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Statement: CfA Lauds Judge for Raising Attorney Misconduct in Slush Fund Ruling

Weeks after CfA filed a complaint with the DC bar against Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the sole signatory to the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization” settlement fund, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a ruling finding the lawsuit that led to the settlement was a sham because the parties were not adverse.

Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward

By serving as the sole government signatory to a settlement that creates a $1.776 billion fund to compensate the same January 6 defendants and Trump associates he previously represented as a private defense attorney, Mr. Woodward appears to have possibly violated multiple District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct.

Watchdog Urges State Financial Officers Foundation to Drop President Over Insider Scheme

CfA sent a letter to the State Financial Officer’s Foundation (SFOF), urging it to remove Board President Seth Metcalf from his position, citing court records which reveal Mr. Metcalf engaged in a years’ long effort to induce the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System to hire his unqualified company, QED Systemic Solutions, LLC to manage nearly 70% of the pension fund’s assets.

New York Bar Finds Trump Attorney Sarcone Committed Misconduct, Watchdog Responds

CfA received a letter from the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Third Judicial Department of New York saying it determined, based on allegations brought forth in a CfA complaint, that the actions undertaken by New York-licensed attorney John A. Sarcone III while serving as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York amounted to professional misconduct.

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