Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
A government watchdog group has filed a bar complaint against U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, accusing the Biden appointee of engaging in dishonesty, deceit, and conduct that interfered with the administration of justice during her tenure as a senior Justice Department official before joining the federal bench.
The complaint, obtained exclusively by the Washington Examiner, was filed Tuesday with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals’ Office of Disciplinary Counsel by Democracy Restored, a self-described nonpartisan government watchdog organization. It asks disciplinary authorities to investigate whether Sooknanan violated D.C. Bar’s Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting attorneys from engaging in “dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation” and conduct that “seriously interferes with the administration of justice.”
“Our 250th anniversary serves as a reminder of how our Founders attempted to design a government that could not be weaponized against its opponents,” Democracy Restored Director Houston Keene said in a statement.
“Unfortunately that didn’t stop officials in the Biden DOJ from trying just that. Judge Sooknanan’s previous actions outlined in the House Government Weaponization Report belie a clear and objective bias against pro-life U.S. citizens and that should be scrutinized,” Keene added. “An investigation into Judge Sooknanan is critical, as her impartiality in the legal sphere has been heavily called into question, and appropriate action must be taken.”