Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and a group of Senate GOP legal experts sent a letter to the American Bar Association President William Bay, rebuking the ABA on allegations it has proved to be a “biased and ideologically captured institution” and is conflicted and complicit in defending USAID funding it receives.
“We write to express our disappointment with your recent statements on ‘the rule of law’ and ‘the legal profession.’ Both lead us to conclude the American Bar Association (ABA) is a biased and ideologically captured institution,” Schmitt’s letter co-signed by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Josh Hawley, R-Mo.; Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, read.
The ABA had denounced President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at eliminating DEI initiatives, leading to Schmitt’s letter and a call for the Senate to rebuke the ABA’s bias and undue pressure on Congress.
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