The disciplinary trial of Donald Trump’s former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark wrapped up on Thursday with the D.C. Bar’s disciplinary panel making a nonbinding preliminary determination that Clark was culpable on at least one of the two counts against him.
For drafting a letter that was never sent to Georgia officials advising them of their options in dealing with the 2020 election illegalities, he was charged with engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, and engaging in conduct that seriously interferes with the administration of justice, Rules 8.4(c) and (d) of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Clark is also a defendant in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s RICO prosecution.
The final day consisted of closing statements and arguments for enhancing or mitigating the penalty.
D.C. Bar attorney Hamilton Fox gave a closing statement first. He said it came down to acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy Richard Donoghue refusing to sign Clark’s draft letter. He said Trump wanted the DOJ leadership to “say the election was corrupt,” and Rosen and Donoghue wouldn’t, unlike Clark, since they were “men of integrity.”
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