Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department attorney who became a central figure in Donald Trump’s bid to seize a second term he didn’t win, should be suspended from practicing law for two years, a Washington, D.C., disciplinary panel ruled Thursday.
The oversight panel, authorized by the D.C. bar, rebuked Clark for aiding Trump’s effort to use the Justice Department’s might to undermine the results of the 2020 election. As part of that effort, Clark proposed a plan to persuade Republican-led legislatures to appoint pro-Trump presidential electors in states Joe Biden won. Clark’s role in the scheme violated his code of professional ethics as an attorney and even threatened to destabilize the country, the panel found.
“His recklessness risked disabling the Justice Department, throwing the Presidential election into chaos, and even potentially causing riots in the streets,” the three-member hearing committee ruled in a 216-page report. “We have found that Mr. Clark attempted to engage in reckless dishonesty.”
The panel, which previously concluded Clark had violated professional rules, is not the last word on Clark’s discipline. Its recommendation will now come before the D.C. Bar’s Board of Professional Responsibility, which will make its own recommendation to the D.C. Court of Appeals. The full process could take another year to reach its conclusion.
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