Watchdog files bar complaints against Jeanine Pirro over lawmakers' charges

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Who filed the bar complaints against Jeanine Pirro?

The bar complaints against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two of her lieutenants were filed by a legal watchdog group called the Legal Accountability Center. The group stated that Pirro and her subordinates violated ethical duties in their attempt to charge six Democratic lawmakers.

Why were the Democratic lawmakers being investigated?

The six Democratic lawmakers were investigated for appearing in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders. A grand jury ultimately refused to indict them. The Legal Accountability Center's complaints allege that the attempt to charge them was an abuse of prosecutorial power.

What is Jeanine Pirro's office's response?

A spokesperson for Jeanine Pirro's office, Tim Lauer, stated that it is a grand jury's role, not prosecutors', to decide whether to issue an indictment. Lauer described the filing of bar complaints as an attempt to "weaponize the disciplinary process" and called it a "frivolous complaint."