"Trump administration lawyers have crossed ethical lines that would sink any other practitioner. They've lied to courts repeatedly. They've supported others lying under oath. They're driving career prosecutors out of work but turning the Justice Department into a vector for corrupt dealmaking. They tried to launch a criminal probe of a woman they killed even though you can't file criminal charges against a dead person. And they go out in public to cheer on violent threats against judges."
"Some of these incidents - in a rational world - would incur criminal liability. But in a post- Trump v. United States world, the executive branch enjoys actual or practical absolute immunity for all manner of lawlessness. And that's before Trump inevitably pardons the whole legal team on his way out the door. Qualified immunity and a legal system actively hostile to civil liability for constitutional violations will protect them from everything else."
Trump administration lawyers repeatedly crossed ethical lines by lying to courts, supporting perjury, and enabling corrupt dealmaking within the Justice Department. They pursued legally impossible actions, including attempting criminal probes of deceased individuals, and publicly encouraged threats against judges. Thousands of federal court decisions document illegal detentions tied to law enforcement and lawyer involvement. Executive branch immunity, pardons, and qualified immunity shield most federal actors from criminal or civil accountability. State bar licensing bodies remain the primary realistic mechanism to discipline these lawyers for professional misconduct, yet bar authorities have so far failed to act adequately.
Read at Above the Law
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