On Friday night, President Trump issued a memo directing Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to punish law firms and lawyers that file what the administration views as frivolous or unreasonable lawsuits against the federal government. The memo is widely seen as a way to target immigration lawyers. Former Justice Department […]
Trump unleashes AG Pam Bondi on law firms to combat ‘baseless’ civil litigation against president
President Donald Trump has threatened new actions against lawyers and law firms that bring immigration lawsuits and other cases against the government that he deems to be unethical. Trump said in a memorandum to US Attorney General Pam Bondi that lawyers were helping to fuel ‘rampant fraud and meritless claims’ in the immigration system. He directed […]
Bondi being squeezed from both the left and the right
Nearly six weeks into her tenure, Attorney General Pam Bondi finds herself in the unenviable position of being the sole Trump Cabinet member absorbing consistent political heat from critics on both the left — who are decrying cuts to the nation’s top law enforcement agency — and on the right — who remain furious about […]