Trump DOJ Is Finally Taking On The Corrupt DC Bar Association

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n Tuesday, word came that the legal disciplinary authority in Washington, D.C., was charging U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin with ethics violations, kicking off proceedings that could result in penalties up to and including disbarment.

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These are but two of the myriad, often dubious, and historically unsuccessful but nevertheless crippling complaints brought against conservative lawyers, typically by the left’s lawfare apparatus, before like-minded state and local disciplinary authorities across the country — a practice, “Barfare,” about which I reported last fall for RealClearInvestigations. By making life hell for conservative counselors by hitting them with such complaints, the idea is to pick such legal talent off the playing field — while spooking others who might otherwise enter it — and thereby eliminate the left’s legal opposition.

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Under the proposal, should a third party lodge a bar complaint against such a lawyer alleging that he committed ethical violations while conducting federal work, or should disciplinary authorities “open an investigation into such allegations” absent a complaint, the U.S. AG would have a “right of first review” — to examine the case and suspend disciplinary investigations or proceedings pending the conclusion of her examination. Should bar authorities refuse to comply, the department could then “take appropriate action to prevent” such interference.

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In justifying the rule, the Justice Department noted that “political activists have weaponized the bar complaint and investigation process” 

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