Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner
Conservative organizations and Republican senators will gather on Wednesday in Washington to organize a response to what they describe as “barfare,” the use of attorney disciplinary proceedings to punish lawyers for representing President Donald Trump and his allies.
The all-day summit comes as Trump allies build a legal defense operation ahead of possible Democratic congressional majorities and as the Justice Department challenges D.C. disciplinary authorities in federal court.
Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward will join Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) and Mike Lee (R-UT) for the event titled “BARFARE: Stopping Bar Discipline as Political Warfare.” The Conservative Partnership Institute, Claremont Institute, Oversight Project, and American Ascent are hosting the Wednesday conference, which will run from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bellator Hall on Capitol Hill.
The event coincides with the release of a report tracing 181 bar complaints and related filings across 34 jurisdictions to what its author, Democracy Restored Legal Fellow Karin Sweigart, describes what she calls a “Lawfare Consortium” against conservative lawyers. Her research additionally maps out a direct impact on those representing Trump or his allies being subjected to professional liability, simply because of their willingness to work for him.