Last month, the DOJ filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Bar over its aggressive attempt to disbar President Donald Trump’s official, Jeffrey Clark. The DOJ also filed a statement of interest in support of Trump’s Pardon Attorney Ed Martin, whom the bar also targeted with disciplinary proceedings. The complaint said the D.C. Bar has a “pattern and practice of bad-faith and harassing prosecutions of Federal Government attorneys based on viewpoint and political affiliation.” The DOJ asked the court to void the proceedings against Clark.

Clark merely drafted a letter for the DOJ to send to officials in Georgia outlining some options to deal with the 2020 election irregularities. A couple of other high-level attorneys at the DOJ who wanted to sweep the election irregularities under the rug disagreed, and so the letter was never sent. President Donald Trump became so furious at the other two that he almost appointed Clark as acting Attorney General instead. The DOJ pointed out that the 2020 election is still disputed, and “remains the subject of litigation nearly six years later.” 

“Weaponizing state bar discipline against Executive Branch attorneys in this way chills them from giving candid legal advice to others in the Executive Branch, including the President and Attorney General,” the complaint said. “To permit these proceedings is to allow state bar authorities to control the Executive Branch.” 

Two members of the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility admitted, “We have not identified any case in which the Court disbarred a respondent over a single dishonest statement supported by a false citation.” The........

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