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Michael Cogar of the Defense Department and Greyson McGill at DHS, were also named as defendants.

According to the lawsuit, Cogar emailed McGill about alleged “inappropriate behavior” from a Coast Guard contractor on Sept. 17. McGill then contacted the office of the chief security officer about “a social media post linked to Peter Souders,” asking it to confirm if he was a DHS contractor.

After receiving confirmation, McGill allegedly ordered DHS and Coast Guard personnel to “execute all necessary offboarding and access termination actions without delay,” the lawsuit states.

Facebook comments attributed to a Peter Souders circulated on X on Sept. 11. One comment states that Kirk opposed civil rights and abortion, and called him a “noted Islamophobe,” a “Putin operative” and a “Nazi.” Another comment read: “You can’t be pro-punching Nazis and then pretend it’s a bad thing when someone actually does.”