Overview

• On June 3, Taylor’s lawyer Abbe Lowell sent letters to the Justice and Homeland Security inspectors general seeking probes of the April 9 memorandum.
• The presidential memo directed DHS and other agencies to investigate Taylor and strip his security clearances without citing any specific wrongdoing.
• Lowell’s letter argues the order violates Taylor’s First Amendment free speech rights and Fifth Amendment due process protections as an act of political retribution.
• Taylor says the memorandum has led to threats, harassment and doxxing of his family, forcing him to raise legal funds and step back from work.
• This legal challenge represents the latest escalation in Trump’s second-term pattern of using executive powers to retaliate against critics.