Justice Department sues DC authorities over efforts to discipline Jeff Clark, Ed Martin |
Justice Department sues DC authorities over efforts to discipline Jeff Clark, Ed Martin
The Justice Department (DOJ) is suing the Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel after it brought disciplinary proceedings against two of President Trump’s allies, Jeffrey Clark and Ed Martin.
Clark, the former DOJ official who urged the department to intervene and open an investigation into Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, was found last year by the D.C. Bar Association to have broken ethical rules, recommending he be disbarred.
Martin is facing disciplinary proceedings after he sent letters to Georgetown University threatening to take action against the school if it did not end its diversity, equity and inclusion practices. Martin, now the U.S. Pardon Attorney, was given the role after he failed to secure Senate backing for a role leading the Office of the U.S. Attorney Office in D.C.
The late Wednesday suit claims the bar is “weaponizing state bar discipline against Executive Branch attorneys in this way chills them from giving candid legal advice.”
“The D.C. Bar will no longer be permitted to probe sensitive Executive Branch deliberations and target Executive Branch officials with whom they happen to politically disagree, and Federal attorneys will once again be free to share their candid legal advice with their........