Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Monday said she has stripped security clearances from dozens of former national security officials, the Manhattan district attorney who secured a felony conviction against Donald Trump and a lawyer who represented a government whistleblower that triggered the first impeachment case against Trump.

A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.

U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday President Donald Trump has ordered that the security clearances be revoked and access to classified information be barred for some officials from the administration of former President Joe Biden.

The retaliatory aim of the Order is intentionally obvious to the general public and the press because the very goal is to chill future lawyers from representing particular clients,” the suit

Washington lawyer Mark Zaid’s security clearance gives him access to information, like whether a client works for the Central Intelligence Agency and what happened to the US intelligence officers he represents who are suffering from “Havana Syndrome.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard has canceled security clearances for a host of former Biden officials and others involved in Trump legal cases.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, following the orders of Donald Trump, revoked the security clearances of more than 50 people.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday that dozens of officials from the former Biden administration have had their security clearances revoked and their access to classified information banned.