Today, the DOJ plopped a proposed regulation on the Federal Register that would authorize Attorney General Pam Bondi to block any state bar ethics investigation into current and former DOJ lawyers while the department conducts its own internal review. If state bar authorities refuse the AG’s “request” to pause an investigation, the rule allows the DOJ to “take appropriate action to prevent the bar disciplinary authorities from interfering with the Attorney General’s review of the allegations.”
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