SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 17 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in supporting the District of Columbia's motion to dismiss a Trump Administration lawsuit seeking to enjoin D.C. bar disciplinary proceedings againstformer Acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Bossert Clark. In May 2026, the Administration filed a complaint claimingthat thebar-disciplinary proceedings violated the Supremacy Clause and Article IIof the U.S. Constitution. In the amicus brief,Attorney General Bonta and the coalition argue that attorney discipline dates back to English common law and that no federal attorney should be immunized from ethical st...