Trump White House Lawyer Alleges Mueller Team Prosecutor Defamed Him With Claim He Coached Jan. 6 Witness to Lie

Lawsuit filed in Washington D.C. federal court over alleged defamatory comments made on social media.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 28, 2022. Shawn Thew/AFP via Getty Images

Stefan Passantino, a lawyer who represented the Trump White House, is suing former federal prosecutor who claimed he coached a witness to lie in a Congressional probe about the events surrounding the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Mr. Passantino filed a federal complaint in Washington D.C. federal court on Friday, alleging Andrew Weissmann defamed him in a Sept. 15 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.