{"id":348,"date":"2026-05-14T21:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:34:10","slug":"in-new-lawsuit-justice-department-challenges-efforts-to-sanction-trump-administration-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=348","title":{"rendered":"In new lawsuit, Justice Department challenges efforts to sanction Trump administration lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Justice Department is challenging efforts to sanction attorneys from the first and second Trump administrations, asserting in a lawsuit that the District of Columbia Bar is unfairly playing politics with the legal disciplinary process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The lawsuit represents a direct challenge to the authority of the office that enforces ethics standards for attorneys in the nation\u2019s capital, where several high-profile investigations of Trump-allied lawyers are playing out.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, a top Justice Department official, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington. An email seeking comment to the D.C. Bar\u2019s Board on Professional Responsibility, among the defendants named in the complaint, did not receive an immediate response.<\/span><\/p>\n

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