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Miles Taylor urges watchdogs to probe Trump’s memo targeting critics

Alleging constitutional violations, Taylor warns that the directive sets a dangerous precedent for unchecked executive power.

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks at U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the rain after arriving on Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The new official portraits of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance hang in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Overview

  • President Trump’s April 9 memorandum ordered DHS and DOJ to review Taylor’s tenure and revoke his security clearance after he criticized the administration.
  • On June 3, Taylor filed formal complaints with the departments’ inspectors general, asserting the order amounts to unlawful political retaliation in breach of his First and Fifth Amendment rights.
  • Taylor’s legal team details how the memo has led to blacklisting that forced him out of work and unleashed threats and harassment against him and his family.
  • The filings frame inspectors general as crucial defenders against executive misconduct and signal that Taylor may pursue further legal action if watchdogs do not investigate.
  • Taylor cautions that the outcome will test the resilience of democratic guardrails against a president’s use of federal power to punish dissenters.