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A coalition of former attorneys general blasted the D.C. Bar’s “disciplinary jihad” against former Trump Justice Department official Jeff Clark in a new court filing on Monday.

Brought by former Attorneys General Bill Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Michael Mukasey, the amicus brief takes aim at the D.C. Bar’s ongoing “barfare” against Clark for legal advice he gave Trump following the contested 2020 presidential election. As The Federalist reported, the DOJ filed a lawsuit against D.C. Disciplinary Counsel Hamilton Fox III and related entities earlier this year for their alleged “unlawful prosecution” of Clark “based on internal deliberations relating to potential fraud” in the 2020 contest.

“D.C. disciplinary authorities may not punish a United States official for disagreeing with a superior or coworker or for sharing an opinion just because those disciplinary authorities disagree with it,” the DOJ complaint reads.

In their brief supporting the Justice Department, Barr and Co. argued that the D.C. Bar’s crusade against Clark imposes “a severe injury on the Department and its lawyers.” “Even if Mr. Clark is cleared of all allegations,” they wrote, “the Defendants’ ruination of his name, damage to his career, and — most important — interference with DOJ’s internal operations all cast a chilling pall over how Department lawyers do their jobs.”

“While........

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