Well, the significanceand why this is importantis that the acting attorney general, Todd Blanch, who was the personal attorney for the president back during the Jack Smith investigations over the last couple of years, is now essentially switching sides, Perez replied, adding: And he potentially could be overseeing cases like the one that is being led by Joe DiGenova, a former U.S. Attorney down in Miami.
The answer, Emily, is hell yeah. It can be done. It is being done. There's a little something called the McDade Amendment, passed in 1998, that actually requires federal government lawyers to follow both the ethics rule of the state where they're licensed to practice and federal regulations. That means there are rules that actually prohibit DOJ attorneys from participating, for instance, in cases where they have a personal or political relationship (imagine!)