The Indiana Supreme Court's Disciplinary Commission filed misconduct charges stemming from an interview Rokita gave to a Fox News host and other public statements about Dr. Caitlin Bernard.
INDIANAPOLIS — Attorney General Todd Rokita could be disciplined for his comments to a Fox News host and others concerning an investigation into a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old girl last year.
Don Lundberg served as the executive director of Indiana's Disciplinary Commission for 18 years before he left in 2010. He said a disciplinary case begins when the commission files charges, as they did in Rokita's case on Monday."There has been no finding of wrongdoing by Attorney General Rokita," Lundberg told WRTV.
"The hearing officer's job is to hear the evidence and to make recommended findings to the Supreme Court," Lundberg said."And the Supreme Court then ultimately has the jurisdiction and the authority to make a final decision in the case."Lawyers found to have violated the ethical rules may get a reprimand, a license suspension or even disbarment.
The Disciplinary Commission says Roikita violated professional conduct rules when he spoke publicly about the investigation into Bernard several months before his office filed administrative charges against her medical license. Tarkington, an expert in professional responsibility, said restrictions on what prosecutors can say about a defendant"100% Constitutional."
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