The complaint says the D.C. Bar’s disciplinary system has engaged in a “pattern of discriminatory enforcement” against federal attorneys.
on Wednesday said it filed a complaint against Washington’s attorney disciplinary system for allegedly unfairly targeting federal lawyers and improperly intruding into sensitive executive branch decision-making.
The complaint, filed in federal court, targets the District of Columbia’s Bar disciplinary authorities, which oversee ethics investigations involving attorneys licensed in the nation’s capital. D.C. Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton P. Fox III, the D.C. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, and the D.C.
Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility were the subjects of the complaint. South Carolina Supreme Court overturns Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction and orders new trialThe DOJ alleges the D.C. Bar’s disciplinary system has engaged in a “pattern of discriminatory enforcement” against current and former federal attorneys, particularly those serving in Republican administrations, while violating constitutional protections tied to executive branch independence.said the complaint is the result of a history of the D.C.
Bar acting as a “blatantly partisan arm of leftist causes. ” Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said in a statement that the lawsuit was intended to stop what the department called a “weaponization of the legal process” against government lawyers.
“The D.C. Bar will no longer be permitted to probe sensitive Executive Branch deliberations and target Executive Branch officials with whom they happen to politically disagree, and Federal attorneys will once again be free to share their candid legal advice with their bosses and colleagues,” Woodward said.that would require state bar authorities to pause disciplinary inquiries involving current or former DOJ lawyers while the department conducts its own internal review first.
The administration has increasingly clashed with D.C. disciplinary authorities over cases involving President Donald Trump’s allies and DOJ officials. and former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, both of whom faced scrutiny over actions tied to Trump-era legal and political disputes. Appeals court grills DOJ over Trump’s ‘third country’ deportation policyFlorida attorney general subpoenas NFL over Rooney Rule and DEI hiring practicesVance and Johnson run cover for Trump’s ‘financial situation’ gaffe
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