Bondi skewered for 'sloppy and dishonest' plot to shield prosecutors from ethics probes

Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the "sloppy and dishonest" Justice Department has proposed a new rule that would effectively block state bars from investigating federal prosecutors they license to practice in their state — but there's already a massive flaw in the plan that will make it nearly impossible to enforce, legal analyst Mark Joseph Stern wrote for Slate on Friday.

"Under this rule ... Bondi could freeze state bars’ probes until the department has undertaken its own independent review of any allegations ...