When one of its boards recommended that Jeffrey Clark, a Trump-era lawyer been barred from practicing law for at least two years, the Washington, DC table advanced its legal case on Thursday. Additionally, the committee demanded that Clark’s employer keep him from performing until he” shows that conditioning for readmission is an ideal sanction for what was charged and proven.”
In their 213-page statement, Chair Merril Hirsh, Public Member Patricia Mathews, and Attorney Member Rebecca C. Smith criticise Clark of” really extraordinary carelessness” over claims he violated bar rules by , drafting , a letter to Peach State officials noting the DOJ “identified major concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the]2020] election in many States, including the State of Georgia”.
Clark never sent the letter, but the legal registration organization charged him , in July 2022 , regardless with “attempted deceit” and “attempted major interference with the administration of justice” for considering recommending an investigation of inconsistencies in the 2020 election. He was even named as one of the , 19″ co-conspirator” targets , in Democrats ‘ wide-ranging vote accusation in Georgia.
The hearing committee of the Washington, D.C., Court of Appeals Board on Professional Responsibility said Clark “believed it was his duty to work” in the wake of the 2020 election, but that he still deserves abuse for his constitutional and guarded work history.
The council conceded Clark is a “highly-credentialed, hard-working attorney who represents users doggedly” who acted honestly during his career at the DOJ. The same D.C. bar that reinstated former FBI Russiagate forger Kevin Clinesmith while he was still on probation and has n’t responded to a misconduct complaint against First Son Hunter Biden now wants to remove Clark from his legal position until he “recognizes the seriousness of his conduct” and has “taken any steps to remedy past wrongs or prevent future ones”
” It is excellent, no wrong, to believe in a cause, but it is bad and harmful to the public and our legal system to let that idea operate to the exclusion of wisdom”, the commission wrote.
Clark’s legal counsel Charlie Burnham, Harry Macdougald, and Bob Destro told The Federalist in a statement that the committee’s report, which they dubbed “unlawful”, has” no legal effect” on Clark right now. That allows them to “persuade multiple appeals to keep it that way.”
The lawyers claimed that Mr. Clark should have been spared from the political wagwagon the Bar has used against him and that they are confident that Mr. Clark will be held accountable.
The recommendation, they added, “wrongly dives into confidential deliberations shielded by both presidential immunity and executive privilege—matters the Committee’s three volunteers have no power to shred”.
The Senator Dick Durbin recommendation is a blatant power grab that began as a partisan political complaint. This case never should have been brought, it violates the separation of powers. But it certainly should have been dismissed in light of the , Trump v. United States , decision issued on July 1, 2024. The U. S. Supreme Court there barred any actor from seeing or reviewing purported facts involving Mr. Clark’s 2020 legal advice. The Hearing Committee omitted its limitations and now ensnared itself in key legislative duties, the attorneys continued.
The “legally and factually ridiculous” targeting scheme was fought out in Clark’s final two years. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the DOJ stonewalled him in December when he attempted to obtain public records about the election integrity, which is crucial to his bar defense.
In February, the D. C. Court of Appeals ruled that Clark did not have to comply with a subpoena from the D. C. bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel because it would have violated his executive, law enforcement, deliberative process, and attorney-client privileges, as well as deprive him of his Fifth Amendment rights.
The setbacks persisted on Thursday when BPR Executive Attorney James T. Phalen confirmed in a letter to Clark that the D.C. bar wants to indefinitely deprive him of his license to practice law because he gave election integrity a higher priority under former President Donald Trump. Just one of the many organizations nationwide working to punish dozens of attorneys for providing Trump and Republicans with legal counsel is the D.C. bar.
” Mr. Clark is an excellent lawyer who served his country honorably across two different presidential Administrations at the U. S. Justice Department, devoting six-and-a-half years of his life to public service”, Clark’s legal team said. He “had a duty to give President Trump his best, most thorough advice.” Lawyers will never offer honest counsel to incoming Republican Presidents because it is precisely this advice that Senator Durbin and other left-wing political opponents seek to contain.
The Federalist staff writer and host of The Federalist Radio Hour, Jordan Boyd. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordanian completed her political science major at Baylor University and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.
