Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark, a longtime ally of President , should be stripped of his law license for his role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, a Washington-based disciplinary panel has ruled.
The D.C. Bar's Board on Professional Responsibility issued its ruling on Thursday, stating that Clark "persistently and energetically sought" to pressure Justice Department leaders to make false claims about election fraud and had made "intentionally false statements."
The board concluded that his conduct violated professional ethics and warranted disbarment: "Lawyers cannot advocate for any outcome based on false statements and they certainly cannot urge others to do so," the board said in its report.
"[Clark] persistently and energetically sought to do just that on an important national issue. He should be disbarred as a consequence and to send a message to the rest of the Bar and to the public that this behavior will not be tolerated."
In response, Clark called the process "100% politicized and said, "I know I did the right thing ... and wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror if I had not proceeded to internally raise the election questions I did."
If upheld, the panel's ruling would reinforce accountability for government lawyers alleged to have been involved in attempts to subvert election results and add to a growing list of Trump-aligned attorneys facing sanctions over 2020 election challenges.
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