Washington, D.C., June 13, 2026 — Nestpoint Managing Director John Thomas was recently featured in an article published by The New York Sun on the renewed campaign to strip former Attorney General Pam Bondi of her Florida law license after a new ethics complaint argued that the Florida Bar can no longer avoid the issue on jurisdictional grounds.
The article explains that the latest complaint was filed after Bondi’s April ouster, removing the procedural shield the Florida Bar cited last year when it declined to act against a sitting constitutional officer. This time, the complaint comes with broader institutional backing and a more direct challenge to whether the bar will investigate at all.
Thomas said the more likely outcome is not sweeping discipline, but a process that may look more serious than it ultimately becomes.
“I expect the Florida Bar to open a formal investigation, but I doubt it will be pursued with real vigor,” Thomas told The New York Sun. “Complaints against high-profile Republicans often get more procedural attention than substance.”
The article also notes that even legal scholars who take the allegations seriously see major obstacles to proving a case that could lead to disbarment. Thomas took a similarly skeptical view of how far the matter is likely to go, with dismissal or a private reprimand appearing far more plausible than any dramatic sanction.
More broadly, Thomas argued that the larger institutional risk cuts both ways. In his view, a weak or overly politicized disciplinary push could do more damage to public confidence than restraint would.
“If the Florida Bar declines to pursue serious discipline, it would actually be a positive signal that the organization is not being used as a political weapon,” Thomas said. “Pursuing weak or ideologically driven complaints against former Trump administration officials would only deepen that perception and further erode public trust in bar associations.”
The underlying article presents the Bondi complaint as part of a larger fight over whether bar associations can meaningfully police former federal officials without appearing partisan. Thomas’s remarks place him firmly on the side of restraint, suggesting that the bar’s credibility may depend not only on whether it acts, but on whether it avoids turning politically charged complaints into a substitute for neutral discipline.
The full article, “Retired Chief Justice Leads Push To Strip Pam Bondi of Her Law License,” was published by The New York Sun on June 13, 2026. You can read it here.
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