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#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #DMV #JudicialEvaluations #DCBar
If you are in DC, MD , or VA and have had any experience in the DC Superior Court, the DC Bar is inviting people to submit judicial evaluations. This is a chance to have accountability from our judges. Here's the link. There's an early Jan deadline. https://www.dcbar.org/for-lawyers/membership/judicial-evaluation-survey

Catherine Schmidt Jun 10

#bradbondi #pambondi #DCbar #loss

Brad Bondi, the brother of AG Pam Bondi, overwhelmingly lost his bid to lead the D.C. Bar Association in a race with record turnout, the organization announced Monday.

Bondi, who is global co-chair of the law firm Paul Hastings’s investigations and white-collar defense practice, earned just 3,490 votes, or 9.1 percent, in the D.C. Bar’s presidential election. His opponent, employment lawyer Diane Seltzer, won 34,982 votes, or 90.9 percent.

The Hill

Democracy Matters

Jun 9

Fuck Brad Bondi and the sister he rode in on: Pam.

Trump allies go down in flames in attempted takeover of the Washington DC Bar
https://www.rawstory.com/bar-association-2672335642/

#BradBondi #PamBondi #DCBar #NoRepublicansEverAgain #DisbarPamBondi #USPol

Trump allies go down in flames in attempted takeover of the Washington DC Bar

President Donald Trump's allies made a dash to try and take over the Bar Association for Washington, D.C. — but the effort failed badly. In March, NBC News reported that two Trump allies were running for the D.C Bar's leadership. Bradley Bondi, Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother, and Alicia Long, ...

Raw Story

Catherine Schmidt Jun 4

#politics #law #lawyers #bondi #dcbar #dc #dianeseltzer #vote #alt

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Nonilex May 28

#Trump's comments come 6 days after the #DOJ's new #pardon attorney, disgraced #DC #USattorney, under investigation by the #DCBar & #Jan6 advocate, #EdMartin Jr., said on a podcast he would take a "hard look" at pardoning the men he called "victims just like January 6," when Trump supporters attacked the US Capitol while Congress met to certify the Nov 2020 election results.

#criminal #law #kidnapping #murder #Michigan #GretchenWhitmer #RevengePolitics #PoliticalViolence #FarRight #Extremism

Nonilex May 22

Pretty sure she’s thinking, “worth it.”

The #DOJ has charged Emily Sommer with assaulting former interim US attorney [now #Trump pardon legal adviser & currently under a #DCbar #ethics investigation] #EdMartin, when she spit on him during a liveshot.

"Fuck you, Ed Martin. My name is Emily Gabriella SOMMER, and you are served," she said.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796/gov.uscourts.dcd.280796.1.1_1.pdf

#law

Nonilex May 16

Last night, in the lawsuit brought by #FBI agents who worked on #Jan6 investigations, seeking to prevent their names from being disclosed for fear of #retribution & physical #threats from #MAGA #extremists, the plaintiffs alerted Judge Cobb of the press conference by disgraced fmr acting #DC #USattorney, current #DOJ Weaponization "captain" & under #DCbar #ethics probe #EdMartin who pledged: "We will name them."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25944249-51-notice-re-ed-martin/

#law #insurrection #RevengePolitics #Trump

51-Notice re Ed Martin

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Nonilex May 15

Interim Washington #USAttorney #EdMartin said in the letter sent to his staff on his last day on the job that he is under investigation by the DC Office of Disciplinary Counsel [#DCBar]. The office is in charge of investigating & bringing #misconduct proceedings against attorneys in the district.

#law #ethics #Trump