Trump lawyer accused in Georgia election case faces fight to keep law license
An attorney charged in former President Donald Trump's Georgia election racketeering case faces another court battle this week to keep his law license, according to a new report.
Jeffrey Clark is the subject of a complaint filed by the watchdog group The 65 Project, which has filed numerous election-related complaints against lawyers across the country, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported Monday.
In a statement, the group's managing director Michael Teter said their effort "is really to hold accountable those who fought to overturn the election."
“But, more importantly, it will deter future abuse of the American legal system to undermine elections," Teter told the outlet.
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The disciplinary trial will start this Tuesday in D.C., according to the report.
John Malcolm, a former federal prosecutor now at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that he thinks the accusations are politically motivated.
“Everybody is entitled to zealous representation,” said Malcolm. “Anything that puts a chill on that is bad for lawyers and bad for anyone wrapped up in the legal system.”
As the Georgia news outlet points out, Clark was a senior Justice Department official during the final weeks of the former president's administration, and stands accused of trying to get the agency to intervene in the 2020 election on Trump's behalf.
"The Office of Disciplinary Counsel for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in Washington has accused him of dishonesty and conduct that would interfere in the administration of justice to keep Trump in power," AJC's report stated.
"A trial is expected to take about nine days. If the panel removes his law license, it would bar him from practicing law in Washington D.C."