What Marc Elias-led anti-Trump group is now suing admin over

(Official White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

A medical group represented by a liberal legal group led by Democrat super lawyer Marc Elias is suing to force the Trump administration to pay it $12 million in taxpayer funds.

The American Academy of Pediatrics filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services on Christmas Eve, alleging government retaliation for opposition to administration policies. Elias is the board chairman of the Democracy Forward Foundation, which is representing the pediatric group.