Top aide to former Defense Sec. Mattis has filed a lawsuit claiming the Pentagon is 'obstructing and infringing on his right' to publish a memoir about his 17 months in the Trump admin.
to former Defense Secretary James Mattis filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Pentagon is"obstructing and infringing on his right" to publish a memoir about his 17 months in the Trump administration.communications director and chief speechwriter, claims the Defense Department has"unreasonably delayed" reviewing the manuscript for his memoir,"Holding the Line: Inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis.
In the suit, filed early Thursday, Snodgrass claims the Pentagon has"intentionally withheld" final approval of his manuscript so that Mattis' memoir,"Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead," could be published first. Mattis' book is scheduled to be released on Sept. 3., also says the delay has been done"with the acquiescence, if not complicity of" Mattis.
"Holding the Line," originally scheduled for publication on Oct. 29, will need to be pushed back, Snodgrass claims in the 10-page suit, arguing that the Defense Department has violated his First Amendment right to free speech. Snodgrass, who departed the Pentagon last August, claims that the Pentagon has"unlawfully demanded the redaction of wholesale chapters that it has acknowledged are unclassified" and"implicitly threatened" him with potential"retaliation were he to violate alleged loyalty oaths sought" by Mattis.
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