The District of Columbia’s attorney disciplinary body has filed ethics charges against Ed Martin, a senior Justice Department official in the Trump administration, as the department seeks to curb the role of state bar associations in policing federal attorneys.

The complaint, submitted Friday to the D.C. Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility, accuses Martin of professional misconduct tied to actions he took while briefly serving as U.S. attorney for the district.

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