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https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/justice-department-expands- retribution-to-american-bar-association/?intcid=CNR-01-0623
Amid a tumultuous and controversial campaign of executive orders targeting major law firms, the Justice Department is now adding the American Bar Association to its target list, according to a memo obtained by CBS News.
In the memo dated Friday and shared with Justice Department employees,
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche ordered that "the Department of
Justice will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for any travel to or engagement with ABA events. Additionally, department employees may not,
when acting in their official capacities, speak at, attend, or otherwise participate in events hosted by the ABA."
The memo from Blanche, who previously served as Trump's private defense attorney, blasts the American Bar Association as "activist" and willing to "insert itself into pending litigation." The ABA is a professional
organization for lawyers, judges and law students in the U.S., and with
about 400,000 members, it's the largest voluntary professional
organization for lawyers in the world.
The ABA sparked the ire of the Trump administration when it joined the
legal challenge against Mr. Trump's executive order decimating foreign
aid. The organization has also been criticized by Justice Department
leaders for its efforts to promote diversity in accrediting law schools.
On Feb. 28, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to the ABA and accused the organization of unlawful race and sex discrimination through its diversity policies. In that letter, Bondi expressed surprise and concern that state
bar associations still permitted travel and participation in ABA events.
The Trump administration has been targeting individual law firms that
include his political opponents, reaching agreements with them to provide
pro bono services to the Trump administration. Mr. Trump said this week
that some of those firms will help the administration negotiate and handle paperwork for trade deals with other countries, as the the 90-day clock
ticks for many countries to reach a trade deal with the U.S. or face
tariffs on their exports to the U.S. above 10%.
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