Meet Andrew Bakaj, the whistleblower's attorney by JennaMC_Laugh
An attorney who left the CIA in 2014 after facing professional retaliation for trying to work with intelligence community whistleblowers is now representing the U.S. official who reportedly filed a complaint alleging wrongdoing by President Trump.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday evening that the complaint deals with President Trump’s communications with a foreign official, a concern the Inspector General Michael Atkinson flagged as “credible” and “urgent.” After months of waiting, Bakaj decided to leave government and enter private practice focusing on other national security whistleblowers.
Bakaj is well placed to defend the Trump whistleblower, according to Irvin McCullough, a national security analyst for the Government Accountability Project, a transparency organization. However, those familiar with the laws governing the inspector general say the administration won’t be able to keep the complaint from Congress indefinitely.
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