Trump admin claims donating to LGBTQ+ rights group undermines national security

[Jessica_Rose]

Trump admin claims donating to LGBTQ+ rights group undermines national security

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/admin-claims-donating-to-lgbtq-rights-group-undermines-national-security/

By John Russell (13 May 2025)

The Trump administration is justifying the president's claim that top U.S. law firm Susman Godfrey is a national security threat by citing its donations to an LGBTQ+ legal nonprofit.

Trump targeted Susman Godfrey in an April 9 executive order which sought to revoke security clearance from Susman lawyers and restrict their access to federal buildings.

In his order, Trump alleged that Susman "funds groups that engage in dangerous efforts to undermine the effectiveness of the United States military through the injection of political and radical ideology." As evidence for the claim, which Susman denies, the Trump Department of Justice cites the fact that the firm "has provided funds to GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), which previously sued the Federal Government to enjoin Department of Defense policy, based on a radical theory of gender ideology."

While Above the Law's Joe Patrice notes that the administration's argument that charitable contributions to an LGBTQ+ nonprofit constitute a national security threat is laughable, he also notes that the administration's characterization of GLAD's legal challenge is alarming.

"To call a federal [civil rights] lawsuit an effort to undermine the government requires adopting the premise that it's a threat to make sure the government isn't doing anything illegal," Patrice writes.

[Lori Dee]

I think all federal government officials need to undergo drug testing. Somebody is smoking something.