr. Trump gave to The New York Post that his security clearance would be revoked, a move that could jeopardize his ability to represent officials who work on classified matters. He still has received no formal notification or explanation.

“I’m doing the same thing I have done since the day I set foot in Washington, D.C., 32 years ago,” Mr. Zaid said. “All I do is hold the administration — whoever that is, Republican or Democrat — accountable for unlawful and ethical lapses.”

“It is more than obvious that Trump is fulfilling the promises that he made and campaigned on, that he would retaliate against those who did him wrong,” he added.

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