Former Trump DOJ official violated ethics rules in 2020 election effort: Panel

A Washington, D.C., legal panel on Thursday found former Trump administration Justice Department senior official Jeffrey Clark violated at least one attorney ethics rule during a bid to enlist the agency to examine alleged election irregularities in 2020.

The finding is preliminary and came on the eighth day of testimony over Clark’s attempt to use the DOJ in the final days of Trump’s term to draft a letter to Georgia officials claiming that the agency “identified significant concerns” that may have altered the election in Georgia or other states.

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark attends an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) at the Capitol in Washington, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Hamilton “Phil” Fox, the head of the district’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which brought the civil charges, said he would seek to have
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