In a dramatic reversal, Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival is turning a complaint filed by 128 former judges back onto its signatories, urging the Florida Bar to investigate its own members among the group for potentially abusing the disciplinary process for political ends. The Florida Bar had previously declined to investigate Percival, citing its policy against probing sitting officers appointed under the U.S. Constitution while in office, a stance Percival argues the complainants should have recognized before challenging his “Worst of the Worst Judges” series. Percival labeled this tactic “Bar-fare,” drawing parallels to the controversial involvement of 51 former intelligence officials in the Hunter Biden laptop controversy and the broader left-leaning strategy of leveraging authoritative figures to silence dissent rather than engage in substantive debate. He contends that these former judges, led by former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince, engaged in a frivolous complaint designed to weaponize professional authority, akin to “lawfare,” and that those among them who are Florida Bar members should face scrutiny for this alleged misuse of the system. Percival, who accused activist judges of undermining the judiciary and acting in “open defiance of the Supreme Court” and engaging in “judicial sabotage” in his series, feels the Bar’s refusal to investigate vindicates his position and emboldens him to continue exposing what he views as judicial overreach and politically motivated attacks on executive action.
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