Trump Official Accused of DOJ ‘Coup’ Plot in Bar Hearing (1)

March 26, 2024, 6:20 PM UTCUpdated: March 26, 2024, 9:20 PM UTC

Ex-Justice Department lawyer Jeffrey Clark violated ethics rules in a bid to help Donald Trump challenge the 2020 election results, a DC Bar official said in a hearing Tuesday.

Clark used his DOJ leadership role to push baseless voter fraud claims and angle to keep Trump in office after President Joe Biden won the election, according to Hamilton Fox. Clark was thwarted by the top lawyers at the department at the time, said Fox, who is leading the attorney discipline case against Clark.

“What Mr. Clark was attempting to do was essentially a coup at the Justice Department,” said Fox. ...

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