Top ally in Trump's 2020 election plot fights professional sanctions

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

A former Justice Department lawyer who became a close ally in Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election is fighting to save his law license and stave off other professional discipline from the Washington, D.C. bar.

Jeffrey Clark appeared for a lengthy proceeding Thursday that is a prelude to a disciplinary hearing on claims he violated legal ethics in his persistent efforts to undercut the legitimacy of the 2020 election. The heart of the issue: Did Clark merely offer up unwise suggestions to his superiors — hardly the basis for disciplinary action — or did his persistence in the face of a lack of evidence of fraud render his conduct so inappropriate that he should be punished?

Phil Fox, chief of the D.C. Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which brought the complaint against Clark earlier this year, agreed that “It is generally not a disciplinary violation to make a stupid suggestion.”

But Fox said Clark went further by repeatedly seeking to get the Justice Department to send a letter warning of significant signs of fraud and urging state legislatures to reconvene and consider appointing new presidential electors.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/06/top-ally-in-trumps-2020-election-plot-fights-professional-sanctions-00060757

[iluvtennis]

1. He needs to lose his license to practice law just like Ghouliani. n/t

[magicarpet]

2. You want to be a Fascist and overthrow American Democracy, all while you practice law ?

Give up your right to practice law and go flip hamburgers.

You can no longer be trusted to not abuse the law, the courts, or the system of justice.

[Pas-de-Calais]

3. Unwise suggestions offered up my 66 year old ass!!!