Disciplinary council recommends two year suspension of Jeffrey Clark's law license for 2020 election

A disciplinary committee on Thursday recommended that former Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) official Jeffrey Clark face a two-year suspension of his law license, for his alleged role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

A three member panel in Washington, D.C., previously found that Clark violated ethics rules in Georgia by attempting to use the DOJ to advance the election disputes. One example was his “Proof of Concept” draft letter, which DOJ officials refused to authorize. The letter falsely claimed that the department found issues that could affect the results of the election in Georgia, The Hill reported.

Clark has been accused of attempted dishonesty, and serious interference with the administration of justice in the state. The panel said Clark's attempted dishonesty was committed with "truly extraordinary recklessness.”

“At the eleventh hour of the Trump Administration, he sought to take over responsibility for investigations into election matters, and relying on what was, at best, a fraction of the information any reasonable attorney would expect to act on,” the committee wrote in the 213-page ruling.

The committee said it believed that Clark was sincere in his belief that he was doing the right thing when trying to send the "Proof of Concept" letter. But the sincerity does not mean he was not reckless in his behavior.

“We believe that a two-year suspension from the practice of law with a requirement to show fitness for readmission is an appropriate sanction for what was charged and proven,” they wrote.

The recommendation is less than the total disbarment that prosecutors sought, but Clark's team argued that he should not be disciplined at all. Clark's team is also asking for the case to be dismissed after the Supreme Court's recent presidential immunity ruling. 

“The recommendation currently has no legal effect. We will pursue multiple appeals to keep it that way,” Clark's legal team said in a statement. “Mr. Clark should have been declared immune from the political weaponization of the Bar launched against him and we have confidence that Mr. Clark will be fully vindicated."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.