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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

‘They have promised retribution and retaliation’: the Washington lawyer Trump is targeting

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National security lawyer Mark Zaid in Washington DC in 2016. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Mark Zaid knew he would be targeted if Donald Trump won re-election.

The lawyer, who specializes in national security cases, has long been on the US president’s bad side. He represented a whistleblower with knowledge of Trump’s plot to extort Ukraine during Trump’s first impeachment. He frequently talks to the media to critique Trump. His clients include a host of people who are suing the government.

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