Mark Zaid, a national security attorney, regains access to classified material after accusing White House of retaliation
After the Donald Trump administration revoked his security clearance in March, attorney Mark Zaid reported learning on Monday that the memorandum revoking his clearance is “no longer in effect” – and that his “access to classified info is restored”.
The development comes after Zaid sued the president’s administration in May over the revocation of his security clearance.
Zaid specializes in national security cases, and he previously represented a whistleblower at the center of Trump’s first impeachment – which focused on a phone call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zaid argued that the revocation of his security clearance was “improper political retribution” and that it jeopardized his ability to “to pursue and represent the rights of others without fear of retribution”.
It also meant that he could “no longer represent current or future clients in matters where doing so requires access to classified information”, he maintained.
On 23 December, federal judge Amir H Ali granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction requiring the administration to “immediately and fully restore” his security clearance. The news Zaid shared on Monday confirmed that ruling had been fulfilled.
Ali in his order wrote, “Based on the preliminary injunction record, the court finds that Zaid’s representation of whistleblowers and other clients adverse to...
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