PAM BONDI

Elite Washington lawyers are pushing back against a campaign being waged by the brother of Attorney General Bondi to take over the Bar Association of the District of Columbia, the supposedly nonpartisan group that regulates lawyers in the nation’s capital.   The campaign of Brad Bondi, 51, a partner at the District-based law firm Paul Hastings, […]

Among the many problems that have emerged in federal law enforcement during Donald Trump’s second term is the campaign against key personnel. Indeed, there’s been an unsubtle campaign to purge federal law enforcement of prosecutors and FBI officials who worked on cases that the president didn’t like. Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested last week that […]

Virtually every law school in America must be accredited by the American Bar Association, an organization that has abused this position of trust to push a radical leftist agenda on law students, including policies that violate the law itself. The American Bar Association has long held an undeserved position as a vaunted legal institution—largely through […]

The US Attorney General has accused federal investigators of withholding thousands of documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and asked the FBI to release all the information by Friday morning without any omissions. In a public letter, Attorney General Pam Bondi asked FBI director Kash Patel to also investigate why thousands of documents related […]

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, photos emerged of 15 right-wing social media influencers posing outside the White House, grinning and holding thick white binders. This set of people, which included the woman behind the bullying social media […]

The Trump administration on Friday forced out a handful of senior Justice Department officials, further thinning the ranks of career officials who help guide the agency, according to several people familiar with the actions. The ouster of lawyers managing the Justice Department’s pardon work, bankruptcy litigation and other legal issues marks the latest move by […]

Since returning to the White House on January 20, President Donald Trump has made a concerted effort to fill the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with MAGA loyalists. Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is now U.S. attorney general, and far-right Kash Patel is now FBI director. During a Saturday morning, March 8 appearance on […]

President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has taken to the courts to halt cases and reverse positions that center on key pillars of the Biden administration’s agenda. Less than two months into the new administration, the Trump DOJ, now led by Attorney General Pam Bondi, has made significant moves in court that advance anti-abortion initiatives, […]

WASHINGTON — Two of President Donald Trump’s allies have launched bids for leadership roles with the D.C. Bar Association, an under-the-radar effort that would give them more control over the influential legal group.  The push comes amid bar associations’ confrontations with the Trump administration, and some federal attorneys have looked to their state groups for […]