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   If the investigation of Jeff Clark is indeed a Democrat-fueled   
   disbarment scheme, as it appears to be, it could start an   
   escalating war of political retribution.   
      
   In an unprecedented move, the D.C. Bar opened an investigation   
   into a former top Justice Department lawyer for advice he gave   
   former President Donald Trump, with documents indicating a   
   Democrat senator prompted the probe. The timing of the   
   procedures, and the complicity between elected officials and the   
   bar, suggest a concerted attempt to create an October surprise.   
      
   Even more troubling than this election interference, however, is   
   how dangerous the threat of punishing executive-branch attorneys   
   for providing a legal opinion is to the country. The Democrats’   
   ploy also risks irreparably cementing America’s partisan divide   
   in the governance of our great country.   
      
   Earlier this year, purportedly in response to a letter from   
   Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin, the chair of the Senate Judiciary   
   Committee, the D.C. Bar opened an investigation into former   
   Department of Justice attorney Jeff Clark. According to   
   documents filed with the D.C. Bar, based on Durbin’s complaint,   
   the Board of Professional Responsibility charged Clark with   
   violating the Rules of Professional Responsibility by supposedly   
   “engaging in conduct involving dishonesty,” and engaging “in   
   conduct that would seriously interfere in the administration of   
   justice.   
      
   The conduct underlying these charges concerned Clark’s drafting   
   of a letter he recommended his bosses send to the Georgia   
   governor, the Georgia speaker of the House, and the Georgia   
   president pro tempore of the Senate concerning the 2020   
   election. At the time Clark drafted the letter on Dec. 28, 2020,   
   he was the acting assistant attorney general for the Civil   
   Division of the DOJ. He drafted the letter over signature lines   
   for himself and his superiors, Jeff Rosen, the then-acting   
   attorney general, and Richard Donoghue, the then-deputy attorney   
   general.   
      
   The draft letter stated that the Department of Justice was   
   “investigating various irregularities in the 2020 election for   
   President of the United States.” The letter continued: “We have   
   identified significant concerns that may have impacted the   
   outcome of the election in multiple States, including the State   
   of Georgia.” “In light of these developments,” Clark’s proposed   
   letter stated, “the Department recommends that the Georgia   
   General Assembly should convene in special session so that its   
   legislators are in a position to take additional testimony,   
   receive new evidence, and deliberate on the matter consistent   
   with its duties under the U.S. Constitution.”   
      
   Additionally, the draft letter said, “[T]he Department also   
   finds troubling the current posture of a pending lawsuit in   
   Fulton County, Georgia, raising several of the voting   
   irregularities pertaining to which candidate for President of   
   the United States Received the most lawfully cast votes in   
   Georgia,” noting that “the trial court there has not even   
   scheduled a hearing on the matter, making it difficult for the   
   judicial process to consider this evidence and resolve these   
   matters on appeal prior to January 6.” The proposed letter then   
   stressed that “the urgency of this serious matter, including the   
   Fulton County litigation’s sluggish pace,” makes the calling of   
   a special session of the Georgia General Assembly warranted and   
   in the nation’s best interests.   
      
   Both Rosen and Donoghue strenuously objected to sending the   
   letter, the D.C. Bar’s charge indicated, with Donoghue stating   
   he knew “of nothing that would support the statement, ‘we have   
   identified significant concerns that may have impacted the   
   outcome of the election in multiple states.’” Donoghue further   
   noted he did not believe it was the DOJ’s role to recommend to a   
   “State legislature about how they should meet their   
      
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