Ex-Trump Justice Department Official Faces Disbarment

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Ex-Trump Justice Department Official Faces Disbarment

March 26, 2024 at 1:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 39 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/26/ex-trump-justice-department-official-faces-disbarment/

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Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who worked closely with former President Donald Trump in a bid to subvert the 2020 election, faces potential disbarment, Politico reports.

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[LakeVermilion]

1. Good...

Couldn't' happen to a more deserving individual.

Just sayin'.

[Ocelot II]

2. Couldn't happen to an insurrectionier guy.

Direct link to article: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/26/former-trump-doj-official-disciplinary-trial-00149060

His defense is that because the coup didn't work, he shouldn't be punished for trying.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. What if there's an oil spill? NT

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I am smiling

[getagrip_already]

5. He should be facing federal charges - where is garland?

What he is accused of is a violation of doj policy and federal law.

He should be facing federal charges, not just disbarment.

Wtaf?

[Ohio Joe]

6. Do they announce if Eastman gets disbarred this week?

hmmmm... I'm not finding anything on it but I was sure it was this week.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Guy was willing to do Traitor's dirty legal work.

Marshall law, etc., in addition to his environmental wreckings.

[k55f5r]

8. Martial. Marshall was the elementary school my wife went to.

nt

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Thanks. You can spell it the right way all day long if you want.

I like making fun of Majorly Traitor Greede and all the fuckups who don't read much.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-martial-law-mark-meadows-text-messages/

[Marcuse]

13. Nt

[madinmaryland]

20. To be honest, I prefer Thurgood Marshall law and his interpretation of it as compared to...

Thomas/Alito law.

[republianmushroom]

10. Disbar him, now.

[Tansy_Gold]

11. Let me know when it actually happens.

Until then, :yawn:.

[HandmaidsTaleUntold]

12. He Deserves Much Worse

Trial. Then gallows.

[SunSeeker]

14. Well deserved. nt

[Pas-de-Calais]

15. Faces?? Just do it

[dlk]

16. More of the attorneys who blatantly flaunt the law need to be disbarred

There’s no excuse.

[malaise]

17. Yeeees

Sweet😀😀

[struggle4progress]

18. Accused of DOJ 'Coup' Plot in Bar Hearing

March 26, 2024, 2:20 PM EDT
Updated: March 26, 2024, 5:20 PM EDT
Sam Skolnik

Ex-Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark violated ethics rules in a bid to help Donald Trump challenge the 2020 election results, a DC Bar official said in a hearing Tuesday.

Clark used his DOJ leadership role to push baseless voter fraud claims and angle to keep Trump in office after President Joe Biden won the election, according to Hamilton Fox. Clark was thwarted by the top lawyers at the department at the time, said Fox, who is leading the attorney discipline case against Clark.

“What Mr. Clark was attempting to do was essentially a coup at the Justice Department,” said Fox.

A panel in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday began hearing the case against Clark, who faces potential disbarment among a range of punishment. His possible role in a second Trump administration also is at risk: Clark is unlikely to be tapped to return to the Justice Department if he loses his law license ...

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/trump-official-accused-of-doj-coup-plot-in-disbarment-hearing

[struggle4progress]

19. Official's Discipline Fight to Star Jan. 6 Key Figures

March 26, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT; Updated: March 26, 2024, 10:49 AM EDT
Sam Skolnik

... A panel in Washington, D.C. will consider whether Clark should be disbarred or sanctioned in a hearing set to begin Tuesday. Clark is accused of violating legal ethics rules by lying about the 2020 presidential election in an attempt to overturn the results in favor of then President Donald Trump.

His prospective witness list includes Mark Meadows, who served as Trump’s White House chief of staff, as well as Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) and Scott Perry (Pa). Edwin Meese, a well-known GOP lawyer who was US Attorney General in the Reagan Administration, is also on the list.

Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton “Phil” Fox III listed five witnesses he plans to call as part of the case against Clark. They are: Jeffrey Rosen, the former acting attorney general in the Trump administration; Richard Donoghue, Rosen’s acting deputy; ex-White House lawyer Patrick Philbin; and former Justice Department senior counsel Ken Klukowski. Clark is also on Fox’s list of possible witnesses.

Clark’s punishment could range from a written warning to disbarment. Losing his law license, even temporarily, may limit his ability to return to the Justice Department in a second Trump administration if Republicans take the White House in November ...

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/jeffrey-clark-discipline-fight-could-feature-rosen-meese-gaetz