Prosecutor of Trump Protesters Accused of Ethics Violations (1)

A Department of Justice attorney who prosecuted alleged rioters at Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration failed to turn over exculpatory evidence, according to a Washington, D.C. Bar disciplinary petition.

The petition Monday accuses federal prosecutor Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens of violating six D.C. Bar rules of professional conduct. Those rules include a prohibition on making false statements to the court, a bar on obstructing defense access to evidence, and a requirement to act fairly toward opposing counsel.

The petition from the D.C. bar counsel went to the Board of Professional Responsibility, the disciplinary arm of the DC Court of Appeals, to ...