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Rhiannon12866

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Thu Jul 31, 2025, 07:07 PM Jul 31

Disbarment Recommended For Jeffrey Clark, DOJ Lawyer Who Tried To Help Trump Overturn 2020 Election - Glenn Kirschner



The District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility just issued a report recommending that former Department of Justice lawyer Jeffrey Clark be disbarred for his role in Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The Report states: "On the merits, we conclude that Disciplinary Counsel proved by clear and convincing evidence that Respondent (Jeffrey Clark) attempted to make intentionally false statements when he continued to advocate that the Justice Department issue a letter containing falsehoods.
. . . Thus, Respondent's (Clark's) conduct constituted an attempt to make intentionally false statements about the results of the Justice Department's investigation. . . A majority of the Board recommends that Respondent (Clark) be disbarred.

This video reviews this new legal development. - Glenn Kirschner - 07/31/2025.

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Disbarment Recommended For Jeffrey Clark, DOJ Lawyer Who Tried To Help Trump Overturn 2020 Election - Glenn Kirschner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 31 OP
Maddow Blog-Jeffrey Clark, former Trump administration lawyer, faces possible disbarment in D.C. LetMyPeopleVote Aug 1 #1

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1. Maddow Blog-Jeffrey Clark, former Trump administration lawyer, faces possible disbarment in D.C.
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 06:40 PM
Aug 1

Clark played a key role in Trump's post-defeat plot in 2020. Now, the lawyer is moving closer to being held accountable — possibly through disbarment.

Jeffrey Clark, former Trump administration lawyer, faces possible disbarment in D.C.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jeffrey-clark-former-trump-administration-lawyer-faces-possible-disbar-rcna222468

Some of the other lawyers who grew close to Trump, however, have fared far less well. Take Jeffrey Clark, for example. The Associated Press reported:

Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, should be stripped of his law license, a Washington disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. Clark, who is now overseeing a federal regulatory office, played a key role in Trump’s efforts to challenge his election loss to Joe Biden and clashed with Justice Department superiors who refused to back his false claims of fraud.

.......As the AP report noted, after Trump returned to power, Clark returned to the executive branch, serving as the acting head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a part of the Office of Management and Budget that is responsible for reviewing executive branch regulations.

It’s against this backdrop that the D.C. Board of Professional Responsibility concluded that Clark should be disbarred, a recommendation that will now go to the D.C. Court of Appeals for a final decision.

A Politico report added that Clark is not without company: “Rudy Giuliani was similarly sanctioned by the D.C. Bar, as well as bar authorities in New York, and ultimately disbarred. Conservative attorney John Eastman has been suspended from practicing law while he fights a disbarment recommendation made by a California judge. Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis agreed to a three-year suspension of her law license in Colorado after acknowledging she made false claims about the 2020 election — and after pleading guilty to her role in the effort in a criminal case in Georgia. And Kenneth Chesebro, an architect of Trump’s last-ditch bid to remain in power, lost his law license in New York.”

For his part, Clark responded to the latest developments with a social media message that read, “The fight continues.” Watch this space.
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