A group of high-profile lawyers on Tuesday called for the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals to investigate Jeffrey Clark, a former Department of Justice official, for his efforts to have the DOJ declare the 2020 election results unreliable.
One of the biggest threats to our democracy is the ability of people, in high places and low, to act in blatantly dishonest and unethical ways with no apparent consequences.
If these people lose nothing by their actions, they will continue to act as if they have nothing to lose.
How is this even a question? Seriously.
ETA: I mean, really. Assuming I understand the core issue correctly, Clark didn’t just violate attorney ethics while suborning the duly certified election of a president, he did it in his capacity as a high-ranking DOJ officer. Most higher-level Trumpists appear venally corrupt and maybe a little crazy but this guy comes across as a full-blown, ideologically driven insurrectionist.
Maybe they can get Robert ( Saint ) Mueller to take this on. Sure would make it easy when he finds nothing wrong because he respects Clark and his office so much.
I doubt this goes anywhere as will the investigations of Powell and Rudy. If Congress breaks the “awe shucks” syndrome that’s governed investigations of Trump and hard hits the Jan. 6 insurrectionists investigations might mean something again. They seem to want to do just that. Let’s hope they do.
Good. Each and every lawyer who aided and abetted the electoral fraud bullshit and the attempted coup should have their licenses revoked. We take an oath the uphold the Constitution, not to subvert it.
Why not? None of these guys have gone down for their outrageous shit. Strong arm a foreign country to lie about a political opponent? No problem. Meet with a Russian agent to arrange a pay for play? No problem. Funnel Russian money into American elections? No problem. So we’re supposed to get upset over trying to over throw an election? Clark’s safe.
I’m probably misremembering, but wasn’t there a lawyer on one of the Trump calls to GA officials? Or did Trump just mention a DoJ lawyer’s name?
Anywho why was Clark trying to get into other DoJ lanes?
The United States Department of Justice Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, members of Congress, cabinet officers, and other federal employees. Led by the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division , the Division’s litigation reflects the diversity of government activities, involving, for example, the defense of challenges to presidential actions; national security issues; benefit programs; energy policies; commercial issues such as contract disputes, banking insurance, patents, fraud, and debt collection; all manner of accident and liability claims; enforcement of immigration laws; and civil and criminal violations of consumer protection laws. Each year, Division attorneys handle thousands of cases that collectively involve billions of dollars in claims and recoveries. The Division confronts significant policy issues, which often rise to constitutional dimensions, in defending and enforcing various Federal programs and actions.
More to the point, perhaps…
What? Why would Norm Eisen, a highly respected civil rights attorney, need to rehabilitate his reputation?
“It is difficult to think of graver, more disruptive or more consequential interference with the administration of justice than what Mr. Clark was proposing,” the lawyers argued Tuesday.
Chiselin’ Trump: “Hold my beer Diet Coke.”
I think @noonm read that section incorrectly, Eisen was on the impeachment side.
Yup.
The Clark letter also prompted Georgia leaders to call a special legislative session so that lawmakers could “receive new evidence.”
I hope Georgia comes to the rescue again, if only to annoy Kemp.
Clark should sleep soundly. Nobody is going to investigate him much less prosecute him. Because democrats are a bunch of cowards that do not dare punish GOP criminals because some mythical independent voter is going to get mad about it. I am still waiting for the indictment of Trump for demanding GA officials to commit electoral fraud, they have the audio, they have public testimony and still haven’t done shit about it. That is why republicans are increasingly rash and extreme, because there are no consequences to thier actions.
Ah sorry, you are right. I read that incorrectly.
What is best about this story is that for the first time in print someone finally calls those who support the big lie what they are, big liars.
Agree 100%. Or put another way, one way to make stuff like this less likely to happen again is to make it career suicide for lawyers to hop on board these crazy trains the next time they pull through town.
Yes, female, pretty late in her career. Forget her name, but she was dropped by her firm for that (I think for taking the client without notifying the firm, not for any specific advice given).
Maybe Kemp should send Clark a bill for the expense of the “special session”?