A coalition of attorneys, law professors, and judges in Florida have accused U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi of abusing the power of her office by pressuring, threatening, and in some cases even firing her subordinates if they refused to breach their ethical oaths as lawyers, claiming they had failed to be zealous advocates for their clients. Such actions, they say, amount to “serious professional misconduct that threatens the rule of law and the administration of justice.”

“The gravamen of this complaint is that Ms. Bondi, personally and through her senior management, has sought to compel Department of Justice lawyers to violate their ethical obligations under the guise of ‘zealous advocacy’ as announced in her memorandum to all Department employees, issued on her first day in office, th

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