Attorney in Fulton Trump case fights to keep his law license

Clark was a senior Justice Department official who tried to get DOJ to intervene in the election on Trump’s behalf.

He drafted a letter to Gov. Brian Kemp and legislative leaders, asking them to convene a special session of the General Assembly to consider naming Trump the winner. He said the DOJ had “serious concerns” about voting fraud that justified the move.

But DOJ had no such concerns. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta had investigated numerous allegations of voting fraud in Georgia and other states and found nothing to them. William Barr, Trump’s attorney general, had confirmed as much publicly and in private conversations with Trump.

Clark’s superiors rejected his request to send the letter to Georgia and other swing states. Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue told Clark that sending such the letter “would be a grave step for the department to take and it could have tremendous constitutional, political and social ramifications for the country.”

But Clark continued to press his case. Trump considered naming him attorney general until senior DOJ officials threatened to resign en masse.

But during a White House showdown on Jan. 3, 2021, Trump demanded that DOJ officials fire Byung “Bjay” Pak – the U.S. attorney in Atlanta who had investigated fraud allegations and found them lacking. DOJ officials convinced Trump to allow Pak to resign.

Now Clark is fighting to keep his law license. 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. 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.