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In a not-so-shocking turn of events, a former Justice Department official from the Trump administration might be facing disbarment. The drama is set to unfold in a multiday showdown before a legal ethics panel in Washington, D.C. And this isn’t just any panel; it’s the kind of panel that could pull the rug out from under a guy’s law license.
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— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 26, 2024
The guy in the hot seat is Jeffrey Clark, a 56-year-old who once sailed the high seas as the acting head of the DOJ’s Civil Division under our one and only beloved President Donald Trump. According to those snooty folks at the District of Columbia Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Clark is being accused of trying to play fast and loose with the truth and trying to mess with the administration of justice. Can you believe that?
Clark isn’t going down without a fight. He’s been bellyaching to anyone who will listen about how this whole thing is just an attempt to take him down. He’s even saying that they’re coming after his law license just to stop him from helping out President Trump.
The main event, aka the hearing, is going to be like a legal battle royale before a three-member committee. And get this – they could actually suspend or straight-up revoke Clark’s license to practice law.
Clark has pleaded not guilty to his charges in Georgia, and Trump is swearing up and down that he’s as innocent as a newborn baby in both election cases. And just to add more fuel to the dumpster fire, they’re bringing up this whole “unindicted co-conspirator” thing in the federal case. It’s like they’re trying to write the next Hollywood blockbuster.
To really turn the screws, they’re throwing in accusations that Clark made false statements about the 2020 election in some draft letter he cooked up. Oh, and let’s not forget how Trump tried to put Clark in charge of the DOJ during his final days in office. It’s like these people have never heard the phrase “live and let live”.
They’re going to have testimony from some of Clark’s old DOJ bosses, including former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and former acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue. It’s like a legal drama soap opera.
They even called in former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Rep. Matt Gaetz to testify on Clark’s behalf. It’s like a who’s who of Trump’s inner circle. And to top it all off, they’re dragging in Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s former attorney, and some other attorneys who were apparently involved in trying to overturn the 2020 election.
