A federal judge in Washington has stopped the Trump administration’s effort to revoke the security clearance of attorney Mark Zaid, determining that a presidential memorandum against him and 14 others cannot be enforced.
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali granted Zaid’s request for a preliminary injunction after a lawsuit, which was filed in May, that alleged that the action was political retribution. The order, issued on Dec. 23, halts the revocation that prevented Zaid from representing clients in matters pertaining to national security.
“This court joins the several others in this district that have enjoined the government from using the summary revocation of security clearances to penalize lawyers for representing people adverse to it,” Ali wrote in his ruling….