Prosecutor fired over blogposts critical of Trump sues US justice department

A federal prosecutor fired last year over blog posts criticizing Donald Trump is suing the justice department, claiming his termination violated his First Amendment rights. The Guardian reports that Will Rosenzweig had written the posts years earlier as a private citizen, but a conservative political commentator publicized them online and tagged senior justice department officials. At the time, Rosenzweig was just two weeks away from trying a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case.

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