Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper Sues Pentagon For Redacting Trump Sections From Book
Former United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, whom ex-President Donald Trump fired after his reelection loss in 2020, has filed a lawsuit against the Defense Department for interfering with the publication of his upcoming book, A Sacred Oath, which is scheduled for publication next May. Esper is suing the Pentagon as well as a cluster of its employees for improperly withholding documents relevant to the book under the false guise of classification. “Significant text is being improperly withheld from publication in Secretary Esper’s manuscript under the guise of classification. The with...