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

In representing people suing the White House and publicly critiquing the president, Mark Zaid has drawn the ire of Trumpworld

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.