Roughly 70 law professors, attorneys and justices filed an ethics complaint against Attorney General Pam Bondi with the Florida Bar on Thursday, accusing her of “serious professional misconduct” and political bias in favor of President Donald Trump .
The complaint alleges that the former Florida attorney general has worked to weaponize the Department of Justice by threatening department lawyers with discipline or termination if they fail “to zealously pursue the President’s political objectives.”
DOJ lawyers say Bondi and her staff have pressured them into “violating their ethical obligations” and doing things they are “ethically forbidden from doing.” This has resulted in “serious professional misconduct that threatens the rule of law and the administration of justice,” states the com