The Justice Department opened a new legal war on the D.C. bar, suing to stop it from punishing Jeffrey Clark, who, while part of the department in 2020, helped craft President Trump’s strategy for challenging the election results.
Department lawyers said Mr. Clark was acting in an official capacity in making the best arguments he could when he suggested ways to challenge the results, and punishing him would cross the line.
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Mr. Clark was acting as an assistant attorney general in charge of the civil division at the time, and is accused of drafting a letter questioning the results in Georgia, which swung from Mr. Trump to President Biden in 2020.
The D.C. bar said Mr. Clark knowingly made false statements about the election as part of his push, and said that should cost him his law license.
The D.C. Court of Appeals board on professional responsibility concluded he showed
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