of Investigation to release its D.B. Cooper case file under the Freedom of Information Act. The suit alleges that the FBI suspended active investigation of the Cooper case "in order to undermine the theory that Rackstraw is D.B. Cooper so as to prevent embarrassment for the bureau's failure to develop evidence sufficient to prosecute him for the crime." He was a member of the legal team, led by Andrew Bakaj, representing the whistleblower whose complaint against President Donald Trump sparked a major political scandal and led to the launching of an impeachment inquiry against the president. Zaid had been critical of Trump long before he began representing the whistleblower. He said the team is also working with a second whistleblower who has spoken with authorities, but had not filed a formal complaint . In February 2020, federal authorities indicted a Michigan man for threatening Zaid and his Ukraine whistleblower client by email in November 2019, purportedly saying, "All traitors must die miserable deaths." The man allegedly sent the message the day after President Trump, at a rally in Louisiana, held up a photo of Zaid and said, "From the lawyer, a sleazeball," before reading tweets from Zaid predicting the president would not last out his first term. The man pleaded guilty in December 2020 and in June 2021 was sentenced to twelve months and one day in prison, followed by three years of probation. Citing his "'high profile' work," Zaid's malpractice carrier, Hanover Insurance Group, dropped his coverage in 2020. The ABA Journal specifically cited as the reason the insurance company had "no appetite" for Zaid's work for the Whistle-blower whose report lead the first impeachment of Donald Trump. Both the speculation that Hanover had done it for that reason, and the outrage against it, were widely reported. In August 2022, Zaid's firm took on former White House security advisor Olivia Troye's defense in a defamation lawsuit by former ambassador Richard Grenell. Zaid also filed a lawsuit on behalf of former Monkees band member Micky Dolenz against the FBI to obtain its file on the band from the 1960s for its public opposition to the controversial Vietnam War. Whistleblower Aid In September 2017, Zaid and former U.S. State Department whistleblower John Tye co-founded Whistleblower Aid, a legal organization that assists people in the government and the private sector to safely report lawbreaking. Initially focused on employees and contractors of the