WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday barred its attorneys from traveling to or speaking at American Bar Association events, in the latest salvo by President Donald Trump’s administration against the nation’s largest voluntary lawyer group.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a memo seen by Reuters said the ABA had been engaging in “activist causes” contrary to the department’s mission, including by suing to block Trump from cutting funding to foreign aid organizations.
