The top two U.S. Justice Department officials in the waning days of Donald Trump's presidency will be asked to testify publicly in a legal disciplinary hearing against their former colleague Jeffrey Bossert Clark, who allegedly tried to help Trump overturn his election loss.
Hamilton "Phil" Fox, the head of the D.C. bar's Office of Disciplinary Counsel, disclosed his plans to call former Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen and former Acting Deputy Attorney General Rich Donoghue as witnesses during a D.C. bar ethics committee hearing on Thursday. Clark, who is also facing a parallel federal investigation into his conduct, is accused of attempting to "engage in conduct involving dishonesty" and attempting actions "that would seriously interfere with the administration of justice," according to the charging document filed by Fox's office.
He has denied wrongdoing, citing 54 different defenses, some of which also claim that the D.C. Bar lacks jurisdiction to bring the case against him. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel is part of the D.C. Bar. It investigates possible misconduct by Washington lawyers and has the power to pursue disciplinary charges, which can lead to the suspension of a license to practice law or disbarment.
Earlier this year, Rosen and Donoghue both testified publicly before the U.S. House of Representatives committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol about Clark's efforts to pressure them to launch election fraud investigations based on former...
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