The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to review the actions of lawyers and law firms that the administration believes have filed frivolous lawsuits against the Trump administration or attempted to block immigration initiatives. This move expands Trump’s crackdown on the legal community in the U.S., reports CNN.
In a memorandum, Donald Trump revisited past grievances against lawyers who opposed him, pledging to punish lawyers and law firms by revoking their security clearances and canceling federal contracts they hold.
The memorandum instructs the Attorney General to “seek sanctions against lawyers and law firms involved in frivolous, unreasonable, and disruptive lawsuits against the United States or in cases before departments and executive agencies of the United States.”
Additionally, Attorney General Bondi is ordered to “review the conduct of lawyers or their law firms in lawsuits against the Federal Government over the past 8 years” to determine and recommend to the President “additional steps that could be taken, including reassessing the security clearances held by the lawyer, ending any contract under which the lawyer or relevant law firm has been employed to provide other appropriate services.”
The current impact of the memorandum is unclear, as its broad language does not specify what conduct would warrant punishment for the lawyers and law firms involved.
However, it can be stated that the memorandum primarily focuses on lawyers involved in immigration cases and orders the Attorney General to file complaints against lawyers deemed by the administration to have acted inappropriately.
