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by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper sued the Defense Department for “censoring” his First Amendment rights by redacting parts of his upcoming memoir about the Trump administration.
He also accused Biden administration officials of “unlawfully” blocking sections of the book on his rocky tenure leading the Pentagon “under the guise of classification,” according to the lawsuit filed in Washington, D.C., federal court on Sunday.
“The American people deserve a full and unvarnished accounting of our nation’s history, especially the more difficult periods. My memoir — A Sacred Oath…