Justice Department Limits Employee Engagement in ABA Events (1)

The Justice Department will not allow employees to participate in American Bar Association events in their official capacities or on official time, in the Trump administration’s latest salvo against the legal group that has been critical of its actions.

Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche’s Wednesday memo, sent to department employees and obtained by Bloomberg Law, escalates a clash between the administration and the voluntary lawyers’ association. The ABA has publicly denounced recent threats against federal judges and joined litigation against the government.

DOJ employees may not, while acting in their official capacities, “speak at, attend, or otherwise participate” in events ...